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Easy Homemade Taco Seasoning Recipe

07/24/2014 By Charlene 9 Comments

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Homemade Taco Seasoning Recipe and a free printable label

If your family is like mine, you might look forward to taco night.

We love tacos and it always guarantees a pleasant evening meal without complaints or arguing from my darling little angels.

We usually buy the bulk taco seasoning at Costco and I have never really taken a look at what is inside the container- I just assume spices and stuff to make my tacos yummy. Enough said.

But I ran out of seasoning a few weeks ago and decided to play around making seasoning from scratch.

If taco seasoning is not something you already made, I would encourage you to give it a shot!  It is so easy and very cheap and I personally liked it better then what I used to buy.  I know exactly what goes into my food and I can adjust the recipe to suit out tastes perfectly.

Plus what I found really interesting is that I took the tiny bit of seasoning left in the container and smelled that versus what I had just mixed together and it was a huge difference in aroma.  The homemade seasoning just smelled very vibrant and fresh and the packaged stuff smelled really artificial.   (Give it a shot and see if you agree!)

So if you want to whip this up yourself it is extremely fast.  And you don’t need to stockpile the pantry with tons of jars if you don’t have all the spices needed for the recipe.  My bulk bins at the grocery store have these spices that you can buy in small quantities for pennies.

Homemade Taco Seasoning Recipe and a free printable label

The important note is that this is just a sample recipe to use as a springbaord.  You can add in some extra spice for more of a kick, increase certain flavors or omit things you don’t like to get a perfectly customized homemade seasoning.

Here is what I used:

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Easy Homemade Taco Seasoning Recipe
Author: My Frugal Adventures
Recipe type: Seasoning
Prep time:  5 mins
Total time:  5 mins
Serves: 4
 
Homemade taco seasoning.
Ingredients
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ¼ teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder (add up to 1 tablespoon depending on how spicy you like your seasoning. We like ours very mild.)
  • ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • 1½ teaspoons cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground sea salt (omit or decrease for a low sodium version)
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • Optional: for a spicier version you can also add a sprinkle of red pepper flakes
Instructions
  1. Mix all ingredients together in a container.
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This recipe makes enough for (2) taco nights for our family of 4.  If you like the recipe you can always double or triple the recipe so you have it on hand in larger quantities.

AND if you are interested I have a cute little free printable label for the seasoning.  I found this little jar for $.99 at World Market and you can add the seasoning into your jar and then print the label out and tie it on with a ribbon.

taco seasoning label

This might be a fun little gift for someone inside a grilling gift basket.  My go to for delivering meals to friends that have had babies or are sick is always a taco meal kit.

This is one I put together recently for a friend recovering from surgery.  Just shredded chicken, tortillas, homemade salsa, avocado, limes, cheese, olives, lettuce and the homemade seasoning.

This was so easy to assemble and tacos are always a crowd pleaser.

Homemade Taco Seasoning Recipe and a free printable label

 

You can download the free printable label for your seasoning here. 

And since we are talking tacos– you might also like these recipes:

Fresh Homemade Salsa RecipeFresh Homemade Blender Salsa (Holy cow this is good!)

Guacamole RecipeCilantro Lime Guacamole (I could eat that entire bowl myself- yum!)

Recipe lightly adapted from: All Recipes 

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Comments

  1. Eva says

    07/24/2014 at 2:30 PM

    Thanks for sharing! I’ve been meaning to create my own seasoning. I usually mix some random spices but without any science. I should be doing it like you and keep the mix in its own container for easy reuse.

    Eva

  2. Debbi says

    07/24/2014 at 3:01 PM

    Thanks so much. Going to try it. I really appreciate all the sharing you do with us

  3. Adrian says

    07/26/2014 at 6:28 PM

    I’ve been making my own homemade taco seasoning for a couple years now and I love it WAY more than the store bought kind:)

  4. Michele @ Alwayzbakin says

    07/28/2014 at 6:51 PM

    Thanks for sharing! We have tacos quite often around my house. This is a great recipe to have!

  5. Vickie says

    07/30/2014 at 7:30 AM

    Thank you for this recipe! I would much rather make my own than use the stuff bought at the store that is full of fillers and other stuff. I think I will triple the recipe, though, because we eat a lot of tacos! 🙂

  6. Joanne T Ferguson says

    08/01/2014 at 9:38 PM

    G’day! Thanks for stopping by our #SayGdayParty! Great idea pinned!
    Please remember to stop by and comment on other people’s submissions too and of course, hope you are following Natasha and me on Pinterest!
    Comments and shares show you care!
    Cheers! Joanne @ What’s On The List

  7. savannah says

    02/20/2015 at 1:50 PM

    Turned out perfectly. Thanks for sharing.

  8. Charlene says

    02/20/2015 at 2:17 PM

    Yeah so glad Savannah!

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