Seasoning salt is one of the must-haves in your kitchen. Sprinkle it on any dish to elevate its flavor and taste. Sprinkle over meat; use it over vegetables, in your salads, for grill, all the dishes. Use this seasoning instead of plain salt.
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- Forgo Lawry’s seasoned salt, make it your own
- What is seasoned salt
- Ingredients needed
- How to make
- Can you make seasoning salt without salt?
- What can I use seasoned salt on?
- Useful tips
- Common questions
- Storing info
- 📋Best All Purpose Seasoning Salt
Forgo Lawry’s seasoned salt, make it your own
- You can use the seasoning salt on almost all the dishes, use it instead of salt. It elevates the dish.
- This seasoning enhances the flavor and taste of all the dishes you use.
- A blend of simple spices that most probably are in your pantry already.
- You’ll only need 6 ingredients. All natural ingredients, no artificial flavoring or chemicals used.
- It’s versatile, super easy to make, and requires pantry staples. You can customize this homemade seasoning salt recipe as per your taste or depending on what you are cooking.
- This salt adds wonderful heat to the dish (use it according to taste). If you do not want it spicy, ignore cayenne pepper.
- You can sprinkle this salt over meat or vegetables before or after grilling. It’s excellent on roasted chicken and potatoes, and can also be sprinkled over eggs, on salads (yes I love it on salads), on meat, steaks, seasoning burgers, and sliced avocados sprinkled with this salt is a great savory snack.
- Make a small jar of it and keep it near your cooking spot. Go sparking on all the dishes. Tasty and very useful as seasoning.
What is seasoned salt
If you are familiar with Lawry’s seasoned salt or other salts like garlic salt, and celery salt you would not be new to seasoned salt.
It’s a blend of herbs, spices, and salt, and one other ingredient is monosodium glutamate (MSG). Most store-bought salt has MSG. The salt is used to add flavor to the dish before or after cooking.
It’s easy to make your version of salt that will elevate the flavor of any dish by simply blending different spices and herbs to table salt but without using MSG, so it’s healthy to use.
Basic seasoned salt starts with salt, garlic powder, and onion powder. You can add other spices like cayenne pepper, smoked sweet paprika, ground pepper, Italian seasoning, and dried herbs like oregano, thyme, or rosemary for different styles of cooking.
Ingredients needed
The base is of course table salt along with garlic powder and onion powder. You can choose to add in other seasoning/spices depending on your taste or depending on different styles of cooking.
This recipe uses 6 basic pantry staples to make all-purpose seasoned salt.
Ingredients notes:
- Salt: use kosher salt for best results. If you prefer to use sea salt, make sure to use finer grains of sea salt so it’s easy to sprinkle on dishes like eggs or soup just before eating.
- Pepper: freshly ground pepper is hard to beat. It has a fresh flavor and taste.
- Garlic granules: I prefer garlic granules over garlic powder. Granules add better texture to the salt. Feel free to use garlic powder if you can’t get granule garlic.
- Onion granules: for the same reasons as garlic, using granular onion powder adds texture to the salt. Textured salt is better for seasoning meat and vegetables.
- Cayenne pepper: adds heat. Feel free to adjust the quantity as per your heat tolerance levels. If you can’t handle a spicy kick, feel free to reduce the amount of cayenne pepper.
- Smoked paprika: adds wonderful smoky flavor to any dish in which you use seasoned salt.
How to make
It’s straightforward to make. Simply mix all the spices, herbs, and salt.
Jo’s-Tip: if possible grind pepper and salt to the same texture of onion and garlic granules, so it adds texture to the salt and it has almost uniform granules! Crucial point to remember while seasoning meat or vegetables. It also makes it easy to pick with your fingers and sprinkle.
Store in air tight containers and use it on all dishes.
Can you make seasoning salt without salt?
No salt seasoning is great for people who are on a low-sodium diet. To make no salt seasoning simply mix onion flakes, garlic granules, ground pepper, paprika, chili powder or cayenne pepper, dried oregano, and cumin powder.
What can I use seasoned salt on?
This salt adds a great depth of flavor to any savory dish. Use it to marinate chicken, pork, beef or fish. Sprinkle it on baked potato wedges, fries, and deep-fried sea food, and sprinkle it on rotisserie chicken.
