Tenderizer marinade WITH a dry rub?
I love tenderizing meats with cola products, and I want to try it out on beef ribs. My question is this: after tenderizing in the cola marinade, would I still be able to remove, Pat dry and put on the DELICIOUS dry rub I found and cook as usual?
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But if it's to tenderize with cola, drain, then season with rub and cook - I think it'll all be fine.
Some of the rub will cling to the surface, penetrate the meat only a little during cooking, but still give you flavor when you eat.
Whatever you choose/chose, will you please tell us, and how it worked out?
After soaking in the cola marinade, the beef might not be receptive to more penetration by dry spices.
Also, both cola and many barbecue rubs have sugar. Using both might increase the sugar to unpleasant levels, or promote burning on the grill - unless the meat is watched carefully.
A couple suggesttions to try:
1) mix the dry rub (if low on sugar) with the cola and marinate the beef just once in the seasoned liquid, then remove from marinade and grill
2) do a side-by-side comparison of three methods and decide in practice which you like more
* just the cola marinade
* just the dry rub
* using both in one bowl
* using both in sequence
3) marinate in the cola, drain & grill, then garnish the beef with either the dry rub sprinkled on, or mixed with butter.
Last, here's a good article on using dry rubs on grilled beef.
https://www.thespruceeats.com/sweet-and-spicy-beef-rib-rub-recipe-335891
And if you do the side by side experiment, please tell use which gave best tasting results.
Last, here's a recipe for compound butter, for the proportions if not necessarily the same ingredients you might use.
https://boulderlocavore.com/how-to-make-herb-butter/#wprm-recipe-container-36321