How to Inject Spices

Use a spice injector to add flavor to your meat.

Rubbing your meat with seasoning is always a plus, but it only makes the outside of the meat extra tasty. The inside of the meat is left plain and slightly boring. Fortunately, there are various spice injectors you can use to get your spices deep into the meat. The result will be a delicious meal that is bursting with flavor throughout. The important thing is to make sure you are injecting the spices correctly.

Things You'll Need

• Spice injector
• Bowl
• Liquid base
• Spices
• Meat

Instructions

1. Pour a liquid in a small bowl to act as your base. You can use olive oil, apple juice or even melted butter. Just think of the type of meat that you are using and what ultimate flavor you want to accomplish. Other liquids you could consider using include soy sauce, salted water, beer and an oil and vinegar combo.

2. Add spices to your liquid base, and mix them all together. Again, the spices you use will depend on the type of meat you are flavoring. You could choose from onion powder, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, nutmeg, cinnamon, oregano and paprika.

3. Place the needle end of your spice injector in to the bowl that contains your liquid spice mixture. Pull the top part of the syringe up until the injector is completely filled with the liquid spice.

4. Press the needle end of the spice injector in the meat you want to flavor. Push down on the top of the syringe to release the liquid spice inside of the meat.

5. Fill your spice injector back up again and again with the liquid spice and inject it every couple of inches in the meat. Do this until all of the liquid spice is used up.

Tips & Warnings

• Rub any liquid spice that seeps out of the top of the meat all over the outside of the meat.

• Do not try to inject dry spices without a liquid base. The dry spices will just clump in one area and will not flavor all of the inside of your meat.

References

• Dee Jay's Smoke Pit: Injecting is the Way to Go