Believe it or not, porcini mushrooms make a wonderful ingredient in spice rubs when ground into a powder.  In addition to earthy mushroom flavor, they bring a lot of meat-friendly umami.  We used this rub with grass-fed beef steaks, but you could use it on kobe beef, bison, wild boar, pork or poultry.

Ingredients:    (Makes 1/4 Cup)
2 tbsp Porcini Powder (you can also grind your own from dried porcini mushrooms – see how to grind mushroom powder)
1 tbsp Dried Thyme
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Salt

Directions:
1. Grind all ingredients together in a coffee grinder, spice grinder, or small food processor.

2. Rub the resulting powder on your meat of choice.

3. Optional, but ideal: rest the meat in your refrigerator for a couple of hours prior to cooking to allow the rub flavors to better penetrate it.

4. Grill, broil, pan-roast, or otherwise cook the meat as you normally would.

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