5 Steak Rubs for Grilling

chia's Note:

from cooks illustrated, these are great for any type of grilled steaks. choose your rub and get grilling

• Total Time: 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 0.333 cup

1-chile-cumin spice rub

• 3 dried chipotle peppers , stemmed,seeded,chopped
• 2 dried ancho chiles , stemmed,seeded,chopped
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 2 teaspoons sugar

2-cocoa cumin allspice rub

• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
• 4 teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 teaspoons allspice
• 4 teaspoons peppercorns
• 2 teaspoons salt

3- tarragon mustard seed rub

• 3 tablespoons dried tarragon
• 2 tablespoons yellow mustard seeds
• 2 tablespoons black peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon salt

4- pepper coriander rub

• 2 tablespoons black peppercorns
• 2 tablespoons coriander seeds
• 1 tablespoon dill seed
• 1 ½ teaspoons red pepper flakes
• 2 ½ teaspoons salt

5- star anise coffee rub

• 6 whole star anise
• 2 tablespoons whole coffee beans
• 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar

Directions:

1. for each rub:.
2. combine all ingredients in a spice or coffee grinder until well ground.
3. rub on any type of steak 2 hours prior to grilling.
4. store extra rub in a container in a dry spot.

Reviews

[TexasKelly]

My husband made the Cocoa Cumin Allspice rub last night and grilled up a couple steaks, and I would say it was a WONDERFUL rub. I disagree with the previous reviewer that the cumin overpowered the rub- I thought it went quite nicely with the amount of cocoa and everything else. We had never tried anything like that before, and really liked it. I would definately make it again and also try the other rubs. Thanks for posting!

[littleturtle]

Tonight we tried #2-cocoa cumin allspice rub. Good, but not great. I tried this one first because it sounded interesting (never tried cocoa on steak before). It didn't ruin a good steak or anything, but it wasn't incredible. The cumin was fairly overpowering (in fact you could barely taste anything else) and we ended up adding a lot more salt after the steaks were cooked. I'll try to salvage the leftover mix by adding more of everything except for the cumin. I'm still planning on trying the other mixes soon. Hopefully we'll like the others better. — Apr 11, 2006 update: I've added another star after trying #4- pepper coriander rub tonight. It had more of a kick than I was expecting and an almost jerky like flavor. I subbed white pepper for black as I was out. I think it effected the taste a little, but not in a bad way. We both liked this one better than #2.

[gwynn]

We just got through trying Rub #4. It was superb. My DH said it was the best steak he had ever eaten. Will be trying the others soon. Thanks for the great tasting recipe.