Hot, Red Barbecue Rub Recipe

Origin: Fusion      Period: Modern

This is a light but spicy barbecue rub that imparts a wonderful red colour to foods. It can also be used as a spicy addition to soups, vegetable dishes and even bread and pizza mixes. The addition of annatto seeds gives the spice a very strong red colour which it imparts to the food it's cooked with.

Ingredients:

1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp Annatto Seeds
1 tsp garlic granules
1 tsp black peppercorns
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp chilli powder (I use finely-ground piri-piri chillies, but use what you think is best)
1/2 tsp salt (omit if using with beef)

Hot, Red Barbecue Rub Preparation:

Method:

To make this rub simply add all the ingredients to a spice grinder or coffee blender and blend to a fine powder (this may take a while as the annatto seeds are very hard. This makes an excellent rub for chicken, pork and fish that you are going to barbecue or grill. (Use the salt-less version for beef.)

If, however, you want to use the rub on roast pork then mix 1 part of the rub with 2 parts of honey and brush over the pork.

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