Sweet Desert Heat BBQ Seasoning (with Trinidad Scorpion Pepper) 5 Pound Bulk Bag

Product Details: We've taken our perfectly balanced sweet and savory barbecue rub and blended it with the world's 2nd (but easily arguable the 1st) hottest chili pepper - the Trinidad Scorpion - to create a searing sweet heat for ribs, wings, pork chops, pulled pork, and grilled chicken. Tastes great sprinkled onto roasted potatoes, French fries, pork rinds, and potato tots, too.

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Features: No added MSG. Gluten Free. Vegetarian / Vegan. Hand-crafted in small batches, from our own original recipe in Ohio.

Our 5 Pound Bulk Bag (80 ounces / 2.27 kg) is packaged in a clear value-priced bag with a twist-tie closure. Quantities of 2 or more will be packed into 1 bag.

Ingredients: cane sugar, salt, paprika, brown sugar (cane sugar, molasses), natural color, garlic, onion, chili peppers (including Trinidad Scorpion), celery seed, canola oil, black pepper, extractive of spice. Packaged in a facility that also handles wheat, milk, soy, egg, sesame, peanuts, and tree nuts. May contain bioengineered ingredient(s).

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Country of Origin: USA

Heat Level: 8/10 Spicy!

Volume: 1 cup ≈0.43 pounds / 1 pound ≈ approx. 4.34 cups

Shelf Life: 3+ Years when stored at room temperature or below in an air-tight container out of direct light

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Recipe: Sweet Heat Oven Tender Ribs
Low and slow is the way to go to create these spicy, slow roasted ribs.

1 rack of pork spare ribs OR baby back ribs
1/4 cup melted butter OR olive oil
Sweet Desert Heat BBQ Rub, as needed
barbecue sauce, as needed

~ Pull the thin whitish membrane off the concave side of the ribs
~ Brush melted butter or olive oil over both sides of ribs; sprinkle with enough BBQ rub to coat entirely.
~ Place ribs on a cookie sheet and cover with aluminum foil, pressing the edges around the edge of the pan to seal tightly.
~ Bake in a 250 degree oven for 4 hours.
~ Brush convex side of ribs with a thin layer of barbeque sauce.
~ (This step is optional, but helps to caramelize the sauce.) Grill ribs over a medium flame for 3 minutes on the sauced side only.

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Recipe: Sweet Heat Scorpion Wings
Lightly breaded in spicy seasoned flour, deep-fried 'till crispy, then coated in a sweet and spicy barbecue sauce.

Prep. Time: 1:45
Serves: 4

1 cup all-purpose flour
2 Tbls. Sweet Desert Heat BBQ Seasoning or Rockin' Rib Rub
20 chicken wing segments
2 cups barbecue sauce
1/2 cup honey
1 Tbls. Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Hot Sauce (or any other hot sauce), optional

~In a shallow dish, combine flour and BBQ seasoning.
~Coat chicken entirely in the flour mixture; refrigerate coated wings for 1 hour; coat chicken again with remaining flour mixture.
~In a 2-quart saucepan, heat barbecue sauce, honey, and hot sauce until honey has meted and dissolved; turn heat to low and keep warm on stove top.
~Deep-fry chicken, 8 - 10 pieces at a time, in 375 degree oil (vegetable oil, canola oil, or peanut oil) for 13 minutes, turning once or twice.
~Drain chicken on a wire cooling rack for 30 seconds, then immediately toss fried chicken in barbecue sauce mixture and remove with a slotted spoon.
~Repeat with remaining chicken.