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Basic Chicken Rub

By Myron Mixon
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle

Recipe information

  • Yield

    2 cups

Ingredients

ā…” cup chili powder
Ā½ cup sugar
4 tablespoons kosher salt
4 tablespoons onion powder
4 tablespoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Preparation

  1. In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients thoroughly. You can store this rub in an airtight container indefinitely.

Cover of the cookbook Smokin' With Myron Mixon featuring the chef and a double rack of saucy glazed ribs.
Reprinted with permission from Smokin' with Myron Mixon by Myron Dixon with Kelly Alexander, Ā© 2011 Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House. Buy the full book from Amazon or Bookshop.
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