Mickey's Coffee Rub

Nanook · June 2014

Whipped up some of Mickey's coffee rub for the first time today. Tried it on a couple of BSCB. They were awesome! If you haven't tried it, I would highly recommend. Thanks Mickey!

henapple · June 2014

I actually came up with the recipe. ..he dropped a little ancho in it and now @Mickey is some kinda rub god.

Mickey · June 2014

We use it on beef, pork, turkeys, and chicken. Best tip I can give is buy your ancho in the bulk spice area.

Nanook · June 2014

Thanks for the tip. I bought two small bottles, so I would have enough for 1/2 a cup. They were over $6 ea. ouch!

Mickey · June 2014

$5.99 a pound in bulk

henapple · June 2014

You ignoring me @Mickey?

Biggreenpharmacist · June 2014

henapple said:
I actually came up with the recipe. ..he dropped a little ancho in it and now @Mickey is some kinda rub god.

Figured you would mix in a little crushed Ozark Oak in yours?

Nanook · June 2014

Maybe we're a long way from the nearest ancho chilli plant here in Alberta...... :-/

Mickey · June 2014

henapple said:

You ignoring me @Mickey?

No. Just trying to figure how to give you 104 points to make the 10k. Egg still give a free Large on the 10k posts?

bettysnephew · June 2014

I have bought my ancho from Penzey's. A pound was about $14.00 + S&H. Reasonable price and good quality. They are in Wisconsin, not too far from the Great White North.

http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/shophome.html?id=djPMCDND

Skiddymarker · June 2014

@Nanook - The Silk Road spice shop in Calgary has a good ancho powder. Not sure if they have a shop in Edmunchuck, worth looking into. I ordered by mail once, but the shipping cost as much as the product. Attached article says they may be in Edmonton:

http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2014/02/28/calgarys-popular-silk-road-spice-merchant-coming-to-edmonton/

+1 with @bettysnephes - Penzey's has good ancho. Shipping from Penzey's to a Canadian address can be quite expensive, I'm close enough to the border I use a US drop service and then drive down a get it. Orders over $30 they ship free to a US address.

Nanook · June 2014

Will look into it, Thanks for the info.

smbishop · June 2014

Looked for the recipe and found it here. I would like to make this. Does it matter if I use real espresso vs. the instant version used in the recipe?

FanOfFanboys · June 2014

I have been wanting to try this. Is it great on briskets? I am doing one in couple weeks. Might be perfect time to try.

ReldtiCDN · June 2014

henapple said:

@Mickey is some kinda rub god.

I tried that rub on some chicken yesterday and the comments were 'BEST chicken EVER' no really! the best!
I did cheap out and only bought 1 bottle of ancho (McCormicks gourmet)and used nescafe espresso, to lazy to run back for a second bottle but still did well with it.

pescadorzih · June 2014

FanOfFanboys said:

I have been wanting to try this. Is it great on briskets? I am doing one in couple weeks. Might be perfect time to try.

It tried it on a brisket a couple of weeks back and it was phenomenal!

TexanOfTheNorth · June 2014

ReldtiCDN said:

henapple said:

@Mickey is some kinda rub god.

I tried that rub on some chicken yesterday and the comments were 'BEST chicken EVER' no really! the best!
I did cheap out and only bought 1 bottle of ancho (McCormicks gourmet)and used nescafe espresso, to lazy to run back for a second bottle but still did well with it.

You did chicken yesterday after the eggfest? Didn't you get enough to eat down at the pier?

FanOfFanboys · June 2014

pescadorzih said:

FanOfFanboys said:

I have been wanting to try this. Is it great on briskets? I am doing one in couple weeks. Might be perfect time to try.

It tried it on a brisket a couple of weeks back and it was phenomenal!

That is great to hear.

I hate being THAT guy but does anyone have a link or list for what is involved with the recipe?

TexanOfTheNorth · June 2014

Mickey said:
Coffee Rub (turkey, chicken, beef & pork) Equal part: Instant Expresso Ground coffee Equal part: Brown Sugar ½ part: Black Pepper ½ part: Kosher Salt ½ part: Garlic Powder ¾ part: Ancho Chili Powder Don't worry on exact, just close on measurement. I used to use turbinado sugar but we like with brown better. This is pulled from MollyShark, Hungry Man, & Richard In Fl then tweaked. I find the ancho chili powder is far less expensive in the bulk spice area than the bottled area ( have used both light or dark version). I make it starting with a half cup Instant Expresso Ground coffee and work from there as it seems to store well if sealed.

bigguy136 · June 2014

It's time to make some. I typically want to follow a recipe exactly but I'm wondering on the coffee brand. I will need to order from somewhere like Amazon to get the Medaglia's brand. Can I substitute for another brand?

smbishop · June 2014

I found the coffee at Krogers today. But here it is on Amazon.

cdev24 · June 2014

Skiddymarker said:

@Nanook - The Silk Road spice shop in Calgary has a good ancho powder. Not sure if they have a shop in Edmunchuck, worth looking into. I ordered by mail once, but the shipping cost as much as the product. Attached article says they may be in Edmonton:
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2014/02/28/calgarys-popular-silk-road-spice-merchant-coming-to-edmonton/
+1 with @bettysnephes - Penzey's has good ancho. Shipping from Penzey's to a Canadian address can be quite expensive, I'm close enough to the border I use a US drop service and then drive down a get it. Orders over $30 they ship free to a US address.

Just wanted to thank you for the recommendation on Silk Road Spices. I put an order in and received it the next day. Since I was going to pay shipping I loaded up! The good folks at Silk Road even through in some extra goodies in my order and it's not like I ordered huge (~$50). But ancho was definitely in there.

pantsypants · June 2014

I have found whole dried Ancho Peppers at some Ethnic grocery stores and just grind them up.

Check the Mexican section of your grocery store ?

mahenryak · June 2014

@Nanook FWIW there are no reviews on the Amazon.com item below but I ordered some to try it out. They ship to Alaska so I'm assuming they'll ship to you, too. It didn't qualify for free shipping but I ordered QTY = 3 and it was less than $10 shipping to me. (QTY = 1 was around $7 S/H so I wanted to maximize my shipping fees).

It's a bit of a risk, I know, but I'll report back with a follow up to give my opinion on quality.

http://www.amazon.com/Ancho-Ground-Chili-Powder-oz/dp/B00AK1H7JQ/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1403800026&sr=8-16&keywords=ancho+chile+powder

wpendlegg · June 2014

Nanook -- You have inspired me. I'm going to whip up a batch to try on some pork tenderloin that we just got at Sam's.

StillSmoken · June 2014

I just loaded out the egg with a 8 lb butt with Mickey's rub!! Love the stuff.

Nanook · June 2014

@mahenryak‌. Sounds good. I'll be looking forward to your report. Thanks

Nanook · June 2014

@wpendlegg‌. You won't be disappointed.

tksmoke · June 2014

@mahenryak - where are you in AK? I'm missing my home in Talkeetna - flew out of there for 7 years.

PlanoPokes79 · June 2014

Just mixed some up on used on a 14 lb butt and 3 racks of ribs, big success!" Everyone loved it!! Big hit!! Thanks to all.

mahenryak · July 2014

tksmoke said:

@mahenryak - where are you in AK? I'm missing my home in Talkeetna - flew out of there for 7 years.

Sorry I missed your question, @tksmoke. I'm in the Mat-Su Valley region now. I've moved around quite a bit over the past twenty-seven years, though.

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