How to Make Coffee Rubbed Rib Eye Steak & Bourbon Sauce

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  • Cook time
  • Difficulty medium
  • Serves 2
coffee rubbed rib eye steak & bourbon sauce cooked

Ingredients

  • 2 x rib eye steaks
  • 2 tbls. Coffee rub
  • 20g unsalted butter
  • Bourbon sauce to serve
  • 2 corn on the cobs
  • Ingredients for rub (keep excess in a sealed jar up to 1 month)
  • 25g Smoked Sea Salt
  • 20g Muscovado Sugar
  • 5g Paprika
  • 5g espresso coffee powder
  • 3g Chipotle Chilli Flakes
  • 3g Ground Cumin
  • 3g mustard powder
  • 2g Onion Powder
  • 1g cracked black pepper
  • Ingredients for sauce
  • 100ml strong fresh brewed coffee
  • 80g soft brown sugar
  • 2 tbls. Cider vinegar
  • 4 tbls. Cloudy apple juice
  • 4 tbls. Tomato ketchup
  • 4 tbls. Worcester sauce
  • 2 strips orange peel
  • 1 tsp. coffee rub
  • Bourbon to taste.

For the Rub

  1. Blend spices together.

spice rubbed rib eye steaks

For the Sauce

  1. Boil all ingredients together except the Bourbon & reduce to a syrup, pass through a fine sieve.
  2. Add Bourbon to taste & reserve.

raw rib eye steak and spices

Finally

  1. Remove steaks from their packaging & the fridge 1 hour before cooking & apply a thin layer of the rub all over the steaks
  2. Char the steaks over white-hot burning coals on a BBQ, 3 to 4 minutes each side, move to cool zone to continue cooking if getting too dark.
  3. Leave to rest for 5 minutes before serving.
  4. Pour over the Bourbon sauce and enjoy

coffee rubbed rib eye steak & bourbon sauce cooked