Homemade Taco Seasoning Recipe

Recipe for homemade taco seasoning made with ground freshly dried chiles, Mexican oregano, smoked paprika, dried onion flakes, garlic and coriander. Learn how to dry and grind fresh chiles with my step-by-step instructions for drying and milling chiles. This recipe is an excerpt from Taste of Tucson: Sonoran Style Recipes Inspired by the Rich Culture of Southern Arizona. 

Taco Seasoning Spice Blend recipe and photo by Jackie Alpers
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Homemade Taco Seasoning from Dried Fresh Chilies
Servings: 12
Recipe for homemade Sonoran-Mexican taco seasoning using ground dried chiles.
This taco seasoning can be stored up to six months before it starts to lose its flavor. Learn how to dry and grind your own chiles for homemade chile powder using these step-by-step instructions for drying and milling chiles.

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup ground chile peppers
  • 3 tablespoons dried onion flakes
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • 2 teaspoons Sonoran sea salt
  • 2 teaspoons dried Mexican oregano
  • 2 teaspoons hot or mild smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper

Instructions

  • Combine all of the ingredients in a sealed airtight container; shake to combine.

Notes

 
 
Course cooking crafts, seasonings, spice blend
Cuisine Mexican, Sonoran Style Mexican
Diet Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Keyword drying and grinding chiles into powder, Homemade Mexican taco seasoning, How to dry chiles for chili powder, Mexican Taco Seasoning Recipe, taco seasoning recipe

 

 

 

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