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My New Favorite Marinade—A Traditional Thai Seasoning

Thai Marinated Pork Chop.

It’s the irony of being a cookbook writer: you always look forward, not back. That is, you’re always thinking about new recipes—not those favorite dishes you created for cookbooks past. I recently had a chance to revisit two such dishes at this year’s Barbecue University: Pac-Rim rotisserie chicken and Thai grilled beef salad. Both owe […]

Satay Spice Rub Recipe

satay spice

Chicken satay is served all over Asia and it’s usually seasoned with a blend of spices heavy on turmeric. That’s how it gets that golden color. My satay spice rub blend also includes ground coriander, ginger powder, chile powder, black pepper, brown sugar, and a few other spices. It’s perfect on chicken, pork, beef, goat, […]

This Mustard Wasabi Rub Will Open Your Nostrils

wasabi powder

A fantastic balance of spicy, sweet, salty and savory flavors Hate to burst your Japanese bubble, but most of the “wasabi” served in Japanese restaurants in North America is grated horseradish dyed green and mixed with mustard powder and cornstarch. Womp-womp. It still tastes good! It’s just that real green wasabi is hard to cultivate […]

Conditioning And Seasoning A Pizza Stone

seasoning pizza stone

You should condition and season a new pizza stone or baking stone before using it. Here are simple instructions on how to do it so your pizza cooks perfectly the first time you use the stone.

Homemade Smoked Almonds With Simon & Garfunkel Rub

smoked almonds with simon and garfunkel rub

Smoked to perfection on the grill and seasoned just right with AmazingRibs.com’s popular Simon & Garfunkel rub, these almonds are a crowd favorite. Serve them on their own, use them in salads, or so much more. If you don’t have a smoker or grill you can make most of these recipes just fine in your indoor oven.

Homemade BBQ Almonds, Grill Roasted With Memphis Dust Rub

Pile of almonds with flavorful spices

Smoking almonds at home couldn’t be easier and the addition of Meathead’s Memphis Dust BBQ rub takes them to a new level. Serve them straight, mixed with dried fruit, or sprinkled as garnish on your favorite dishes. If you don’t have a smoker or grill you can make most of these recipes just fine in your indoor oven.

Soy Ginger Glazed BBQ Ribs Recipe

Saucing ribs with soy-ginger glaze

BBQ ribs get an Asian inspired makeover in this recipe for soy ginger glazed spare ribs. The flavor base for these Asian style smoked ribs comes from a dry rub of paprika mixed with five spice powder. The ribs are smoked low and slow until moist and tender then glazed with a sticky sweet soy and ginger BBQ sauce.

Try A Spicy Pickled Eggs Recipe For Kicks

spicy pickled eggs

Pickled eggs are typically hard boiled eggs that have been submerged in a vinegar-based brine. The brine can be salty, sour, sweet or spicy depending on your preference. This recipe gives the pickled eggs a touch of spice and a good strong punch of tartness from the vinegar.

Smoked Dry Rubbed Lamb Ribs Recipe

Smoked dry rubbed lamb ribs plated

With this simple flavorful recipe, feast on succulent lamb ribs that are seasoned with a dry rub and slow smoked until tender. These grilled lamb ribs are served without any sauce to highlight the balance of the slightly gamey meat and the herb scented dry rub. A squeeze of lemon never hurts though.

Memphis Dust Rub Recipe

Memphis dust dry rub

Here’s an award winning recipe for a classic Memphis style barbecue dry rub that’s great on pork, chicken, fish, beef, and veggies. Memphis is known for dry rubbed ribs, skipping the sauce is favor of a Memphis rib rub that allows the meat to shine through. This easy recipe makes the only BBQ rub that you’ll ever need!

Smoked Bloody Mary, The Ultimate BBQ Eyeopener

BBQ bloody Mary in glass with celery stalk

The classic Bloody Mary is taken to new smoky height thanks to a BBQ twist. Smoked ice, BBQ sauce, dry rub seasoning, and bacon are the cornerstone of this smoked Bloody Mary recipe. You’ll never see this classic Sunday brunch cocktail the same way again once you take the first sip.

Chinese Five Spice Powder Recipe

five spices in five containers

This simple to make but flavor packed recipe for five spice powder will be your go-to seasoning whenever you want to add an Asian accent to any dish. Five Spice Powder is a blend of cinnamon, cloves, fennel, star anise, and Szechwan peppercorns. Further amplify the rub by adding ginger, nutmeg, and/or licorice.

Smoked Ribs Recipe (Baby Back or St. Louis Spare Ribs)

rack of ribs and sauce on a cutting board.

Here are step by step instructions for mouthwatering BBQ ribs that are so juicy and tender, just like the competition pitmasters and the best ribjoints do it. Start with our award winning spice rub and end with championship tangy sticky sweet sauce. And you do not need a smoker, you can do it on a grill!

Competition Ribs Recipe and Award Winning Tricks

Pork ribs being judged

Perfect your competition ribs with these simple tips and a competition rib recipe. Trimmed ribs are seasoned with a flavorful BBQ dry rub before being smoked for several hours. Wrapping the ribs with butter and other ingredients ensure that they are moist, tender, and packed full of flavor for the competition judges.

Try This Charoses Recipe, A Delicious Jewish Applesauce!

charoses

Here’s a great recipe for Charoses (Jewish applesauce). This is one of the world’s great applesauces and is a perfect accompaniment to BBQ. Charoses tastes just fine as soon as you make it, but it improves with a day or two of age as the apples and raisins absorb the wine and spice flavors.