Archive for the Marinade, Rubs, Sauce Category

Chicken Breast Brine

Ingredients
- 1/4 cup coarse salt
- 1/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 20 whole black peppercorns
- 1 thinly sliced chili pepper
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cup hot water, plus 3 cups cold water
- Lemon thinly sliced or Lemon juice
- 1 small onion thinly sliced
- 2 cloves of garlic crushed

Directions
1. Place the salt, sugar, peppercorns, chili pepper, and bay leaf into a bowl
2. Add hot water and whisk until salt and sugar are dissolved
3. Add cold water and let cool to room temperature
4. Add lemon and onion
5. Put breasts into 1 gallon plastic bag
6. Pour brine into bag, squeeze out excess air and seal

Let set for at least 2 hours (overnight works very well also) and grill.

Three Herb Chimi Churri Sauce

Ingredients
- 1 cup cilantro
- 1/2 cup fresh mint
- 1 cup flat leaf parsley
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1/2 tsp hot pepper flakes
- 1/3 cup white vinegar
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp blk pepper

Coke BBQ Sauce

Ingredients
- 1 cup Coke
- 1 cup Ketchup
- 3 tblsp A-1 Sauce
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 tsp Onion flakes
- 1 tsp Garlic flakes

Basic BBQ Rub

Ingredients
- Salt
- Pepper
- Paprika
- Brown Sugar

All equal parts

Directions
1. Combine equal parts of each ingredient into a bowl and mix

Spicy BBQ Sauce

Ingredients
- 1 Cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 Cup ketchup
- 5 Tbsp mustard
- 1.5 Tsp cayenne pepper
- 2 Garlic cloves
- Salt to taste
- Tobasco to taste

Directions
1. Mix vinegar, ketchup and mustard together until light orange in color.
2. Mix in remaining ingredients.

Apply before and after cooking.

Basil Pesto Sauce

I wish I could take credit for this recipe but I can’t.  It belongs to Tyler Florence and is absolutely delicious!

  • 2 cups fresh basil
  • 1 cup fresh Italian parsley
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan or romano cheese, grated
  • 1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted
  • 4 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice 
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • Combine all ingredients in a food processor or blender. Puree until the mixture forms a smooth, thick paste.   I add more garlic and chili pepper flakes according to my taste.  But this freezes well.  Make several batches!

    Pork Loin Marinade

    Ingredients:
    - 2 Tbsp honey
    - 1 Tbsp brown sugar
    - 1 cup soy sauce
    - 2 garlic cloves
    - 1/2 tsp cinnamon
    - 2 Tbsp red wine
    - 1 tsp ginger
    - some green onion tops cut any size

    Spicy Rib Rub

    Ingredients:
    - 2 Tbsp finely ground black pepper
    - 1 Tbsp ground oregano
    - 1 Tbsp paprika
    - 1 Tbsp brown sugar
    - 2 Tsp salt
    - 3/4 Tsp cayenne pepper

    Coffee Rub

    Ingredients:
    - 1 Tblsp freshly ground coffee
    - 2 tsp (packed) brown sugar
    - 2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
    - 1/2 tsp ground coriander
    - 1/2 tsp dried oregano
    - 1/2 tsp fine sea salt

    Directions:
    1. Mix all ingredients together

    Can be stored for up to 1 week.

    Texas BBQ Sauce

    Ingredients:
    - 1 Tbsp butter
    - 1 garlic clove, minced
    - 1 cup ketchup
    - 1/3 cup (packed) brown sugar
    - 1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce
    - 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
    - 1 chipotle chile from canned chipotle chiles in adobo (dried, smoked jalapenos in a spicy tomato sauce called adobo), minced with seeds
    - 1/4 tsp ground cayenne

    Directions:
    1. Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat
    2. Add garlic; stir for 30 seconds
    3. Stir in ketchup and all remaining ingredients
    4. Bring to boil
    5. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer until reduced to 1 1/3 cups, stirring occasionally (about 15 min.)
    6. Season with salt and pepper