By Sally Cameron - professionally trained chef, recipe developer, author, speaker, and certified health and nutrition coach
Swapping messages this weekend with a great group of women about pellet grilling recipes, I promised to publish my all purpose dry rub recipe. To my new friends on the Traeger Women Facebook page (and everyone else who grills), here you go! Here’s my all purpose dry rub recipe. Measure the spices into a large jar with a tight lid and shake well until well mixed. Try it for your next grilling adventure.
Easy All Purpose Dry Rub for Grilling
I developed my dry rub recipe more than a decade ago and never shared it until now. It’s my go-to, all purpose dry rub for chicken, ribs, pork tenderloin, and seafood. It really is all purpose! Sprinkle and rub generously onto whatever is going on the grill.
how to make all purpose dry rub
I developed my dry rub recipe more than a decade ago and never shared it until now. It’s my go-to, all purpose dry rub for chicken, ribs, pork tenderloin, and seafood. It really is all purpose! Sprinkle and rub generously onto whatever is going on the grill.
Spices and Swaps
To make a homemade all purpose dry rub you need smoked paprika, regular paprika, granulated garlic, ground cumin and coriander, smoked black pepper, ancho chili powder, and ground chipotle powder for some heat. There’s also a little brown sugar. The smoked spices nicely support the gentle smoky flavor you get from pellet grilling and lend a lightly smoky flavor to foods cooked on a gas grill.
Spice Notes: and Swaps
- Ground chipotle pepper is ground smoked jalapeno pepper, adds more of that smoky flavor
- Granulated garlic is coarse, garlic powder is very fine. To substitute garlic powder for granulated use half as much
- Use all smoked paprika if desired
- Swap a little cayenne pepper for the heat of chipotle
- Use ground black pepper for the smoked pepper
- Switch coconut sugar or golden monk fruit blend for the brown sugar
Spices and Swaps
Originally I put sea salt in the mix but now I’m leaving it out. Some people are salt-sensitive, so that keeps it salt-free. Some people prefer to salt their meat then add a dry rub. If you want to add salt to the blend, use 1 tablespoon of pink sea salt.
Last note – another way to use this dry rub is on whole roasted or rotisserie chicken. In fact I’m doing one tonight!
Pellet Grill Chicken
Here is the chicken I did at friends house recently. They installed the same pellet grill we did and wanted to use it for a barbecue party. I offered an extra hand preparing food and made my pellet grill chicken with my all purpose dry rub on their grill. Not a bite left! Super moist and tender with terrific flavor. I’ll post that recipe soon.
Swapping messages this weekend with a great group of women about pellet grilling recipes, I promised to publish my all purpose dry rub recipe. To my new friends on the Traeger Women Facebook page (and everyone else who grills), here you go! Here’s my all purpose dry rub recipe. Measure the spices into a large jar with a tight lid and shake well until well mixed. Try it for your next grilling adventure.
I developed my dry rub recipe more than a decade ago and never shared it until now. It’s my go-to, all purpose dry rub for chicken, ribs, pork tenderloin, and seafood. It really is all purpose! Sprinkle and rub generously onto whatever is going on the grill.
Spices and Swaps
To make a homemade all purpose dry rub you need smoked paprika, regular paprika, granulated garlic, ground cumin and coriander, smoked black pepper, ancho chili powder, and ground chipotle powder for some heat. There’s also a little brown sugar. The smoked spices nicely support the gentle smoky flavor you get from pellet grilling and lend a lightly smoky flavor to foods cooked on a gas grill.
Spice Notes: and Swaps
- Ground chipotle pepper is ground smoked jalapeno pepper, adds more of that smoky flavor
- Granulated garlic is coarse, garlic powder is very fine. To substitute garlic powder for granulated use half as much
- Use all smoked paprika if desired
- Swap a little cayenne pepper for the heat of chipotle
- Use ground black pepper for the smoked pepper
- Switch coconut sugar or golden monk fruit blend for the brown sugar
Spices and Swaps
Originally I put sea salt in the mix but now I’m leaving it out. Some people are salt-sensitive, so that keeps it salt-free. Some people prefer to salt their meat then add a dry rub. If you want to add salt to the blend, use 1 tablespoon of pink sea salt.
Last note – another way to use this dry rub is on whole roasted or rotisserie chicken. In fact I’m doing one tonight!
salt or no salt
Originally I put sea salt in the mix but now I’m leaving it out. Some people are salt-sensitive, so that keeps it salt-free. Some people prefer to salt their meat then add a dry rub. If you want to add salt to the blend, use 1 tablespoon of pink sea salt.
Pellet Grill Chicken
Here is the chicken I did at friends house recently. They installed the same pellet grill we did and wanted to use it for a barbecue party. I offered an extra hand preparing food and made my pellet grill chicken with my all purpose dry rub on their grill. Not a bite left! Super moist and tender with terrific flavor. I’ll post that recipe soon.
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