Making a rib-eye roast is really easy! I promise. And, my Garlic Rib-eye Roast is infused with great garlicky flavor. You just stuff it with garlic cloves, season it with salt and pepper, stick it in the oven and voilà, a perfect Garlic Rib-eye Roast.
Garlic Rib-eye Roast is also a stress-free way to have an elegant main dish on the table for special occasions. I made this at Christmas, but it’s also a great meal for other special occasions, such as:
- Sunday Dinner
- Company’s Coming Dinner
- New Year’s Eve
- Valentine’s Day
- Easter
- Father’s Day
- Labor Day (hey; it’s practically “labor-free”!)
- Memorial Day
- Veteran’s Day
I can keep going, but I won’t {grin}!
I learned to cook primarily from 3 people in my life:
- My father (who taught me to be creative in cooking)
- My Home Economics teacher in junior high school (who taught me the basics of cooking)
- My mother (who taught me to bake)
Yes, my mother is in the third position in the triumvirate that comprises my culinary education! Not because she wasn’t talented; she was – in many other areas, just not cooking.
My mother talents include (this is NOT an all-encompassing list):
- great Mom to her children
- a loving grandmother and great-grandmother to many including children not related by blood
- a talented seamstress
- a talented knitter
- a talented crafter
- a talented Girl Scout leader
- a talented swimming coach
- a talented cheerleader at sporting events
- Plus, she was a great assistant carpenter!
Yep; I’ve put “carpenter” as one of her many talents. When I was a young girl, she made a bookshelf room divider without the help of my father. My father, an Air Force pilot, was TDY (temporary duty) overseas for months on end and Mom was very self-sufficient. The bookshelf was beautiful – she’d painted it in vibrant warm colors of yellow, orange, fuchsia, red and purple! I loved my room…
But, she didn’t like to cook, so was a simple cook. And, I learned to make roast beef from my Dad.
All the photos above were taken at Christmas time! It was late afternoon, everyone was hungry, the light was waning and those photos were about all I could manage before the hungry crowd mutinied! The photos below were taken more recently, because I made two roasts and we had leftovers. So, I sliced the leftovers and froze them and Charlie and I had Garlic Rib-eye Roast for New Year’s Eve plus we still have some leftover for Valentine’s Day!
We didn’t have any gravy leftover from Christmas, so I made my Perfect Beef Gravy from leftover beef bones!
Here’s the recipe:
Garlic Rib-eye Roast
Garlic Rib-eye Roast is an easy and delicious main dish for a special occasion.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour 40 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 50 mins
- Yield: 16 1x
- Category: Beef
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 boneless rib-eye roast (between 5 to 7 pounds)
- 5 cloves of garlic, peeled and cut in half lengthwise
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- Perfect Beef Gravy (see other recipe)
Instructions
- Remove roast from refrigerator, remove packaging, rinse and pat dry.
- Place roast on chopping board, fat side up.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- With sharp knife, cut slits on the top of the roast, slicing through the fat all the way to the meat.
- Insert slices of garlic into slits, pressing down to get them as far as possible through the fat.
- Season roast with salt and pepper.
- Place in roasting pan, fat-side up and place roasting pan in the oven.
- Cook roast for 18 to 20 minutes per pound for medium-rare (you can test by inserting meat thermometer and it reads an internal temperature of 130 degrees).
- Remove from oven and transfer to chopping board.
- Cover loosely with aluminum foil and allow to rest for 15 minutes before slicing and serving.
- Make Perfect Beef Gravy from pan drippings while roast is resting.
Notes
The time listed is approximate. Use 20 minutes per pound as your guide and calculate based on the size of your roast.
Enjoy!
Tootles,
Related Posts:
(other Main Dish recipes for special occasions)
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