I’ve been playing around with making my own rubs, instead of relying on the store bought kind. Basically a bit of brown sugar, garlic and onion powder, salt, pepper and whatever else I can find. Tonight I used:
- Brown Sugar
- Cayenne Pepper
- Paprika
- Onion Powder
- Garlic Powder
- Fresh Ground Pepper
- Fresh Rosemary
- Dried Thyme
- Course Sea Salt
- Hot Chocolate powder
- Columbian Coffee Grounds
It was great for my $3 steak because the chocolate and coffee, although slight, gave it a smooth deep flavor, which the cayenne added some spice and the other spices (paprika, rosemary especially) adding another level of flavor. I wouldn’t smoother a fine cut with this, but it did it’s job– tasted so good, it was like a modified carne asada.
