Thanksgiving dinner doesn’t always have to be about a big, juicy bird! Take it easy on yourself and set a Latin-inspired Chorizo-Stuffed Standing Rib Roast on the table – it’s guaranteed to impress!
I honestly have no idea how it’s November 15th right now.
I mean, I’m pretty sure that yesterday I was handing out candy to Trick-or-Treaters. The day before, we were grilling steaks in 98 degree heat.
And somehow, suddenly we have beautifully mild 70-ish degree weather, I’m seeing more and more out-of-town license plates, and there are frozen turkeys everywhere at work.
Florida fall has arrived, and with it the holidays. Huzzah.
This page includes step by step instructions, as well as tips and notes. If you’d like to skip all that, feel free to scroll down to the full, printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.
So I let Mr. Crumby take the helm for today’s post! Not only did he come up with the recipe, he also butchered the rib roast (it is his job after all,) dictated ingredient measurements, and basically discovered a delicious new breakfast sausage mix (which will be up here after the holidays.)
He also served as a lovely hand model for these photos. Let’s get the dirty work out of the way first, shall we? After you get the chorizo stuffing put together, it’s time to turn your beautiful cut of beef into a butterfly! Or something like that.
My darling hubby even made an easy-to-follow diagram on how to butcher the beef for stuffing. Isn’t he a love? It’s much easier to explain with visuals.
Ask your butcher to bone and tie the roast for you, making the presentation only a tiny bit less spectacular (no fancy ribs in the sky) but way easier to deal with.
Remove the ties and bones (which will be loose,) then refer to the image above to carve it for stuffing!
So after you’ve carved up that solid piece of meat, get to stuffing, making sure each slice gets plenty of chorizo-y goodness.
Continue folding the slabs of beef over, and pressing all of that stuffing right on to the roast. It will all get rolled back up and tied back together for safekeeping…
…like so. We wouldn’t want to lose any of that tasty surprise filling!
Don’t forget to place the bones back on the bottom before you tie it up. Season it with as much salt and pepper as your little heart desires, pop that beauty into the oven, and start or finish up your sides or dessert.
(Definitely dessert.)
With any luck, you’ll have everything ready in time for the roast to emerge fully cooked and ready to be served. Just don’t taste test too much. You’d hate to not have room for a plate full of this delicious alternative Thanksgiving entrée!
Oh em gee, that crackly, crispy top. Swoon.
The stuffing (really a mixture of chorizo, mushrooms, herbs, and spices) is truly a unique addition to this otherwise traditional holiday roast. Parsley and garlic have been done – who else but my loving, crazy Dominican husband would stuff sausage in a beef roast?!
And people wonder where I get my creativity in the kitchen from. He’s inspired all kinds of crazy flavor combos, and every one has been incredible in its own right.
I really did pick a good one, didn’t I?
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Chorizo-Stuffed Standing Rib Roast
Ingredients
- 4 pounds standing rib roast
- 1 pounds chorizo sausage
- ½ cup cilantro chopped
- ¼ cup sofrito sauce homemade or store-bought
- 2 scallions chopped
- 2 large mushrooms chopped
- 8 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 ½ teaspoons cumin
- ½ teaspoon oregano
Instructions
- Remove roast from refrigerator 1 hour before stuffing and allow to sit at room temperature.
- Combine remaining ingredients in a large bowl and mix together until well combined. Place in fridge until ready to stuff roast.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line the bottom of a roasting pan with foil for easier cleanup.
- Place roast, ribs-side down, on a cutting board. Remove ribs from underneath roast and set aside.
- Using a sharp knife, pull the flap (fat cap) and cut along the fat line. Do not remove completely. Lay flap to the side.
- Make a horizontal incision into the loin, cutting about ¾ of the way through. Press the stuffing into the flap in an even layer. Fold the top of the cut loin over and repeat, stuffing an even layer. Close the loin and press another layer of stuffing on the bottom of the roast. Replace the ribs and flip the roast rib-side down again.
- Tie at 1” intervals with kitchen twine. Season outside of roast with salt and pepper to taste.
- Roast at 350 for 1½ to 2 hours until internal temperature reaches 135 degrees F (for medium rare,) or longer for desired doneness. Remove the roast from the oven and allow to rest for 10 to 15 minutes before slicing. Cut away the butchers twine and carve the roast into individual servings.
Nichole says
Oh my gosh! This looks amazing – like I need it right now for breakfast amazing! Love the step by step on this, too.
Brianne @ Cupcakes & Kale Chips says
This is a masterpiece!
william says
hi um i really like our recipe but you re web site is god awful there are video ads on the side and pictures ads between every paragraph this makes it hard to read the recipe, could you get rid of the pictures ads maybe it would make things easyer to read thanks