12 of Our Best Prime Rib Recipes for a Festive Holiday Table

If you’re looking for a main course to anchor your holiday menu, look no further than a Christmas prime rib roast. Bound to be the most impressive — and delicious — dish on the table, this tender, juicy roast is also easy to make. (Check out Tyler Florence’s tips for making prime rib.) Read on to host a flawless prime rib Christmas dinner.

Garlic-Butter Rib Roast

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This gorgeous rib roast owes its incredible flavor to a compound butter made with garlic, anchovies, herbs, and shallot. Half gets slathered on the meat before it goes into the oven; the other half is rolled into a log, chilled, and then cut into medallions to serve with each slice of beef.

Sea Salt Rib Roast

Victor Protasio

Seasoned with flaky Maldon sea salt and sel gris, this grand rib roast is served with a creamy caramelized morel mushroom gravy spiked with sherry vinegar.

Standing Rib Roast of Beef

Cara Cormack

Bruce Aidells’ easy standing rib roast recipe uses an adaptation of the classic English approach to a beef roast. It’s a perfect centerpiece for a British-style Sunday lunch, as a Christmas roast, or any celebration or holiday meal.

Vodka-Marinated Rib Roast

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Here, chef Jeremiah Tower makes a vodka marinade to tenderize the meat; the prime rib is salted before cooking to develop flavor and a crust. He begins roasting at a high temperature to sear the exterior, then turns the temperature down to produce a succulent interior.

Three-Ingredient Prime Rib Roast

Con Poulos

Chef Ryan Farr blends finely ground coffee and a touch of vanilla bean with salt and pepper to make an earthy rub for his prime rib roast. He lets the meat stand for half an hour after applying the mixture; alternatively, you can refrigerate the rubbed roast overnight and bring it to room temperature before popping it in the oven.

Pepper-Crusted Prime Rib Roast

Christina Holmes

Chef Marcela Valladolid coats prime rib with a mix of soy sauce, ground chile, garlic, and peppercorns, which forms a peppery crust around the juicy meat.

Prime Rib Roast with Horseradish Cream

Jonny Valiant

What’s the secret to this gorgeous Christmas prime rib? Chef Michael Tusk bastes it with a fragrant garlic-thyme butter before roasting it in the oven.

Prime Rib with Sour Cherry Conserva, Truffle, and Chocolate

Bobby Fisher

2017 F&W Best New Chef Angie Mar is a legend with meat, like this enormous, completely fabulous dry-aged beef rib roast. Her trick is to take the meat out of the oven for 30 minutes during its overall cooking time, yielding an evenly cooked, perfectly juicy prime rib roast.

Rosemary-Pepper Beef Rib Roast with Porcini Jus

John Kernick

In this recipe from the late renowned chef Floyd Cardoz, beef rib roast is seared in a preheated pan in the oven, which saves stove space and helps the meat cook more quickly — a total plus when preparing a holiday meal.

Salt and Pepper-Crusted Prime Rib with Sage Jus

Frances Janisch

Chef Michael Mina’s exquisite prime rib requires just 45 minutes of active work time — and that’s mostly spent making the accompanying jus after the meat has finished roasting. “The great thing about doing a whole rib roast is that you don’t have to concentrate,” he says. “Put it in the oven and then you can focus on all the dishes that go along with it.”

Standing Beef Rib Roast with Pimentón

Christina Holmes

Freshly ground pink peppercorns, pink Himalayan salt, and a generous amount of smoky pimentón de la Vera season Justin Chapple’s simple yet showstopping roast. Keeping the long frenched rib bones intact makes for a dramatic presentation.

Pepper-Crusted Prime Rib Roast with Mushroom-Armagnac Sauce

Tina Rupp

2004 F&W Best New Chef Melissa Perello keeps prime rib extra juicy by having the butcher leave the fat cap on before tying the beef and roasting everything in a bath of butter.

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