Jalapeño Garlic All Purpose Seasoning 280g | Republic Australia

Expect heavy garlic, pronounced saltiness and a mild jalapeño kick, backed by black pepper and a small amount of sweetness.

The formulation does a few useful things when it hits the heat:

• Sea salt provides the dominant seasoning, so you generally won't need additional salt.
• Sugar rounds out the salt and helps develop colour and browning during cooking.
• Flavour enhancer 621 (MSG) reinforces the savoury character of meat and vegetables.
• Garlic is one of the defining flavours rather than just a background note.
• Butter powder gives the seasoning a richer, rounder savoury finish.
• Jalapeño supplies the chilli character without making this an aggressively hot seasoning.
• Black pepper adds another layer of warmth behind the jalapeño.

Shake the jar before use, then apply an even coating over the surface of the food.

Because this is a high-salt seasoning, start lighter than you would with many conventional BBQ rubs. Treat Jalapeño Garlic as your salt as well as your flavouring rather than salting the meat separately and then adding the seasoning on top.

For meat and vegetables with a dry surface, a very light coating of oil can help the fine seasoning adhere more evenly.

Hot and Fast Cooking

Jalapeño Garlic suits steaks, chops, burgers, chicken pieces and vegetables cooked on a grill, hotplate or cast iron.

Sugar is present, so use a sensible coating if you're cooking over very aggressive direct heat. The sugar and fine garlic particles will brown readily and can become bitter if they're allowed to burn.

For a hard-seared steak, use a lighter application before cooking and add another small shake after cooking if you want a stronger garlic-jalapeño finish.

BBQ, Roasting and Rotisserie Cooking

It also works well over indirect heat on chicken, pork and lamb. The more moderate heat gives the garlic, butter powder, pepper and chilli time to develop without exposing the sugar to constant direct flame.

For roast potatoes and vegetables, lightly coat them with oil before seasoning so the blend sticks across the surface.

Low and Slow

You can use it for slower BBQ cooks where you want a garlic-and-chilli profile rather than a traditional sweet BBQ flavour.

Because the seasoning already contains plenty of salt, avoid automatically adding another salty rub over the top. If you're layering seasonings, take the salt content of the other rub into account.

Ingredients: Seasalt, Sugar, Enhancer 621 (MSG), Pepper, Garlic, Food Additive 551, Butter Powder, Jalapeno, Canola Oil.

Contains: Dairy.

May contain traces of: Soy, Milk and Peanuts.

Gluten Free.

Flavour enhancer 621 is monosodium glutamate (MSG), used to strengthen savoury or umami flavour. Food additive 551 is silicon dioxide, an anti-caking agent commonly used in powdered seasonings to help the blend remain free-flowing.

Servings per pack: 20
Serving size: 14g

Store tightly sealed in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, heat and moisture.

Keep the shaker away from steam when seasoning food over the stove or BBQ. Moisture entering the jar can cause fine seasonings such as salt, garlic and sugar to clump.