By Darcey Olson / March 25, 2024
9 different prime rib sauce options to compliment your holiday prime rib!
Looking for the perfect Prime Rib Sauce to compliment your holiday prime rib? You’ve come to the right place. We specialize in prime rib recipes here at Foodie and Wine, so naturally we have multiple sauce options for prime rib to choose from.
From creamy horseradish sauce to dreamy au jus to buttery dipping sauces, this list of sauces for prime rib has something for everyone. Even your pickiest eater!
First up, pick your poison! What prime rib recipes will you be making this year? Whether you’re looking to make it in the oven, grill or sous vide machine, we have you covered. Maybe you already have one you love. No worries! All of these options are well suited to a variety of different rubs and cooking methods.
Prime Rib Roast
Check out our collection of standing rib roasts to choose from. You can’t go wrong when you pick any of these bad boys. All of them pair well with any prime rib sauce. The first listed is one of the oldest and highly rated recipes online! Read the reviews! We’ve had readers make this recipe for the last 10+ years.
Garlic and Herb Prime Rib
Smoked Prime Rib
Sous Vide Prime Rib
Dry Rub
Of course the foundation of the flavor profile starts with a great dry rub!! Check out our popular prime rib rub recipe. This dry rub is loaded with sliced garlic, rosemary, thyme, onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper and kosher salt.
Feel free to replace the dried herbs with fresh herbs, if that’s what you prefer to use.
Prime Rib Sauce
Finally, pick a sauce or two to serve with your slab of rib roast. Sauce with prime rib is a marriage made in beefy heaven. Most of the prime rib sauce recipes are easy to make they can be made a few days in advance. It also makes it easy to make a few options to serve to satisfy the array of different palettes.
Horseradish Sauce For Prime Rib
Prime rib horseradish sauce is the gold standard when it comes to prime rib sauce. It’s creamy, tangy and brings the heat. For those who don’t care for horseradish we have a plethora of choices!
When making, you can use fresh horseradish root or grab a jar of prepared horseradish.
Horseradish Aioli
Horseradish Aioli is a creamy mayonnaise-based spread, takes just 5 ingredients and 5 minutes to whip up. Use fresh horseradish or prepared horseradish.
Prime Rib Au Jus
This prime rib au jus is our favorite sauce to serve with prime rib, without question. It’s lends a nice salty and beefy flavor to the melt in your mouth prime rib roast only a beef au jus can provide. We also serve it with our leftover prime rib sandwich or even tri tip sandwich.
To make, you can use beef drippings from the roast or replace with butter.
Red Wine Au Jus
We created this red wine au jus for our individual beef wellingtons recipe, but it’s killer on a standing prime rib roast as well. Might we suggest making both au jus recipes and alternate your dipping between bites!
As with all recipes with wine, don’t use wine you wouldn’t drink, as you’ll be able to taste come dipping time!
Prime Rib Gravy
News flash! Prime Rib Gravy and au jus are two different sauces. If you’re looking for a traditional thicker sauce, check out this gravy for prime prime rib gravy recipe. If you’re into the thin consommé type sauce, either of the au jus recipes listed above is what you want.
The upside of using gravy as the sauce is the ability for it to serve as double duty for the potato recipe you’re probably planning on making.
Mushroom Sauce
Creamy Mushroom Sauce is rich, decadent and the perfect steak topper for prime rib and is ready in just 20 minutes.
Blue Cheese Sauce
Blue Cheese fans must make this tangy Blue Cheese Saucerecipe. It’s rich, creamy and ready in only 5 minutes.
Dipping Sauces
While not as common as creamy horseradish sauce or au jus, these dipping sauces would make great additions to your table. Bonus – make a double batch and use to toss your vegetables in!
Garlic Butter Sauce
Butter Garlic Prime Rib. Did your tastebuds just salivate cause ours sure did. You can never have too much garlic or butter, so creating a garlic butter sauce recipe for prime rib roast wasn’t even a question. Plus it takes just 5 minutes to make. It’s the same dipping sauce we use for seafood recipes.
Cajun Sauce
Cajunsauce is exactly what it sounds like: bold and spicy seasonings mixed with melted butter and lemon. If you’ve ever had Morton’s cajun ribeye with au jus, you know what a treat the pairing is.
If using store bought cajun seasoning, you only need 2 more ingredients: butter and lemon. Plus it takes just 5 minutes to make.
Truffled Butter
Kick it up another notch by making truffled butter. Truffle butter is a gourmet compound butter made by blending the creamy texture of butter with the rich, earthy flavor of truffles.Just melt before serving.
Other Recipes To Use These Sauces
These prime rib sauce recipes are too good not to use elsewhere. In fact, we make at least one from the list each week. Here are ways to utilize them:
- Steak Recipes – Sous Vide Ribeye, Denver Steak, and Coulotte Steak would love a good dip in au jus, garlic butter sauce or even horseradish sauce.
- Beef Recipes – Picanha, Smoked Beef Tenderloin, Tri Tip Recipes, and Smoked London Broil would be killer served with cajun butter sauce or au jus
- Pork Recipes – Smoked Pork Chops or Sous Vide Pork Tenderloin could stand up to a ramekin of gravy or either dipping sauce.
- Vegetable Recipes – Either dipping sauce would be fantastic served alongside sous vide corn on the cob, smoked asparagus or air fryer artichokes.
Need prime rib side dish ideas? Check out our list of What To Serve with Prime Rib.
Need help with cook temperature? Download our free Temperature Chart For Prime Rib Printable!
Have leftover Prime Rib? Consult our How To Reheat Prime Rib guide.
We’ve been making prime rib for 20 years, so ask any questions you may have below or send a quick email our way via the contact us form. We’re here to help!
