Prime Rib

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 10mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    6
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    1995
based on 10 ratings

This recipe is sometimes also called Standing Rib Beef Roast. Older cookbooks will sometimes instruct you to remove excess fat from the roast. "Excess" fat is any fat more than an inch thick on the roast. Fat is what you need to give the roast flavor and to make it juicy and tender. Prime rib is expensive and you are paying good money for that fat so leave it on. Your butcher should have removed any excess fat.

Inspired by: https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/prime_rib/

recipe updated Feb 21, 2022

Ingredients

  • Standing rib roast icon
    Standing rib roast
    1
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    as needed
  • Salt & pepper icon
    Salt & pepper
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Paper towels
  • kCook icon Work surface
  • kCook icon Large roasting dish

Step preview

  1. Add standing rib roast to a clean work surface
  2. Sprinkle with salt
  3. Cover loosely with parchment paper
  4. If your butcher hasn't already done so, cut the bones away from the roast and tie them back on to the roast with kitchen string
  5. Pre-heat oven - 260°C
  6. Pat beef dry with paper towels
  7. Season with salt & pepper
  8. Transfer beef to large roasting dish
  9. Bake until browned - 15 min, 260°C
  10. Bake - 12 min, 160°C
  11. Roast in oven until thermometer registers 115°F/45°C for rare or 120°F/50°C-130°F/55°C for medium
  12. Transfer onto cooling rack
  13. Let cool completely
  14. Cover loosely with foil
  15. Let rest - 30 min
  16. Cut away strings, remove bones, slice roast
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