Homemade seasoned salt is an easy and customizable way to add depth and flavor to your meals. With a few simple ingredients you’ll produce a salt that rivals even the most expensive grocery store varieties.
Seasoned salt is an amazingly versatile kitchen staple that helps elevate the flavor of your dishes in just a pinch. Whether you’re using it to finish a dish or to season your ingredients before cooking, it is an easy and customizable way to add depth and flavor to your meals.
With a few simple ingredients, you can create your own blends tailored to your taste, from a basic seasoned salt to more unique variations like Mexican, Porcini, or Sun-Dried Tomato Salt. Keep these blends on hand in your kitchen for a quick and flavorful boost to any dish.
How to Make How to Make Your Own Seasoned Salt
Ingredients
Basic Seasoned Salt:
- 1 cup coarse salt (240 g)
- 1 teaspoon fennel seed, ground (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon star anise, ground (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes, ground (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano, ground (2.1 g)
Mexican Seasoned Salt:
- 1 cup coarse salt (240 g)
- 1 teaspoon ground chipotle powder (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano, ground (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon ground chile powder (2.1 g)
Porcini Salt:
- 1 cup coarse salt (240 g)
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon ground dried porcini mushrooms (2.1 g)
Sun-Dried Tomato Salt:
- 1 cup coarse salt (240 g)
- 1 teaspoon ground sun-dried tomatoes (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon red chili flakes, ground (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano, ground (2.1 g)
Step-by-Step Guide
Grind the Spices: Using a spice grinder, Magic Bullet, or mortar and pestle, grind each of the spices for your chosen blend until they are a fine powder. This ensures that the spices mix evenly with the salt.
Combine Ingredients: In a mixing bowl, combine the coarse salt with your ground spices. Mix thoroughly until the spices are evenly distributed throughout the salt.
Store the Blend: Transfer the seasoned salt to an airtight container. Metal containers work great and can be kept on your kitchen counter for easy access. If you’re making multiple varieties, label each container with the specific blend for quick identification.
Recipe Notes
- Adjusting Spice Levels: Feel free to adjust the amount of spices to suit your personal taste. If you prefer a stronger flavor, increase the quantity of the spices.
- Storage: Store seasoned salt in a cool, dry place. It should last for several months, but the fresher the spices, the better the flavor.
- Usage: Use your seasoned salt as a finishing touch on meats, vegetables, and more. It’s a quick way to add flavor to any dish.
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How to Make Your Own Seasoned Salt
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 1 cup 1x
Description
Whether you’re using it to finish a dish or to season your ingredients before cooking, homemade seasoned salt is an easy and customizable way to add depth and flavor to your meals.
Ingredients
Basic Seasoned Salt:
- 1 cup coarse salt (240 g)
- 1 teaspoon fennel seed, ground (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon star anise, ground (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes, ground (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano, ground (2.1 g)
Mexican Seasoned Salt:
- 1 cup coarse salt (240 g)
- 1 teaspoon ground chipotle powder (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano, ground (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon ground chile powder (2.1 g)
Porcini Salt:
- 1 cup coarse salt (240 g)
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon ground dried porcini mushrooms (2.1 g)
Sun-Dried Tomato Salt:
- 1 cup coarse salt (240 g)
- 1 teaspoon ground sun-dried tomatoes (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon red chili flakes, ground (2.1 g)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano, ground (2.1 g)
Instructions
Grind the Spices: Using a spice grinder, Magic Bullet, or mortar and pestle, grind each of the spices for your chosen blend until they are a fine powder. This ensures that the spices mix evenly with the salt.
Combine Ingredients: In a mixing bowl, combine the coarse salt with your ground spices. Mix thoroughly until the spices are evenly distributed throughout the salt.
Store the Blend: Transfer the seasoned salt to an airtight container. Metal containers work great and can be kept on your kitchen counter for easy access. If you’re making multiple varieties, label each container with the specific blend for quick identification.
Notes
- Adjusting Spice Levels: Feel free to adjust the amount of spices to suit your personal taste. If you prefer a stronger flavor, increase the quantity of the spices.
- Storage: Store seasoned salt in a cool, dry place. It should last for several months, but the fresher the spices, the better the flavor.
- Usage: Use your seasoned salt as a finishing touch on meats, vegetables, and more. It’s a quick way to add flavor to any dish.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Category: Spices
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: International
I’m officially a superfan of the sun dried tomato salt. Wow, talk about a flavor boost!
Thank you for this, I will never buy fancy store bought salts ever again – this is so much better. Going to do a roasted garlic salt next!
The Mexican Salt is INCREDIBLE!
I make my own vanilla sugar all the time – it’s delicious! I use it in my cookies, cakes, my coffee, etc…
What a classy idea…thanks for sharing!
I love this kind of homemade blends. I used to make them all the time, these days I don’t make them so often anymore, but really like your ideas!