Happy Holidays starts with a perfect Rib Roast meal!

I recently bought a 6 lb Rib Roast from my nearby grocery store to start the first but many more coming festive dinners! I'm pretty content with the results on this one, it's very simple. Here's what I did!

Ingredients:

~ 6 lb Rib Roast
Coarse Salt
Coarse Pepper
Italian Seasoning (Thyme, Garlic, Onion, Rosemary, Oregano, Basil, Sage)
Sticks of fresh Thyme
Cooking Oil (used Avocado oil)

Instructions:

Bringing roast to room temperature is key!

1) Bring your rib roast to room temperature to ensure even cooking (at least 1 - 2 hours prior)
2) Pat the rib roast really well to remove any moisture (use lots of paper towels!)
3) Season generously on all sides of the rib roast with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning

Season generously!

4) Preheat oven to 450 degrees F
5) Coat roasting or grill pan with cooking oil and throw in fresh sticks of Thyme and allow it to preheat in the oven as well

6) Once oven is preheated to 450 degrees F, place rib roast fat side down to sear for ~ 20 min

Fat side down!

7) After 20 min has elapsed, turn down oven to 300 degrees F and flip the rib roast so it's fat side up now and let it roast for 1.5 - 2 hours for medium rare.
*Be sure to use a meat thermometer and adjust accordingly on cooking preference (135 F for medium rare, 150 F for medium, 160 F for well done)
8) Once the temperature has reached to your desired cooking level, take it out and let it to rest with an aluminum foil lightly wrapped on top of the roast for another 20-25 minutes before cutting it else all the juices will just spill out and not stick to the meat!

9) And enjoy! Happy Holidays and may your rib roast dinner be victorious!

Drizzle some Worcestershire sauce for more flavor!

*Many recipes call for roasting the majority of the roast at 350 F but I find that it shrinks the meat too much and renders it dryer/less moist. The lower the temperature, the less shrinking your rib roast will face. I found 300 F to be a great temperature in terms of results/time required. If you really have a lot of spare time, suggest going down to 250 F.