How to Cook Prime Rib

Why order Prime Rib out, when you can make it at home and have it taste even better?

Ingredients

• 1 three-rib prime roast oast, first cut, trimmed and tied
  
• 2 tbsp Kosher salt
  
• 1 tbsp cracked black pepper
  
• 3 short ribs, tied
• 1 1/2 cups dry red wine

Steps

1. Leave roast out at room temperature for about two hours before placing in the oven.
2. Assemble ingredients.
3. Put oven rack on lower tier. Set the oven to 450 degrees.
4. Coat roast with salt and pepper.
5. Place roast in heavy 13 to 16 inch metal roasting pan, fat side up. Add short ribs to the pan.
6. Cook for 20 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees. Continue cooking until a meat thermometer inserted in the thick end of the roast reads 115 degrees -- about 1 hour and 25 minutes later. If the roast hasn't reached temperature, put it back in the oven and check on it every ten minutes.
7. Place roast on a platter and let it sit in a warm spot so the juices can collect. Do not cover the roast, because that will make the crust soggy. You can eat the short ribs as a snack or save them for soup stock.
8. Transfer fat and dark drippings from the pan into a fat separator. Set aside.
9. Carve and enjoy!

Tips

• Allowing the roast to sit with the crust on it for about a half hour adds to the flavor.
• Not opening the oven is extremely important!
• Time given is for rare to med rare; add ten minutes to cooking time med.
• Serve with yorkshire pudding.

Warnings

• Do not use a non-stick pan; it result in less cooked-on bits full of flavorful juices.

Things You'll Need

• heavy 13 to 16 inch metal roasting pan
• meat thermometer
• fat separator

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