Easy Southwestern Grilled Chicken Rub and Marinade

"This one comes from Morton's salt and is a fine rub for chicken on the gas grill or for over the campfire when you're camping. You could also use it with equal benefit for baked chicken in the oven. The cooking time listed accounts for marinating time in the refrigerator. Enjoy!"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 5mins
Ingredients:
5
Yields:
1/4 cup
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ingredients

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directions

  • Blend all ingredients.
  • Rub this blend on to individual chicken pieces and allow to marinate in the refrigerator for one hour prior to grilling.
  • NOTE: This blend can also be converted to a paste by whisking in 3 tablespoons of olive oil per every tablespoon of rub blend. Use the paste on steaks or roasts.

Questions & Replies

  1. How much chicken does this recipe cover? I have 3.5 pounds of chicken to marinade. It doesn’t say anything about this is for 1 or 2 pounds of meat
     
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Reviews

  1. Really great and quick rub. I used it to rotisserie a chicken on an outdoor grill so made it half way between, I made a paste using olive oil so it would brown well, but kept it fairly thick using equal amounts of powder to oil so would stick OK while turning. Came out a treat!
     
  2. This was very good. I was pleasantly surprised there wasn’t an overwhelming cumin or chili flavor. I used lightly dried cilantro, comes in a little cup. Thats the only change and we really liked it. It’s definitely a keeper. And I added the olive oil to the bag and smushed everything around. Thank you
     
  3. Excellent rub. I made this tonight and I would definitely make it again!
     
  4. This was the best chicken rub that I have tried. It was so very flavorful. Thanks for the tip on making the paste from the rub. Will use a lot I'm sure. Thanks for posting.
     
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