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Curry-Cumin Spice Rub

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on August 22, 2007

Time

10 minutes

Yield

makes about 1 cup

Curry-Cumin Spice Rub

Ingredients

¼ cup curry powder ¼ cup ground cumin ¼ cup chili powder 3 tablespoons ground black pepper 3 tablespoons brown sugar (packed)1 tablespoon kosher salt

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in small bowl.
Curry-Cumin Spice Rub

Curry-Cumin Spice Rub

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Time

10 minutes

Yield

makes about 1 cup

Ingredients

¼ cup curry powder
¼ cup ground cumin
¼ cup chili powder
3 tablespoons ground black pepper
3 tablespoons brown sugar (packed)
1 tablespoon kosher salt

Ingredients

¼ cup curry powder
¼ cup ground cumin
¼ cup chili powder
3 tablespoons ground black pepper
3 tablespoons brown sugar (packed)
1 tablespoon kosher salt

Ingredients

¼ cup curry powder
¼ cup ground cumin
¼ cup chili powder
3 tablespoons ground black pepper
3 tablespoons brown sugar (packed)
1 tablespoon kosher salt

Why This Recipe Works

We set out to create savory, robust spice rub recipes for chicken that would give us deeply browned crusts filled with complex, concentrated flavors. For speed and ease, we chose preground spices (the dry heat of a grill toasts the spices right on the chicken) and added only a modest amount of salt. Using preground spices had another advantage: They proved to have excellent sticking power.

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in small bowl.

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