This dry rub for chicken makes a fantastic grilled chicken, whether breasts as I used here or any other cut.
Dry Rub Chicken
Using a dry rub is one of the best ways to grill chicken (or most meats for that matter). Dry rubs add flavor and help lock in juiciness. When you make your own dry rub, you can tailor it to just the way you like it, and ensure there aren't any weird and useless chemical additives. There are a million ways to make a dry rub, probably even more, but one of my favorites, is just 4 ingredients (albeit one of those ingredients is a blend, but it's my recipe & I say it's 4, so-be-it).
Here is the easy rub before I mix it up. Just Mrs. Dash (Original), smoked paprika, Kosher salt and sugar. That's it.
Rub it on the chicken, while the grill is heating up. No need to let it set for hours, a few minutes will do.
Then just grill the chicken up, and enjoy on a salad, or with your favorite sides.
I adore smoked paprika, and the Mrs. Dash gives a lot of different flavors without salt, which is great because i like to just put enough to taste good without being salty. Kosher salt also helps keep overall sodium levels reasonable. Remember all the rub doesn't stay on the chicken, so a ½ teaspoon probably ends out being about half that and is split between several portions.
Serving Dry Rub Chicken Breasts
I love serving this dry rub chicken with a crisp bowl of greens with vinaigrette or a simple Caprese Salad. This chicken is equally good served with Yum Yum Sauce and rice (cauliflower rice if on a low carb diet).
Coralie says
This looks so good. We are always look for good rub recipes to use. I am going to try this for dinner this week! Thanks 🙂
Have Sippy Will Travel Mommy Blogger says
i will have to try this
Kathleen Kennedy-Leon says
I so need some new ways to make chicken-we eat alot of it and it gets boring after a while-so thanks for the new idea 🙂
valmg @ From Val's Kitchen says
That's super easy! I know I've seen and used paprika. I don't recall seeing smoked paprika though.
Kelsey Apley says
Sounds like a nice mix of flavors, I might try this sometimes. We normally do a liquid marinade but I might give this a go next time we do chicken on grill!
kim says
chicken by far is my favorite meat. I like how you cooked it and will give it a try ...or ask my hubby to fix it!
Colleen says
I pinned this for later because of my of issues with eating grilled chicken is it gets boring. Thank you.
lisa jones says
This Look So Delicious I Must Try Looks So Easy Too Thank You!
Angela says
I'll have to try this dry rub. Having chicken all the time can get so boring.
Mary Ellen says
This looks and sounds great. We are always looking for new grill recipes.
Paula @ Frosted Fingers says
I've never used a dry rub. I'm going to give this a try. Thanks!
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Chris says
A great dry rub! The chicken was so moist and the smoked paprika gave it a great taste.
Marron says
I just used this rub on boneless skinless chicken breast! Baked it at 450 for 20 minutes and it came out perfectly juicy and flavourful! This will be my go to spice rub for when I need something quick and tasty! Thank you so much!