Homemade Taco Seasoning and Rub
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Simplicity
Homemade Taco Seasoning and Rub
Today was a Sunday that a big Sunday Dinner wasn’t in order. With only three people here to eat, I fed us out of the garden. My little greens patch is still producing some might fine greens. So, we had mixed greens and ham, hot water cornbread and onion and radishes from the garden. It was a simple supper that was just as good as it could be. Keeping things simple, I have a simple spice mix recipe that I want to share. I use it as taco seasoning and as a rub for beef.
For taco seasoning, I use about a palm full to a pound of browned ground beef. Add about at teaspoon of cornstarch to 2/3 to 3/4 cup of water, mix well and add to ground beef and seasoning. The cornstarch adds the thickening that you get from packaged taco seasoning.
For a rub, mix the seasoning mix half and half with brown sugar.
1 tbs chili powder
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp paprika
1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp sea salt or kosher salt
1 tsp black pepper
I make four batches at the time and keep it in a half pint canning jar in my spice cabinet. It can be added to Tex-Mex style dishes like chili, also.
Hope you enjoy it!
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Jackie! I just fixed up a big batch of this! It’s definitely a staple at our house, it has such a good quality taste to it. We Luv It!! Hope you’re doing good!
Hey Sandra! I hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Thanks, Jackie! I love this and am looking forward to giving it a try this week
I hope you enjoy it, Michele!
I have been enjoying your website since I discovered it through Pinterest, Because I enjoy eating so much, I have been forced to learn to cook.
I wanted to share a hint with you that I recently discovered about taco meat mixture.
When cooking up your next batch, after you have browned your meat, add your chopped onion, and seasonings finish up the mixture by adding a 16 ounce jar of Catalina salad dressing instead of the corn starch mixture and simmer for 30 minutes. I often wondered why some of the restaurant mixtures tasted so much better than what I was cooking in my kitchen and now I know.
Kay,
Thank you for your thoughtful comment. I hope you’re finding lots of good recipes to cook and enjoy!
Thanks for the interesting tip of using Catalina salad dressing in place of taco seasoning. I’d never examined the seasoning and spices in that salad dressing to realize it was similar to taco seasoning.