BBQ SPICES MIX
What Is BBQ Spices Mix?
BBQ spices mix is a blend of salt, spices, and sugar used to season meat for smoking, grilling, and roasting. This BBQ rub recipe includes a variety of spices that work well with beef, chicken, pork, or veggies. Use it immediately before cooking as a steak seasoning or apply it the night before as a marinade or dry brine for larger cuts of meat.
Culinary Use
Here’s how to make the most of BBQ spice mix:
- Spatchcocked chicken: Removing the chicken’s backbone reduces the cooking time and allows the seasoning to penetrate the maximum surface area. Cover the spatchcocked chicken with the barbecue rub and let it marinate overnight before grilling, roasting, or smoking.
- Baby back ribs: Even without a smoker, the slow-cooked flavor of BBQ spice can add deep layers of flavor to a rack of ribs. Season the ribs with the dry rub, cover them with foil, and bake at 250 degrees Fahrenheit until tender, about four hours. Remove the foil and broil on low for ten minutes to caramelize the sugars from the rub and get a crust on the meat.
- Brisket: With larger pieces of meat like brisket and pork shoulder, this dry rub recipe works well as a dry brine. Apply the seasoning mix the night before cooking so the BBQ spice can form a crust and penetrate the thicker cut.
- Whole cauliflower: Dry rubs work well for large vegetables, too. Smoking a whole cauliflower is a delicious vegan option. Rubbing the cauliflower in a thin layer of mustard, BBQ sauce, or chipotle en adobo helps adhere the barbecue seasoning to every nook and cranny of the cauliflower.
- Pork chops: For thin-cut pork chops, season right before cooking. For thicker cuts or whole pork tenderloin, apply the seasoning blend a few hours before cooking.
Health Benefits
- Fight some cancers
- Skin protection
- Lowers Blood Sugar Level
- Good Vegan diet option
Nutrition Value
A teaspoon of BBQ Spice mix weighing 1 g contains:
- Calories: 0
- Total Fat: 0g
- Sodium: 360mg
- Carbohydrates: 0.5g
- Protein: 0g
Forms Available
- Powder
.