How do I cook Prime Rib?

Question

What meat do I use; and how to find meat at the supermarket?
Is there a marinating sauce to use? If so, how long to marinate?
What cooking utensils do I need?
How do I cook (oven / broil / fry)? (BTW, Fire dept has forbidden me from using grill - so please don‘t ask me to grill)
What condiments go best with Prime Rib?

Answer 1

Allow 5 lb roast to stand at room temperature for at least 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 375 degree F.

Rub roast with a mixture of 1 cup salt, 1/4 cup black pepper, 1/4 cup garlic powder.

Place roast on a rack in the pan with the rib side down and the fatty side up. Roast for 1 hour.

Turn off oven. Leave roast in oven but do not open oven door for 3 hours.

About 30 to 40 minutes before serving time, turn oven to 375 degrees F and reheat the roast.

Important: Do not remove roast or re-open the oven door from time roast is put in until ready to serve.

Answer 2

Food TV's website has about 30 recipes to chose from.

http://web.foodnetwork.com/food/web/cachedSearchResults/0,7822,prime~rib_Recipe_score_desc_1,00.html

This one is from The San Francisco Chronicle:

Roast Prime Rib

Serves 8-10

INGREDIENTS:

3- or 4-rib roast, about 6 to 8 pounds

4 cloves garlic, cut into slivers

1 cup Dijon mustard

1/4 cup soy sauce

3 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper

1 tablespoon instant coffee, optional

2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme or rosemary, optional

Olive oil

Sauce (optional)

1 1/2 cups beef stock

3 tablespoons Dijon mustard

1 tablespoon soy sauce

Freshly ground black pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS:

Instructions: If you like, insert thin slivers of garlic all over the roast.

In a bowl, whisk together the mustard and soy, add pepper and optional ingredients and then whisk in a few tablespoons olive oil to emulsify the rub. Place rib roast in a large roasting pan, bone side down. Spread the rub all over the roast. Keep it at room temperature for at least one hour and preferably two.

Heat the oven to 500°. Roast for 20 minutes then turn oven temperature to 350°. Allow 12 to 15 minutes per pound of meat. To be on the safe side, start checking the temperature of the meat after 1 hour. Insert the instant-read thermometer into the center of the roast, not touching bone. If your oven is unpredictable and does not respond to rapid changes, heat oven to 350° and roast at this temperature for about 15 minutes per pound. Check temperature after 1 hour and 15 minutes.

When the thermometer reads 110° for rare, 115° for medium rare or 120° for medium, remove the roast from the oven and tent with foil. Let rest for 20 minutes before carving.

While the roast rests, prepare the optional sauce: Drain away most of the fat from the pan. Combine the beef stock, mustard and soy sauce in a small saucepan, add a few grindings of black pepper and simmer for 5 minutes.

Carve the roast and serve with sauce or horseradish cream, if using.

Per serving, without sauce: 390 calories, 37 g protein, 5 g carbohydrate, 24 g fat (8 g saturated), 103 mg cholesterol, 1,111 mg sodium, 1 g fiber.
Horseradish Cream

Yields about 1 1/4 cups

INGREDIENTS:

1/4 cup freshly grated horseradish or bottled horseradish, well drained

1 cup creme fraiche, sour cream or whipped heavy cream

Salt and pepper to taste

White vinegar to taste (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS:

Instructions: Mix together horseradish and creme fraiche. Season with salt and pepper and add a dash of white vinegar if you like it a bit tart.

Per tablespoon: 25 calories, 0 protein, 1 g carbohydrate, 2 g fat (2 g saturated), 5 mg cholesterol, 6 mg sodium, 0 fiber.

San Franciscan Joyce Goldstein is a restaurateur, consultant and cookbook author. E-mail her at [e-mail].


link w/ details re: testing for doneness
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/15/WIG0BMSCQP1.DTL#prime

Go to your favorite local market and talk to the butcher. A good butcher will be able to help you pick out a good roast and give you some tips re: how large a roast you need and how long to cook it.

Answer 3

Go to www.epicurious.com and get all the answers you need, you fire bug, you! LOL

Answer 4

put it in the oven.. an let it roast for 24 hours.