Is there anything better than piling lettuce, tomato, onion, jalapeno, sour cream and your choice of protein on a taco shell. If it’s a hard taco, the shell snaps against your teeth as all of the flavors burst in your mouth. If it is a soft shell, everything just melts away in a sea of deliciousness. This is starting to sound a little dirty, but words do not do the amazingness of the taco justice. Beef, chicken, shrimp, fish..it doesn’t matter. I love tacos and we eat them a lot in this house. It doesn’t matter the type of shell, or if it is in the form of a salad. There is just something about those ingredients that taste so good and what brings it all together? No, not the cheese, it is the seasoning.
We make a lot of our seasoning blends, and taco seasoning is no different. Why do we make them? Well the cost of simple products keeps going up and it is cheaper to buy or grow items then mix them together on our own. We grow a lot of ingredients, dry them and store them to have on hand, but we also purchase spices in bulk when we can’t grow them ourselves. Bulk buying is less expensive than the jars and packs from the grocery store so we save a lot of money and trips to the store for our seasoning blends.
Our taco seasoning is made up of chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, red pepper flakes, oregano, paprika, cumin, salt and pepper. Very simple ingredients, but when they are mixed together they bring out the best in tacos. Simply brown your ground beef, or cook your protein of choice, then sprinkle this taco seasoning and mix well with your meat. You can sprinkle a little or a lot, which is another great part of making your own seasonings.
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Taco Seasoning
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup chili powder
- 2 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 2 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 2 1/2 tsp oregano
- 5 tsp paprika
- 1/4 cup cumin
- 1 1/2 tbsp salt
- 3 tbsp ground pepper
Instructions
- Simply mix all ingredients together and store in an airtight container.