Expert dry rub recipes to make at home

Chicken Rub

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons kosher salt
• 2 tablespoons garlic powder
• 2 tablespoons onion powder
• 2 teaspoons black pepper
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons sage
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• 2 teaspoons sugar

Directions:

1. Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl.
2. Taste your new chicken rub.
3. Add something sweet if it tastes too salty. Add more herbs to accent a certain taste, etc.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you like it.
5. Rinse and pat dry your chicken.
6. If you are cooking chicken with skin still attached, gently loosen the skin and rub some of the rub in between the skin and meat.
7. Rub the remaining rub all over the outside of the chicken.

Try these ingredients instead for a Pork Tenderloin Rub

Ingredients:

• 2.5 lbs. boneless pork loin roast
• 1 1/4 cups brown sugar
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons coarsely ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons kosher salt
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 4 1/2 teaspoons onion salt
• 1 tablespoon dry mustard
• 1 1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper (cayenne)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground red pepper (cayenne)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
• 3/4 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed

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