How To Cook The Perfect Prime Rib Roast
It's so very easy to serve up a juicy, tender, perfectly cook prime rib roast .
Equipment
- roasting pan
- meat thermometer
Ingredients
- 9.5 lb Prime Rib Beef Roast, cradled
- Kosher salt
- coarse black pepper
- garlic powder
- 1 cup water
- sprigs of fresh Rosemary
Instructions
- Take roast out of the fridge about 2 hours prior to cooking it to allow it to come to room temperature.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Once roast has come to room temperature, rub the entire roast with a generous amount of Kosher salt, coarse black pepper and garlic powder. Be sure to coat the top, bottom and sides liberally.
- Place roast, rib side down in a large pan. The bones provide a built-in rack for the roast to sit on as it roasts in the oven.
- Add a cup of water to the roasting pan. The water will create some steam in the oven and prevent the roast from drying out before it has had a chance to develop a nice crust.
- Insert a meat thermometer into the center of the roast, making sure the thermometer is not touching any bones.
- Add a few sprigs of fresh rosemary to the pan, optional.
- Be sure to remove roast from the oven when it reaches an internal temperature that's about 5-10 degrees lower than the doneness you want. Place a piece of foil loosely over the top as it rests. The roast will continue to cook once you remove it from the oven. The internal temperature will increase another 5-10 degrees as it rests.
Notes
| DONENESS | TEMPERATURE |
| Medium Rare | Remove roast from the oven at 125 degrees |
| Medium | Remove roast from the oven at 130 degrees |
| Medium Well | Remove roast from the oven at 140 degrees |