The trick to making our Easy Prime Rib Roast is five simple ingredients and flavorful au jus. If you're wondering how to cook a boneless prime rib roast, we make it simple with our step-by-step instructions below. Gather your herb mixture ingredients including coarse salt, dried thyme leaves, garlic powder and ground black pepper. Check out our Expert Tips for sauce recipes that will enhance the flavor and keep this prime rib on your holiday must-have list.
Easy Prime Rib Roast
- Prep Time 5 min
- Total 3 hr 10 min
- Ingredients 5
- Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 boneless beef rib roast (4 1/2 lb)
- 1 teaspoon coarse (kosher or sea) salt
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Line shallow roasting pan with foil. Place beef, fat side up, in pan.
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Step2In small bowl, mix salt, thyme, garlic powder and pepper until well blended. Sprinkle and press herb mixture on roast.
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Step3For medium-rare, roast uncovered 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours 15 minutes or until meat thermometer inserted in center reads 135°F. For medium, roast 2 hours 15 minutes to 2 hours 45 minutes or until meat thermometer inserted in center reads 150°F. Cover roast loosely with foil; let stand 15 to 20 minutes before carving.
Nutrition
380
Calories
23g
Total Fat
41g
Protein
0g
Total Carbohydrate
0g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 380
- Calories from Fat
- 210
- Total Fat
- 23g
- 36%
- Saturated Fat
- 9g
- 46%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 120mg
- 41%
- Sodium
- 480mg
- 20%
- Potassium
- 530mg
- 15%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 0g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 0g
- Protein
- 41g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 3 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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