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Top 10 New Year's Recipes

Get ready for the New Year with these most popular New Year's Recipes

By , About.com Guide

You stay up late to celebrate one second. Chances are you'll get hungry along the way. Preparing a New Year's Eve meal that allows hours of dining joy is the way to go. For this reason you might want to cook up something big, like a prime rib roast or a turkey. You might also head towards some traditional barbecue in the form of brisket, pulled pork or BBQ ribs. Interestingly enough, last years top 10 recipes for New Year's Eve include something of all of these.

1. Grilled Lobster Tails

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This grilled lobster is perfect for any occasion. If you don't have a lot of experience grilling shellfish, then this recipe is for you.

2. Prime Rib Roast

This is a classic prime rib recipe cooked on the grill. The secret is to keep the temperature low enough during cooking and to remove it from the grill when done. Be sure to grill indirectly and also use a drip pan to catch the drippings.

3. Prime Rib Herb Paste

This is a great rub to put on prime rib. The combination of flavors with the olive oil make a good slow roasted rib roast perfect. Whether you are roasting, grilling or smoking this is a great rub.

4. Slow Roasted Prime Rib of Beef

Ah, there's nothing quite like prime rib. This prime rib is slow roasted making it even more tender. There is a simple, but flavorful rub which will give you a great gravy afterwards.

5. Honey Glazed Smoked Ham

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This is a great way to take a regular cooked ham and turn it into something spectacular by applying a spicy rub and placing it in a smoker. Let it smoke for a long while and it will taste great.

6. Butter Based Injection Sauce

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Remember that an injection sauce is a marinade and needs to spend some time with the meat to work best. You should plan on using this injection marinade several hours before you start cooking. This is great with any kind of poultry, particularly turkey.

7. Smoked Turkey Brine

This turkey brine recipe makes enough for a whole turkey and will add flavor and give you a juicier and more tender bird.

8. Savory Turkey Brine

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This savory turkey brine gets some of its salt from vegetable stock. Remember this if you are doing a standard brine calculation. You get a rich flavor with this poultry brine that has that perfect combination of the herbs that go so perfectly with turkey.

9. Marinated London Broil

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This classic recipe for London Broil is marinated in wine and vinegar which makes it extra tender. If you really want to make it authentic try getting a Flank Steak.

10. Traditional Chateaubriand

From the time of Napoleon comes this recipe for a great meal. Chateaubriand is not a cut of beef, like many think, but a recipe for a grilled beef tenderloin.

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