Ditch those taco seasoning packets and start making your own delicious homemade taco seasoning without any unnecessary ingredients. This recipe is super simple to whip up all you need is some basic seasonings and you’ll be off to a yummy taco seasoning that doesn’t leave you feeling bloated from the preservatives, flavor enhancers and anticaking agents. Sorry, but our bodies were made to digest food, not chemicals.
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Ingredients for taco seasoning
- Chili powder – you can certainly make your own chili powder if you have an abundance of chili peppers you are looking to preserve. Otherwise buy a brand that contains simple ingredients. We like to stay away from anything that includes anticaking agents, but you can make that choice for yourself. Sometimes the good stuff isn’t available or is down right expensive.
- Cumin – for simplicity we use store bought ground cumin. Also, I’ve tried and failed growing cumin over the years :/ However, if you’ve got no problem growing cumin and have a spice grinder you can make up your own ground cumin for this recipe.
- Onion powder – simple ingredients that you can make at home if you’d like 😀
- Garlic powder
- Dried oregano
- Paprika – if you have sweet peppers in season, dry some of them up to use as paprika 🙂
- Coriander – one of the few herbs I’ve had success growing year after year. Delicious, with a bit of citrus flavor makes this taco seasoning recipe a hit in our home. Grind up the dried seeds in a spice grinder to make your own ground coriander for this recipe.
- Black pepper
- Sea salt – we love Redmond’s Real Salt. It’s absolutely delicious and good for you too!
- Red pepper flakes – this won’t make the taco seasoning spicy. We have young kiddos who aren’t totally onboard with spicy foods yet (me neither!). If you’d like to spice this up add some cayenne to the mix.
Making, using and storing your homemade taco seasoning
Measure out all the ingredients into a small bowl. A cereal bowl is as big as you need here. Mix all the spices together.
If using right away, about 2-3 tbsp per pound of meat works well. Start with 2 tbsp and adjust to your tastes.
Store in a glass jar, we love the 4oz mini Ball jars for storing our homemade spice mixes.
If you’d like to make this taco seasoning low sodium, simply reduce the salt in the recipe. You could eliminate the salt from the taco mix and only sprinkle a pinch of salt over your individual servings. It’s up to you here how much salt you’d like to use, if any at all.
Homemade is delicious!
Check out these other from scratch staples that you can start making from home to help save money and enjoy more delicious food than anything you could get premade from the store.
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Let me know what you think of this recipe in the comments below and as always, Happy Homemaking 🙂
Homemade Taco Seasoning
Ditch the packets and make your own delicious taco seasoning without any unnecessary ingredients.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp sea salt
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp oregano
- 2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients into a small bowl. Stir and store in a glass jar. Use about 2-3 tbsp per pound of meat.
Notes
If you'd like a low sodium taco seasoning, simply reduce the amount of salt to your liking.
To add spice to this taco seasoning, add cayenne.
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