The Story of Our Kickin Chicken

After over a decade in business, it is good to see that Kickin Chicken is still such a hot product, pun fully intended! This was the second dry rub we ever developed, and it was the first in our now expansive lineup of chicken seasonings. This chicken rub has just a bit of heat, but no flavor explosions to surprise your palate. Every spice is finely ground to ensure even flavor distribution, so you can be sure you wont bite into a huge celery seed and taste nothing but celery seed. Flavor explosions like that tend to be overpowering and take away from the balanced flavor of the seasoning of the meat. Spices that have been finely ground also tend to stick to meat better. Theres nothing worse than a few flips on the grill making all your spices fall off and into the fire!

Kickin Chicken is a perfect blend to use on the grill because the spices are perfectly finely ground and create a beautiful, thin layer over the meat you are using them on. This layer certainly does not lack in flavor despite being so thin. Chicken is a notoriously bland meat. While this can be unfortunate for those who arent particularly into seasoning their food, for the more gastronomically creative a piece of chicken is the perfect blank slate for flavor. Our Kickin Chicken is a great blend to experiment with, especially if you are new to seasoning chicken!

Whats in it?

Our Kickin Chicken Seasoning is made in small batched with paprika, brown sugar, sugar, sea salt, red pepper flakes, mustard, garlic, onion and celery seed.

Flavor Profile

Kickin Chicken is warm, somewhat spicy, and very earthy. Its got lots of lovely, savory flavor.

Where to Use Kickin Chicken?

This blend was designed with chicken in mind! Use it on grilled chicken, baked chicken, chicken tenders, or even chicken nuggets! Dont limit yourself to just chicken though. This blend is tasty on a variety of foods and can be used as a rub for other types of meat as well. Though turkey isnt exactly a meat many Americans think about outside of the realm of Thanksgiving, you can use this blend on turkey meat for fabulous results.

Toss your favorite cooked shrimp with a bit of this seasoning and some high quality olive oil. You could even add this to lobster or a very flavorful fish like tuna. It may drown out the flavor of white fish however, so stick to fattier, richer tasting fish if you are going to use this blend. Kickin Chicken is also good on popcorn or fettucine alfredo! Anything that calls for just a little bit of "something else" can be benefited by adding a pinch of this seasoning!

Helpful Hints

Kickin Chicken isnt a super hot blend, but it does have some heat to it! Add a little at first, and then add more to taste. Remember everyone has different pain tolerances, so what may feel harmless for you may be very hot to someone else!

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