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EASY CHRISTMAS PRIME RIB

Genevieve Jerome
Easy Christmas Prime Rib is a staple during the holidays, but can also makes a wonderful dinner option for New Year’s! All you need for this easy Prime Rib recipe is a good-sized Prime Rib, depending on your guest count, a spice kit, rosemary, Irish Butter, and a good meat thermometer. Make this sinfully delicious Prime Rib dinner tonight and have delicious leftovers all week!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 11 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 21 minutes
Course Dinner, Easy Dinners
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 1484.59 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 5 lb Prime Rib (This should make 5-6 ribs) 
  • ½ stick Kerry Gold Irish Butter
  • Prime Rib Spice Rub: Sea Salt, Paprika, Oregano, Celery, Garlic, Onion, Pepper, Rosemary, and Parsley seasonings. 
  • Fresh rosemary sprigs

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 450-degrees
  • Take your prime rib and pat it dry, and rub room temperature butter all over it. 
  • Rub your spices all over the buttered prime rib. 
  • Place the prime rib in a roasting pan and let it sit room temperature before you cook it. Add some fresh rosemary sprigs to the bottom of the roasting pan.
  • Roast the prime rib at 450-degrees for the first 30-minutes. 
  • Turn the oven temperature down to 350-degrees and continue roasting the prime rib for an hour to an hour and thirty minutes, depending on how you want your prime rib cooked. 
  • Place a meat thermometer into the prime rib and make sure it reaches an internal temperature of 120-degrees. 
  • See blog post for exact cooking times, depending on rare, medium, and medium-well. 
  • Remove from oven and let it the prime rib sit for 5-minutes under tinfoil, before slicing. 
  • Enjoy with fresh horseradish. 

Notes

Place the prime rib in the oven for and roast it for 30-minutes at 450-degrees. Then, roast it at 350-degrees for an hour to an hour and a half. The sweet spot to making perfect prime rib is to roast it total for an hour and thirty minutes. You don’t want to overcook the meat, but you don’t want to undercook it either. Insert a meat thermometer into the prime rib and make sure it reaches an internal temperature of 120-degrees for medium. If you like it more on the rare side, 110-degrees is rare, and medium well would be 130-degrees. We found that 120-degrees was perfect!

Nutrition

Calories: 1484.59kcalCarbohydrates: 2.77gProtein: 88.99gFat: 121.86gSaturated Fat: 52.54gCholesterol: 365.99mgSodium: 472.16mgFiber: 0.75gSugar: 0.96g
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