The Best Dry Rub Recipe
This is the best dry rub recipe – perfect for ribs, brisket or steak! It’s a must make for all of your favorite cuts of meat.
This dry rub recipe is a perfect blend of smoky, sweet, and savory flavors. Featuring paprika, brown sugar, garlic, and cumin, it’s the ultimate seasoning for all your meats.
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This spice blend makes for the best ribs – spare ribs, pork ribs, baby back ribs, you name it – every rib recipe needs this rib rub! The best way to prepare racks of ribs is first by coating them in this dry rub recipe.
The Best Dry Rub Recipe:
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Supplies:
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
Whatever you do, don’t change up the ingredients. I usually like to encourage experimenting with recipes but trust me, this one is too good to mess with!
Directions:
1. In a mixing bowl, stir together all of the ingredients.
Tip: a fork may be used to break up any large clumps.
2. Use the mixture to coat your favorite rack of ribs or cut of meat.
This recipe makes enough rub for two racks of ribs.
This is the secret ingredient in our baby back rib recipe – the dry spice rub is the best part and creates a flavor profile that is to die for! It gives the baby backs the perfect balance of aromatic spices and sweet flavors with a little kick.
How to use this dry rub:
- Prepare the ribs by trimming off the thin membrane from the back of the ribs.
- Pat dry with paper towel.
- Dry rub ribs with the spice mixture, be sure to coat both sides.
- Place ribs on a grill grate to smoke or barbecue.
- Use your favorite BBQ sauce to coat the ribs.
- Cook until bone tender!
Be sure to check out our delicious baby back ribs recipe that seriously makes the best smoked ribs that you have ever had!
We also love to use this rub on our smoked brisket, this homemade dry rub is good on everything. Paired with our homemade barbecue sauce for basting and white sauce for dipping, your mind is sure to be blown!
Making your own dry rub is sure to garner rave reviews from friends and family! A good dry rub is the key to making the most amazing ribs and smoked meat.
How to store dry rub:
Store this dry rub in an airtight container in the pantry at room temperature until you’re ready to use it. This recipe makes enough rub for two racks of ribs so you may want to double or triple it!
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The Best Dry Rub Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
Instructions
- 1. In a mixing bowl, stir together all of the ingredients.
- 2. Use the mixture to coat your favorite rack of ribs or cut of meat.
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