Tex-mex Grilling Rub I Made It

Tex-Mex Grilling Rub

frankieanne 7 years ago
posted by Pleclare
Tex Mex Grilling Rub
This was too salty for me. I ate my steak but I kept reaching for my iced tea. I picked this one because of the brown sugar, but I couldn't tell it was in it. I used chipotle chili powder instead of cayenne.
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bakerme 7 years ago said:

That's a *lot* of salt. :p Makes me want a glass of water just reading the ingredient list. Your photo, though, looks fantastic, Frankie, and the steak is done to perfection! A beautiful medium-rare, just the way I like it.

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Cosmicmother 7 years ago said:

Yum, your steak looks good!
I can see how the salt would over power everything! Did you use a kosher or large flaked salt? I find you have to use half the salt if your subbing fine/table salt for kosher salt or sea salt. I think I'd still use less than half the salt though, a tablespoon of salt would be plenty for that amount of spices, otherwise it does sound like a good rub! :)

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DIZ3 7 years ago said:

Beautiful picture of the steak! I agree that's a lot of salt. You wouldn't want to rub a bunch of it on. Maybe just sprinkle it over the steak.

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frankieanne 7 years ago said:

Thank you, everyone. I used kosher salt. The steak was beautifully done, if I do say so myself! That is why it was upsetting that it was so salty. I needed more brown sugar than salt. I love brown sugar on meats!

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NadineM 7 years ago said:

Oh Frankieanne I can see like others about the salt levels. I checked out the rib rub that I have and while the salt is 1/3 of a cup the rest of the dry ingredients are way up the amounts used. Sorry it did not work out the way you had hopped.

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Cosmicmother 7 years ago said:

That's too bad the salt ruined your steak FA.
I agree about brown sugar with meats. It caramelizes it beautifully without it being sweet. It also helps keep the other spices on the meat, and enhances the flavor! :)

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frankieanne 7 years ago said:

Thank you for stopping by, Nadine. Truth be told, I thought about rinsing it off! But, I didn't.
I love brown sugar on chicken! Yum. :)

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NadineM 7 years ago said:

Frankieanne it does sound so good and the rub I spoke about has 1/4 brown sugar into to.

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frankieanne 7 years ago said:

Is the rub recipe posted here, Nadine? I can't seem to find it in your recipes. I would love to take a look at it!

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mommyluvs2cook 7 years ago said:

That steak is beautifully cooked but wow, the salt amount compared to the rest of the ingredients is so high, so I can see how it is salty! Do you still have some rub leftover? Just add extra of the other ingredients to do it to save it, don't throw it away! :)

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frankieanne 7 years ago said:

I thought about that, Michelle! Definitely a good idea but then I knocked over a glass of iced tea that resulted in some tea mixed in what was left. But - yep - definitely would work and fix the problem, too. :)

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