This Steak Rub combines sweet, salty, spicy, and savory flavors into a blend of spices that’s sure to elevate your grilling game. Pair your favorite cut of steak with this incredible seasoning blend, and you have an amazing dinner.
If you love this recipe, you’ll definitely want to try my pork seasonings or my
seasoning for homemade burgers.
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Why this Steak Rub Recipe is a Keeper
Take your steak to the next level with the best steak rub you will ever taste. Use this seasoning on steaks like ribeye, strip steaks, filet mignon, or even meatloaf for an extra punch of flavor.
- 5 Minute Seasoning: It only takes 5 minutes to mix this spice blend together.
- Easy Ingredients: All of the ingredients for this steak seasoning rub can be found in your kitchen or local grocery store.
- Adaptable: Use this dry rub for beef, fish, roast lamb, marbled meats, or other related recipes.
If you’re looking for more seasoning recipes, try these popular recipes for BBQ must haves: House Seasoning Blend, Burger Seasoning Blend, and Porketta Seasoning Blend.
How Much of this Copycat Steakhouse Steak Rub Should I Use?
Apply dry rub in a generous amount to the steak in order to maximize the flavor. It also helps to refrigerate the meat overnight after you add the rub to allow the flavors to sink in.
Ingredient Notes for the Best Steak Dry Rub
This seasoning mixture makes any steak tastier. It complements the juicy, tender flavor, and can make all the difference in your grilling. This recipe remains one of the best for steak blends, and you can triple the recipe as well for outdoor cooking. Here are some ingredients you’ll want to remember:
- Kosher Salt: A fine kosher salt will add flavor to the rub while keeping a consistent texture. You can also use any kind of fine table salt.
- Chili Powder: Chili powder adds a kick to your steak rub. Additionally, this rub is great with cayenne pepper or crushed red pepper flakes to make it even spicier.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Variations and Substitutions for the Best Steak Rub Recipe
- Herb Steak: Make this steak seasoning recipe with herbs in addition to the spices. For instance, you can try adding dried herbs, such as oregano, thyme, rosemary, or parsley.
- Ground Coffee: You can even add a bit of coffee grounds to the rub for a unique flavor.
Seasoning Pro Tip
Do not oil the steak before adding the dry rub, as this will make it difficult for the rub to stick.
How to Make the Best Dry Rub for Steak
To use this finely ground rub, all you need to do is mix the dried herbs and spices, then sprinkle a generous amount onto the streak. Use the palm of your hand to rub it into the side of the steak. When it’s ready, you’ll have a juicy steak bursting with steakhouse flavor.
These are the basic steps for making the best spice rub for steak. Refer to the recently updated full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
1. Combine the Ingredients
Combine all ingredients in a small bowl (brown sugar, salt and pepper, smoked paprika, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, garlic salt, turmeric, cornstarch). Stir to combine, then transfer to an airtight container or spice jar, or enjoy in grilling, preferably outdoors. 🙂
Best Steak Seasoning Recipe FAQs
Store it in an airtight container labeled with the date you made it in a cool, dry place.
You can cook the steak after adding the rub. However, letting it sit overnight will allow the spices to give the meat a deeper flavor.
This seasoning mixture should have a shelf life of several months when stored in an airtight container.
Yes; just omit the salt.
Expert Tips for Making This Homemade Steak Rub Recipe
- Use fresh spices and seasonings: Don’t use old spices to make this spice blend. It will not have the flavor that fresh spices and seasonings will.
- Double Batch: Double or even triple a batch of this steak seasoning to use this mix of spices and herbs to give all your favorite recipes a great steak taste, or half the recipe for a bit less flavor. 😉
- Coconut Sugar: Sprinkle in some coconut sugar into this blend of simple seasoning for more sweetness.
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Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons Kosher Salt
- 2 teaspoons Brown Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
- ½ teaspoon Paprika
- ½ teaspoon Chili Powder
- ½ teaspoon Garlic Powder
- ½ teaspoon Onion Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Garlic Salt
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric
- ¼ teaspoon Cornstarch
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a small bowl.
- Stir to combine.
- Transfer to an air-tight spice jar.
Christina’s Notes
- Use fresh spices and seasonings: Don’t use old spices to make this spice blend. It will not have the flavor that fresh spices and seasonings will.
- Double Batch: Double or even triple a batch of this steak seasoning to use this mix of spices and herbs to give all your favorite recipes a great steak taste, or half the recipe for a bit less flavor. 😉
- Coconut Sugar: Sprinkle in some coconut sugar into this blend of simple seasoning for more sweetness.
- Scale the recipe: Simply adjust the serving size in the recipe card and the ingredients will update automatically.
- Make your own All Purpose Seasoning: When a recipe calls for All Purpose Seasoning, you can use my homemade All Purpose Seasoning recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- Meat doneness: I always use a meat thermometer to test for doneness when cooking meat.
- Use unsalted butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level in the recipe.
- Preheat the oven: Unless otherwise noted, always preheat your oven before baking.
For more helpful information about this recipe, such as variations, substitutions and other pro-tips, check out the blog post.
Very good, but very salty. Might try a little less salt next time.
A little too salty for me, I would cut the salt back to 2 teaspoons at most. I am sure if you get the right balance, it would be a bery nice steak seasoning.
I figured you wouldn’t run my Too Salty review; but you read it, so it’s all good. No one in their right mind would sprinkle 2 Tablespoons of salt on a 1 lb. freshly grilled piece of meat, so how does this much salt in a rub make sense?
For instance, your smoked turkey rub has 875 mg of salt for 2 birds; not the more than 12,000 mg. of this concoction. People eating it might stroke out from hypertension.
Jim, she did mention you could omit the salt, if you wish:
“Can I Make this Recipe Salt Free?
Yes; just omit the salt.”
ALL recipes should be adapted to your liking.
Note: I am told many steakhouses secretly season steaks with just salt, usually a bit more salt than we would use.
i left out only the turmeric and corn starch. and it almost ruined a grilled tenderloin steak by being gaggingly salty. i was able to save the steak by washing it off with Worcestershire.
now that i think about it, are we sure we should be putting in over 2 T. (6 tsp) of salt ? that makes salt a majority of the whole recipe.
A lot of over the counter steak seasoning use even more, almost double the amount we use in this recipe. It could have been the amount you used for each steak or it could be that you just like less salt which is why making your own is such a great idea.
A fair reply. I look forward to trying it again with the kind of percentage of salt that’s in this site’s turkey rub. Salt is a savor that I Iove but have decided to minimize in the interest of health. So, I try to add just enough for it to do it’s job, but add very little taste of it’s own.
Looking forward to turkey time to try the rub.
Thanks for your input.
love it
We love this steak rub! It is the perfect blend and has become our go-to when grilling.
I’ve decided I have to keep a jar of this spice rub on had at all times. So much better than anything store-bought!
With chili, garlic and turmeric powder there I can see why this is a delicious and perfect rub for a steak. A must try!
A five star rating and you havent even tried it??
Such a great steak rub recipe! Love it!