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Home / Recipes / Homemade Pantry / Homemade Taco Seasoning

Homemade Taco Seasoning

5 mins
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5 from 5 votes
Jump to Recipe 04/12/21 | Updated: 04/12/21 | by Nora
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Homemade Taco Seasoning tastes amazing – without the ingredients you might find in the one you can find at the store!

You can make this mild with just ground paprika or hot with chili powder, depending on your family’s preferences. Use it to give all your favorite Mexican recipes the best flavor!

close up of homemade taco seasoning on small wooden spoon in white bowl

I’ve been making my own homemade taco seasoning for a really long time. It’s so easy to whip up a jar of this stuff, takes 5 minutes, tops. I always keep it on hand in the kitchen, because we love a good tex-mex dinner.

I much prefer this over store-bought seasoning packets, because I can make it really mild for my family with two young kids and a toddler. Feel free to spice it up as much as you like!

Ingredients you’ll need

Here is a visual overview of the ingredients in the recipe. Scroll down to the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post for quantities!

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Ingredients for Homemade Taco Seasoning: Chili powder, ground paprika, ground cumin, onion powder, garlic powder, dried oregano, salt and pepper.

Ingredient notes

  • Chili powder/ground paprika: I will usually do this with all ground paprika, because one of my children has a zero tolerance for spiciness. You can also use all chili powder for a very spicy seasoning, or use a combination of chili powder, ground paprika and smoked paprika for some extra flavor.
  • Onion/garlic powder: Depending on the brand you buy, onion and garlic powder can become a little lumpy over time. If your powder has stuck together into one giant block, I highly recommend breaking it up as much as possible before stirring up the seasoning.
  • Salt: I use a fine sea salt, if you use table salt or kosher salt, the saltiness of your seasoning will vary.

How to make your own taco seasoning

Add all ingredients to a medium bowl and combine very well (I use a fork for this and “mash”/stir the seasoning to fully blend all of the spices). Then store in a dry place in a clean, airtight jar.

  • female hand combining spices for taco seasoning in white bowl with a fork
    combine ingredients well
  • homemade taco seasoning in white bowl
    so easy!

As you can see, this taco seasoning mix is not only simple, but also gluten free, OK if you’re a crazy person doing a Whole30 or eating paleo (sorry, love you 😉) and completely free from artificial flavors, colors, flavor enhancers, stabilizers…

Recipe tips

  • Make it your own: I encourage you to try it as written once, then adjust it to whatever suits your taste better. Want more heat? Add more chili. Not a fan of cumin? Try reducing it. Play with it until it’s perfect for you!
  • Store it right: Keep your taco seasoning in a dry (very important!), well-closed jar. It’s best to use it within 6 months or so, because ground spices start losing their flavor after a while.
overhead view of wooden spoon in white bowl filled with homemade taco seasoning

Recipe ideas

This seasoning mix is so versatile! You can use it on ground beef to make taco meat. Or on chicken. Or on fish. On steak. On shrimp, even! Here are my favorite recipes to use it in:

  • One Pot Taco Pasta
  • Guacamole
  • Crockpot Chicken Taco Soup
  • Sheet Pan Nachos
  • Crockpot Chicken Tacos
  • One Pot Chicken Burrito Bowls
  • Mexican Beef and Rice

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Homemade Taco Seasoning

Homemade Taco Seasoning is incredibly easy to make and tastes amazing without all the flavor enhancers and artificial ingredients you find in store-bought one!
Recipe by Nora from Savory Nothings
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Recipe details

Prep 5 mins
Total 5 mins
Servings 10 tablespoons
Difficulty Easy

Ingredients
 

  • 3 tablespoons chili powder OR more ground paprika for extra mild
  • 2 tablespoons ground paprika OR smoked paprika
  • 2 tablespoons ground cumin
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano
  • 1 tablespoon dried garlic powder
  • ½ tablespoon dried onion powder
  • ½ tablespoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Mix all ingredients together and keep in a small, clean, dry tightly sealed jar in your pantry for up to six months.
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Notes

Ingredient notes

  • Chili powder/ground paprika: I will usually do this with all ground paprika, because one of my children has a zero tolerance for spiciness. You can also use all chili powder for a very spicy seasoning, or use a combination of chili powder, ground paprika and smoked paprika for some extra flavor.
  • Onion/garlic powder: Depending on the brand you buy, onion and garlic powder can become a little lumpy over time. If your powder has stuck together into one giant block, I highly recommend breaking it up as much as possible before stirring up the seasoning.
  • Salt: I use a fine sea salt, if you use table salt or kosher salt, the saltiness of your seasoning will vary.

Recipe tips

  • Make it your own: I encourage you to try it as written once, then adjust it to whatever suits your taste better. Want more heat? Add more chili. Not a fan of cumin? Try reducing it. Play with it until it’s perfect for you!
  • Store it right: Keep your taco seasoning in a dry (very important!), well-closed jar. It’s best to use it within 6 months or so, because ground spices start losing their flavor after a while.

Nutrition

Serving: 1tablespoonCalories: 21kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 392mgPotassium: 122mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 1426IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 33mgIron: 2mg
Nutrition is an estimate.

More recipe information

Course: Spice Mix
Cuisine: Mexican

Recipe first published on 04/25/2018. Updated with slight improvements to recipe and new photos/text on 04/12/2021.

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About Nora 
When I got married to my professional chef husband, I realized I had to step up my game in the kitchen. Now I share my favorite foolproof family recipes here on Savory Nothings: Chef-approved, kid-vetted and easy enough for everyday home cooks like you and me!   Learn more.

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  1. Denise says

    July 21, 2020 at 5:36 am

    5 stars
    No more supermarket spice packs. This recipe is delicious as is!

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