You can also use it sparingly sprinkled on soups and salads.
Useful tips
- Use kosher salt for best results. If you prefer to use sea salt, make sure to grind sea salt in mortar pestle lightly.
- To ensure you grind pepper fine, use mortal and pestle.
- Choose granular garlic and onion powder instead of superfine powders.
- Feel free to add other spices and seasonings as per your liking. Some of the other spices you can use are ground turmeric, ground mustard, celery seeds (coarsely ground), ground cumin, ground coriander, a little sugar, or chili powder.
- Consider adding dried herbs to the salt and use it depending on what you are cooking. Dried oregano, Dried thyme, Dried rosemary, Or Dried Italian herbs can be added to the salt.
Common questions
What is considered seasoned salt?
It’s a flavoring agent made of a blend of salt, spices and herbs sometimes. Store bought salt usually has MSG in it.
What can you substitute for seasoning salt?
You can make a seasoning without using salt, it’s a great option for the low-sodium diet restriction food category. To make no salt seasoning simply mix onion flakes, garlic granules, ground pepper, paprika, chili powder or cayenne pepper, dried oregano, and cumin powder.
Can you add other spices to the salt?
Feel free to add other spices and seasonings as per your liking. Some of the other spices you can use are ground turmeric, ground mustard, celery seeds (coarsely ground), ground cumin, ground coriander, a little sugar, or chili powder.
Can you add herbs to seasoned salt?
Consider adding dried herbs to the salt and use it depending on what you are cooking.
Dried oregano, Dried thyme, Dried rosemary, Or Dried Italian herbs can be added to the salt.
How long does it keep?
Store the prepared salt in clean and dry air-tight containers and store it in a clean dry place on the counter. It will stay good for many months. Use it according to taste. This recipe makes seasoning that adds a wonderful kick to the dish.
Why is homemade seasoned salt better than Lawry’s salt?
Lawry’s salt has ingredients like sugar, monosodium glutamate (MSG), chemicals (to make free-flowing), and flavor extracts instead of natural ingredients. Making it at home not only makes it healthier but you can also customize the flavors to your liking.
Storing info
If stored correctly this salt will keep for a very long time. Make sure to store it in a clean dry airtight jar and store it in a cool, dry, dark place like your spice drawer or pantry. If there is any moisture inside the salt or container, there is a risk of mold forming on the salt, and will spoil.
When stored correctly it will keep for 2-3 years.
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📋Best All Purpose Seasoning Salt
Jyothi Rajesh
Seasoning salt is one of the must-haves in your kitchen. Sprinkle it on any dish to elevate its flavor and taste. Sprinkle over meat; use it over vegetables, in your salads, for grill, all the dishes. Use this seasoning instead of plain salt.
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Course how-to, seasonings
Cuisine American
Servings 5 tablespoons
Calories
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons kosher salt coarse
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground pepper
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon garlic granules
- ½ teaspoon onion flakes
- ½ teaspoon cayenne or red chili powder or red chili flakes
Instructions
Combine all ingredients in a small bowl. Mix.
Use as needed. Sprinkle on any dish before or after cooking.
Store in dry air-tight jars in a cool, dry, dark place. It'll keep for 2-3 year.
Notes
- Use kosher salt for best results. If you prefer to use sea salt, make sure to grind sea salt in a mortar pestle lightly.
- To ensure you grind pepper fine, use a mortar and pestle.
- Choose granular garlic and onion powder instead of superfine powders.
- Feel free to add other spices and seasonings as per your liking. Some of the other spices you can use are ground turmeric, ground mustard, celery seeds (coarsely ground), ground cumin, ground coriander, a little sugar, or chili powder.
- Consider adding dried herbs to the salt and use it depending on what you are cooking. Dried oregano, Dried thyme, Dried rosemary, Or Dried Italian herbs can be added to the salt.
Nutritional Info– Please keep in mind that the nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.
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Created by Jyothi Rajesh
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I’m Jyothi Rajesh (Jo for short) and i’m the founder of the food blog, Curry Trail where I share my culinary Adventures. I live in Bangalore, India. I’m a mom of two beautiful kids. My passion is creating and sharing delicious and easy recipes for the home cook. I have been blogging since 2007 and many of my recipes have appeared in both online and print publications over the years.Learn more about Jyothi Rajesh.
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