The Perfect Holiday Prime Rib Roast
With this perfect roasted prime rib roast recipe, your next holiday meal main dish will be tender and simply seasoned!
Ingredients
1–four to 6 pound prime rib roast, at room temperature
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 tsp. chopped rosemary, fresh or dried*
1 tsp. salt (kosher, table or sea), or to taste
2 tsp. ground black pepper, or to taste
Instructions
Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Combine butter, rosemary, salt and black pepper in a small bowl. Set prime rib roast on a rack set in a roasting pan. Smear butter mixture on all sides of roast. Cook roast for 5 minutes per pound (i.e. 4 pound roast = 20 minutes, 5 pound roast = 25 minutes, 6 pound roast = 35 minutes, etc.).
When time is up, turn oven off. Leave roast in a closed oven for 2 hours. Remove at end of 2 hours, or when roast reaches 120 degrees F on meat thermometer. Let roast sit for 20 to 30 minutes before slicing and serving.
Notes
*A combination of oregano, thyme, sage, or Herbs de Provence can also be used.
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