A few years ago during a sale I went overboard and purchased too much honey powder. It’s a great pantry prep and fun ingredient, but I don’t need three #10 cans taking up space, especially considering I have 24 pounds of raw honey I bought from Azure Standard. I’ve noticed a “hot honey” food trend and thought I would use up some honey powder and jump on the bandwagon.
You can use any dressing on this salad, but I needed to use up some balsamic onion jam and used that as my base. I think a blue cheese dressing would be great too. Spiralized vegetables add a light texture, but sliced is a fine substitute. Dinner salads are adaptable, so make this your own!
Hot Honey Steak
Combine the following:
2 TBSP dark brown sugar
2 TBSP honey granules
2 tsp chipotle chili powder
1 tsp crushed red pepper
1 1/2 tsp teaspoon smoked paprika
1 tsp black pepper
2 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp cumin powder
1 TBSP coarse salt (smoked if you have it) or to taste
Rub your steak of choice with the rub. Place steak uncovered in the refrigerator for a few hours. About an hour before grilling, bring steaks to room temperature and grill until the meat is your desired temperature. Slightly cool steak and cut in bite sized slices.
Combine lettuce and desired salad toppings, then add steak. I added spirilized cucumbers, carrots, roasted corn and cherry tomatoes.
I didn’t add blue cheese crumbles, but I will next time.
For the dressing combine in a blender or food processor:
1/2 cup balsamic onion jam
2 TBSP balsamic vinegar
2 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 1/2 tsp minced garlic
1/2 cup olive oil
This dressing is a modified Ball recipe.
I want to try this rub on chicken and pork ribs as well, and perhaps cook the meat in our smoker. If you want to make this rub more smoky, increase the smoked paprika or sprinkle with smoked salt. If you can either buy balsamic onion jam, or find a canning recipe in the All New Ball Book of Canning and Preserving on page 59.
I look forward to learning more about the art of canning and preserving food