This awesome homemade Chili Seasoning mix comes in super handy for making anything from chilis, tacos and even roasted vegetables. Skip the store-bought packets together with the additive and preservatives and make your own gluten free chili spice mix from scratch with ingredients you probably already have in your pantry!
Recipe by Leelalicious on July 2, 2021
Prep time: PT5M
Total time: PT5M
Rating
4.94 stars (31 reviews)
Keywords
homemade chili seasoning
Ingredients
1/4 cup chili powder (*)
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon cayenne powder
4 teaspoons sea salt
2 teaspoons ground black pepper
Categories
Main Course
Cuisine
Mexican
Steps
Add all ground spices to a bowl and whisk until well combined.
Store your homemade chili seasoning in an airtight container in a dry and cool place.
Alternatively, measure everything right into a storage container, close the lid tightly and shake everything up until evenly combined.
Use 2 tablespoons of this homemade seasoning mix for a large pot of chili to serve 6-8. This equals about one packet of store-bought seasoning mix.
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 tablespoon
Calories: 9 kcal
Carbohydrates: 1 g
Sodium: 1035 mg
Reviews
Janet Campbell on 2026-02-01 (4 stars): Too salty and peppery for my liking. Will use less next time and should be perfect. Love the spice mixture.
Janet Campbell on 2026-02-01 (5 stars): Great mixture of spices. Next time, I will use less salt and pepper.
Jill on 2026-01-12 (5 stars): This is a great blend and the proportions are spot on. I did add about a teaspoon of sugar and also a heaping tablespoon of flour to help the chili thicken up a little bit.
Kayleigh on 2025-12-28 (5 stars): This was a great recipe. I doubled the recipe and vacuum sealed it in a pint jar and gave it to my best friend because she loved it so much. I ended up doing it again for myself. We eat chili pretty often. Even during the warmer months. This blows any packet you can buy away. Super customizable. Thanks for a great recipe!
Susan Day on 2025-12-19 (5 stars): I can’t wait to use this this week when I make my chili but I just want to clarify how much I should use. Everyone is talking about how big a pot they use but I go by how many pounds of chop meat I use. The packets are one packet per pound. So how much of this per pound would I use?
Brenda on 2025-11-16 (5 stars): Exactly what I was looking for. My hubs said best chili ever. Thank you for a great recipe that will be used tiime and again.
Amanda Sung on 2025-11-06 (5 stars): Thank you for sharing this recipe
