OK, firstly I ended up with 2 small jars of this by mistake. My Mistake! I thought I was buying another bottle of my beloved McCormick Bourbon Brown Sugar seasoning. Well, it was in the middle of the night, while I was perusing Amazon and I ordered the Wrong Spice. Somehow, I ordered Two! Not returning it, because it was my mistake and it was cheap. So, I set off to try this stuff out.
It was a very pleasant tasting spice. The one thing I didn't like about it, was the small hard bits in it. You can get over that by pre-soaking in a little water or other liquid. You can also grind it up. I have a spice grinder and a mortar and pestle, so no problem. However, some people love the hard little chunks or as I like to say, "Barbie Sticks". OK, so I grind mine into a finer spice. Then, one of my favorite ways of using it, is in ground turkey for MEATBALLS. Oh Yum! Ground turkey just doesn't have a lot of flavor on its own. But, with this seasoning, it really flavors it up. The meatballs were great on their own, but I played around and made a little sauce for them. I used a little BBQ Sauce (Ray's sugar free Sweet & Smokey), a little Brown Sugar Monk Fruit and a couple teaspoons of this. Then, I brushed it all on my cooked turkey meatballs and put them back in the air fryer a few minutes. The sauce thickened up and made a Sweet, Smokey, Mapley Glaze on the meatballs. Sometimes, we'll have them with our par-boiled rice and sometimes we'll make our meatballs smaller, put toothpicks in them and have them as appetizers.
As other reviewers have said, this is great for burgers, chicken and pork chops, too. But, for me, the meatballs are the tastiest way to go.
I recommend this seasoning, even though I did purchase it by mistake...lol Thank you for reading my review.
Salt, Demerara Sugar, Brown Sugar, Molasses (Refinery Syrup, Cane Molasses, Caramel Color), Garlic, Onion, Spices (Including Paprika and Chili Pepper), Orange Peel, Red Bell Pepper, Maple Syrup, Silicon Dioxide (to Make Free Flowing) and Natural Flavor (Including Smoke).
