If you love the spices in Mexican cuisine and could have only one seasoning and rub mix in your kitchen, it would be the Southwest Seasoning Spice Blend. This low salt blend enhances the flavor of chicken, vegetables, pork, wild game, and beef.
Our Thanksgiving turkey gets a healthy rubdown with this Tex-Mex spice.
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❤️ Why you'll love this recipe...
- it gives everything you sprinkle a delicious Tex-Mex
- flavor.
- you can use it on chicken, fish, veggies, pork, beef, and wild game.
- it's salt-free so shake as much as you want on your dish without over salting.
- lasts for up to six months in an air-tight container.
Southwest seasoning is the ultimate spice for the chili - taco lover. One jar of this delicious blend will have you seasoning all your dishes with that spicy mix.
🛒 Ingredients
These are all the ingredients you'll need for the versatile spice mix. The exact amounts are listed in the recipe card below.
- Chili powder
- Ground cumin
- Smoked Paprika
- Black Pepper
- Ground Coriander
- Cayenne Pepper
- Chipotle Powder
- Garlic Powder
- Crushed Red Pepper
- Kosher salt
- Dried Oregano
🗒 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the recipe card below.
- Measure out the ingredients into a medium size bowl.
- With a large whisk blend the seasoning and spice mix.
- Store the dry rub and seasoning in an air-tight container and store at room temperature.
🔪 Equipment
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- Medium size bowl - glass or metal is good. I like this bowl because it has a spout on it. Makes it easy to pour.
- A large whisk to blend - This insures that the spices and herbs are evenly mixed.
- A airtight glass container to store the Southwest seasoning. These hinged jars are handy for food storage. We have a case of them and I use them all the time.
👩🏻🍳 Tips
You can make the Southwest seasoning and rub recipe as heat intensive as you like. Since it doesn't have a lot of salt in the mix, you'll need to taste when the dish is done and salt to your liking.
It's just as easy to double and triple the recipe than to just make a single batch. Just make sure you keep the sealed jar in the pantry away from the light and heat.
🧂Storage
Since we triple the recipe we store it in a fairly large air-tight glass container at room temperature.
We pour some of the mix in a lidded shaker that has large holes. You need the large holes so that the pepper flakes will pass on through.
It stores for about six months but we've never kept it that long. I wasn't exaggerating when I said we use it a lot.
🤔 FAQ's
The spices we are using are chili powder, smoked paprika, ground coriander, garlic powder, cumin, oregano, cayenne pepper, chipotle powder, crushed red pepper, and salt and pepper.
Chili and taco seasoning are similar.
Chili seasoning and taco seasoning are fairly similar each having about 5-8 ingredients, sometimes more. The primary difference between the two is that chili seasoning will have a higher concentration of chili powder and paprika. Taco seasoning will likely have a higher amount of cumin.
🍽 Use with . . .
- Meats including pork, beef, wild game, chicken, turkey.
- Seafood.
- Vegetables.
- In your favorite dishes.
- Macaroni and cheese.
- Pasta salads.
📚 Related Recipes
Southwestern Roast Turkey we first brine, bone the bird, then roast it. This is a delicious Thanksgiving tradition.
Smoked ribs get a thorough rub down with out special Tex-Mex blend before throwing them on the grill.
Beer Can Chicken needs a nice coat of Southwestern seasoning before sitting on its throne.
There are so many dishes we like to sprinkle with this unique spice-herb blend.
📞Chiacchierata
Just as an Italian kitchen has its special seasoning, we have our blend that is perfect for so many dishes.
This seasoning has a pleasant southwestern flavor. You would think that it would be very spicy with the cayenne, red pepper flakes, and black pepper but it's not.
Southwest Spice Blend recipe for seasoning and rub is a favorite at our house, we hope that this recipe will be a favorite of yours too.
📝 Recipe
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📖 Recipe
Southwest Spice Blend For Rub and Seasoning
Equipment Needed
Ingredients
- 4 Tablespoons chili powder
- 4 teaspoons ground cumin
- 4 Tablespoons smoked paprika
- 2 teaspoons black pepper
- 2 Tablespoons ground coriander
- 1 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoons chipotle powder
- 2 Tablespoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons crushed red pepper
- 2 Tablespoons salt
- 2 Tablespoons dried oregano
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well with a whisk. Place in a large shaker container and store at room temperature.
Notes
- Be sure your shaker lid has large holes so that the red pepper flakes can be sprinkled along with the rest of the ingredients.
Nutrition
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Moop Brown
I'm a big fan of doing my seasonings homemade and will definitely use this blend in the future for my southwestern style recipes! Thanks for sharing.
silvia
Homemade seasoning mixes are the best. This one is totally amazing, I'm not a big fan or cumin so I reduced it to my taste. So delicious. It tasted delicious on chicken.
Katie Crenshaw
Homemade seasonings are the best. This is great on chicken, pork, and fish! I also like to make it for a homemade hostess gift.
Marisa Franca
I agree, Katie. Giving food and seasoning as gifts is really a gift everyone appreciates. xoxo
Heidy
This recipe for Southwest Seasoning Spice Blendr was perfect, and I can not stress enough how much our guests enjoyed this seasoning on my grilled chicken. I loved the instructions and tips! I am looking forward to trying a few other recipes I noticed today! Have a wonderful day!
Linda
The combination of this spice rub is outstanding and simply the best. Now our summer is more festive with this flavor!
GUNJAN C Dudani
I so needed this recipe. I am making this today as I have all the ingredients.
Farrukh Aziz
This goes really well on chicken and beef! We all loved the flavor of this, as I made it for grilled meat! I stored some of this rub so I can use it again!
Sharon
I have found that this seasoning really makes the most of grilled or smoked chicken or beef. It's a must!
Allyssa
Thanks a lot for sharing this seasoning! It's really helpful and super loved the taste! Will use this again!
veenaazmanov
Perfect for all the yummy dishes. A lovely blend of all the flavors. Cant wait to stock some for my kitchen too.
Gloria
Making your own seasoning blends are not only delicious, but also cost-effective. So much cheaper than buying them ready made in the store. You can blend them just the way YOU like...more of some things, less of others. These would make a great "food gift idea" too.