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Southern Barbecue Dry Rub

Southern Barbecue Dry Rub

Cuisine:American

Course:Sauce

5m prep 0s cook 5m ready

About 2 cups Southern barbecue chefs rub spice mixtures like this one onto pork or beef before starting the long, slow cooking that will transform it into barbecue. By the end of cooking, it will have produced a dark, crusty “bark” that is loaded with flavor.

Ingredients

Servings:
  • ½ cup sweet or hot paprika
  • ¼ cup packed brown sugar
  • ¼ cup chili powder
  • ¼ cup salt
  • ¼ cup cracked black peppercorns
  • 2 tablespoons cayenne pepper
  • 2 tablespoons ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground mace

Let's Prepare

Collect

Gather these ingredients - no prep needed yet.

  • ½ cup sweet or hot paprika
  • ¼ cup packed brown sugar
  • ¼ cup chili powder
  • ¼ cup salt
  • ¼ cup cracked black peppercorns
  • 2 tablespoons cayenne pepper
  • 2 tablespoons ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground mace

Let's Cook

  1. Step 1.

    Stir together well in a small bowl: ½ cup sweet or hot paprika; ¼ cup packed brown sugar; ¼ cup chili powder; ¼ cup salt; ¼ cup cracked black peppercorns; 2 tablespoons cayenne pepper; 2 tablespoons ground cumin; 1 teaspoon ground mace

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