This is really good, except I omitted the salt. One huge advantage of making my own seasoning mixture is that I can control the sodium. In this case, I add the necessary salt to taste in each individual dish. If the dish contains salty ingredients like tomato sauce or cheese, often no additional salt is necessary.
one ounce is 2 tablespoons which is usually what a packet of taco seasoning is. This is a great seasoning for tacos. Thanks
McCormick chili powder: ingredients.....chili peppers cumin salt oregano garlic. Doesn't sound like 'ground peppers' to me......this recipe is much appreciated...thank you!
FYI-For Southwest Cooking, MEXICAN OREGANO should be used as opposed to the traditional oregano used in Italian and Mediterranian dishes. There is a huge difference in flavor between the two. Try both and decide. Thank you for this good recipe. Great to start off with and allows for personal taste adjustments.
I come from a family of chili powder enthusiasts, so I've been raised to be a chili powder snob. I can say that there are mixes, and then there is real chili powder, which only uses dried chili pepper. I believe McCormick makes both, and both are under the guise of "Chili powder"-- the difference is really easy to taste.
That said, I really liked this seasoning, especially the addition of oregano, which I never would have considered before. My husband loved the heat from the crushed red pepper flakes. I cut the salt in half, though-- I think it would have been too salty for me in the amount called for.
Thanks for the recipe. It has inspired me to include oregano in my mother's traditional Mexican dishes.
How much of this do you use if a recipe calls for a package of taco seasoning?
This was very good. Chili powder is for chili and Ancho Chipolte Cayenne etc. are powdered chilies. The fact that this can be adjusted for heat is great.
Excellent! I've used this over and over!
I ground my spices fresh and the black pepper was the only thing I tasted in my chili. Grinding the peppercorns is NOT a good idea for this. I mean we're talking so much that it was actually too spicy to even eat (and I love really spicy food). So don't do that.