Coming Attactions: Ribeye Steak with Coffee Rub

Just going to put this out there for everyone to speculate over. Coming to supper tomorrow night.

 

MMMMMM! Ribeye cooked over a charcoal closed lid grill! Yup! Iowa is looking good all of a sudden.

 

But how about elaborating on the coffee rub a bit more??? Instant coffee?

 

French roast in a turkish grind. Smoked paprika, chipotle, cumin, salt, sugar.

 

I like coffee, and I like steak, but I don't care for a coffee rub. I tried it on some pork once but wasn't a fan. Maybe its better on beef?

 

We will find out. This is a first for me.

 

The rub is getting to know the steak. Will fire up the grill shortly.

 

Racing against time. It's dropped 25 degrees in the last hour and I can hear thunder rolling in.

 

Cooked them on the coals, plated and then we lost power. Ate by lantern light.

 

I put coffee in my go-to pork rub. It most definitely adds a different dimension, and no complaints from the consumers.

Sounds like we're up for storms tomorrow. Hope your electricity isn't out for long. It's definitely A/C weather here.

 

Here too. It hit 100 today.

 

Im a bit late to this party but man Ive never seen meat cooked right on the coals before. What wood did you use?

 

I can just imagine not telling my wife about it and then her seeing me throw steaks right on the coals. That would be fun.... of course once I learned what I was doing....

 

I used ash. I brushed it off with a pastry brush once it was done.

 

Those steaks look fantastic. I have done a coffee rub before, using a really coarse grind, mixing about half and half with coarse ground pepper corns. Put about a half tablespoon on each side.... Share your recipe please.

 

3 parts fine ground coffee (turkish grind)
3 parts ground chipotle
3 parts sugar
1 part smoked paprika
1 part cumin

Salt the steaks ahead of time.