What is Prime Rib and How to Make It

 

 

What is Prime Rib? It is a roast made from the popular Ribeye steak section or as some people call them, Delmonico steaks. It is usually prepared around the holidays. There are three grades of meat; Select, Choice and Prime. Choice is the most popular because of it's blend of fat and quality but also affordable. The Prime is by far the best for flavor, it is also very rare and there for cost nearly twice the amount of choice. Select is the lowest quality and of course the cheapest but it still graded by the USDA so you at least know what your getting when you buy it. Even though most people call it "Prime Rib", what you are really looking for is called a Beef Rib Roast or Standing Rib Roast. I imagine that the name Prime Rib just became popular from the restaurant business, which probably did start out selling it as Prime but it crossed over to more affordable restaurants and they just kept the name the same.  

Ingredients:

6 pound Beef Rib Roast- (1 rib bone will feed at least two people, a 1 rib Rib Roast usually weighs 2-3 pounds)

Seasoning- There are a million recipes for Rib Roasts to google. This is what I like. You will find a recipe for a marinade after the link, that is what I use for my Rib Roasts.

Savings: 10$ per person!



Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin

Bacon is delicious, it's easy to see why so many people are crazy about it, so you can't go wrong with this recipe. Pork Tenderloin is super lean and really tender but it really needs the bacon to "step it up a notch", as Emeril would say. Cooking it on the grill is recommended but in the oven on broil would work as well. Since the Pork is so lean, don't over cook it because it will turn into jerky. Besides that, this is a simple dinner that taste like you know what you are doing.

Ingredients:
2 pounds Pork Tenderloin (8-12 ounces per person)
1 pound Bacon (About 16 ounces for every 32 ounces of Pork)
2 Tbsp. Garlic
1 Tbsp. Pepper
1 Tbs. Salt
Tooth picks (optional)
Savings: $20-30