Standing Roast Beef (Brined)

Ingredients

• 8 cups warm water
• 8 cups brewed French-roast coffee
• 1 cup kosher salt
• 1 (1 ounce) package dry French onion soup mix
• 1 onion, diced
• 1/4 cup minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 (6 pound) standing beef rib roast
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder, or to taste
• 2 teaspoons onion powder, or more to taste
• Ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Stir warm water, coffee, kosher salt, onion soup mix, onion, garlic, and Worcestershire sauce in a 16-quart stock pot until salt and onion soup mix has dissolved. Lay roast in the brine and cover pot; refrigerate at least 8 hours. Turn roast over at least twice during brining.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Remove roast from brine and pat dry with paper towels. Place roast on a rack in a roasting pan with the fat side down; sprinkle with garlic powder, onion powder, and black pepper. Flip roast and season other side the same way. Let roast stand until it reaches room temperature, about 1 hour.

Place roast into preheated oven and bake for 1 hour.

Turn off heat and leave meat in the hot oven, without opening oven door, for 3 hours. Turn oven back on and set heat for 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Let roast reheat until an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the center of the roast reads 130 degrees F (54 degrees C) for medium-rare, 30 to 40 minutes.