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This homemade chili seasoning is filled with all the best herbs and spices to elevate your meal! Once you make your own delicious blend, you won’t want storebought again!
Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe
- Control Over Ingredients: When you make your own blend of spices, you can adjust it to fit your tastes. Add or take away more of a flavor you don’t care for
- Cost Effective: Save money by using what you already have instead of buying pre-made mixes. It’s cheaper and just as easy!
- Versatility: You can use this chili seasoning for tons of different recipes. My famous chili, fajitas, tacos, and anything else you can dream up!
What is in Chili Seasoning?
It varies depending on the brand or recipe you use, but this is my favorite blend! I like to make sure it’s nice and savory with the perfect dash of spice. Scroll to the end of the post for exact measurements.
- Chili Powder: No chili seasoning recipe would be complete without chili powder! This acts as the base of the seasoning and gives it bright flavor with a hint of warm spice.
- Paprika: A must-add for the sweet spice. If you want your chili to taste smoky rather than sweet, swap this out for smoked paprika instead.
- Oregano: Oregano adds a complex flavor to the mix! It’s fresh and peppery.
- Cumin: Adds a warm, earthy flavor to each bite.
- Garlic Powder: Garlic helps to balance flavors and make the seasoning mixture perfectly savory.
- Onion Powder: For a pop of sharp, delicious flavor.
- Cayenne: You can adjust this to taste, but I love the heat that cayenne pepper adds!
- Salt and Black Pepper: Both enhance the overall flavor of your chili.
How Do I Make Chili Seasoning From Scratch?
It’s super easy! All you have to do is mix up a few simple herbs and spices and then store until ready to use! See more storage tips below.
- Stir Ingredients Together: In a small bowl, stir together chili powder, paprika, oregano, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne, salt, and pepper.
- Store: Store in an airtight container and use it for all of your favorite chili recipes!
Tips for Making Seasoning Blends at Home
Here are a few ways to ensure your chili seasoning turns out as delicious as possible.
- Use Dried Spices: Always use dried spices and never fresh when making a seasoning blend at home. Fresh herbs and spices won’t store well and may even turn moldy after a short time. If you use dried spices to create your seasoning mix, it can last for months or even years.
- Adjust Spice: If you don’t like spice, you can reduce the amount of cayenne pepper or even omit it. If you like spice, adding red pepper flakes and more cayenne to your seasoning mix will give you that delicious burn you crave!
- How Much Seasoning Does This Recipe Make? The general rule is usually two tablespoons of seasoning per pound of meat. This recipe makes just over four tablespoons. One recipe of this chili seasoning is typically enough to flavor chili for 6-8 people.
Is There a Difference Between Taco and Chili Seasoning?
The main difference between chili and taco seasoning is the ratio of ingredients. Taco seasoning is milder. It’s used to flavor smaller amounts of meat. Chili seasoning has more spice to prevent the flavor from diluting in a larger, liquid heavy dish. You can use them interchangeably, but chili seasoning may make taco meat spicier.
How Long Will My Seasoning Mix Last?
If you use dried herbs and spices and store them in a cool, dry place, your chili seasoning will stay fresh for months!
- At Room Temperature: Store seasoning blend in an airtight jar or container. In a cool, dry place, homemade seasoning blends will stay fresh for six months to a year. Because homemade chili seasoning has such a long shelf life, I always like to make a double or triple batch.
More Homemade Seasoning Recipes
You’re going to love having these other tasty seasoning blends in your pantry! They’re so easy to make and give your foods the best flavor. The best part is, there are no fillers or preservatives so you know exactly what’s going into your favorite recipes!
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Homemade Chili Seasoning
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- In a small bowl stir together chili powder, paprika, oregano, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne, salt, and pepper.
- Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
It’s a keeper!!! Absolutely delicious, will definitely be using this spice mixture again. My husband said it’s the best chilli I’ve made (we’ve been together 33 years).
Do I understand the correctly, in order to make this Chili Seasoning from scratch, you go to Target and purchase their Chili Power/Seasoning and add a few more ingredients and then you are done?
I didn’t see Target Chili Seasoning on the list of ingredients…Just a bunch of spices that most of us have in our cabinets and taste so much better than packaged Chili seasoning.
How much spices to how many pounds of meat. Thank you
2 tablespoons per pound of meat.
This recipe makes for a great pot of chili. I tried it last night and enjoyed it.
I have to agree with James re: the number of ads. 20+ on a single page is wild!
Haven’t tried the recipe yet, but can you possibly get any more advertisements on one page? Holy crap, it’s so bad I have to close it.