Dry Rub (Pork Ribs or Chicken)

8 Comments Print This Recipe Print This Recipe
1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (23 votes, average: 3.70 out of 5)

Dry rib rubs can make or break a barbecue meal. This recipe below is my favorite dry rub for baby back pork ribs. I love a dry rub because it is so flavorful and much easier to eat than traditional BBQ sauce. While I typically use this rub on baby back pork ribs, you can also use it on chicken breasts. The recipe below accommodates about 5-7 pounds of baby back pork ribs.

Mix in an airtight container for up to 8 weeks:

2 tablespoons pepper

2 tablespoons paprika

2 tablespoons onion powder

2 tablespoons brown sugar

1 tablespoon chili powder

1 tablespoon kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon ground sage

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Rub onto meat before grilling or baking.

Related posts:

  1. BBQ Sauce
  2. Leigh’s Lemon Chicken Marsala
  3. Mexican Chicken Corn Chowder
  4. Cindy’s Chicken Salad
  5. Chipotle Chicken “Cigars”

8 Comments »

  • outdoor griller said:

    You dont have to bake the ribs you can wrap them in a heavy duty foil pouch twice around to lock in the juices and then grill for about 45 minutes then unwrap then finish grilling with your favorite sauce and they always come tender there are more tips and recipes at http://www.cookingandgrillinoutdoors.com

    Posted October 7, 2008 at 5:39 pm
  • Joe said:

    Good dry rub. I doubled up on the chili powder, it was great.

    Posted November 2, 2008 at 8:55 pm
  • thomas said:

    tried it on pork baby back ribs on an indoor grill. the taste of the rub was fantastic but i overcooked them a bit

    Posted January 13, 2009 at 8:33 pm
  • Baked Beans said:

    [...] Baked beans are a great side dish to serve at any picnic or BBQ.  They are an easy side dish to make and go great with burgers or ribs. [...]

    Posted May 21, 2009 at 2:50 pm
  • Sarah said:

    The rub recipe is for how many pounds?

    Posted May 25, 2009 at 1:04 pm
  • Recipleased said:

    I typically use this recipe for around 5-6 pounds of baby back ribs, but I use the rub pretty liberally, so you could probably stretch it to more if need be. If you are using this recipe for boneless chicken breasts, this rub would coat 7-8 pounds of meat. You can store the rub up to eight weeks in an airtight container, as well.

    Posted May 25, 2009 at 2:48 pm
  • John M. said:

    I BBQ on a Big Green Egg and am looking for a dry rub that completely replaces BBQ sauce. I had some great dry rub ribs in Canada and am looking to do something similar. Is this dry rub intended to be a BBQ sauce replacement?

    Posted January 29, 2011 at 10:57 am
  • Recipleased said:

    Yes, you could use just a dry rub, or a dry rub and BBQ sauce.

    Posted February 8, 2011 at 2:59 pm

Leave your response!

Add your comment below, or trackback from your own site. You can also subscribe to these comments via RSS.

Be nice. Keep it clean. Stay on topic. No spam.