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Say hello to flavorful chicken every time with this super easy homemade chicken seasoning mix! It's perfect for grilled, roasted, or air-fried chicken thighs, breasts, or wings. Plus, homemade spice blends have far fewer ingredients than store-bought seasoning mixes and no hidden carbs!
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- ❤️ Why you'll love it
- 🥘 Equipment Used
- 🧾 Ingredients Used
- 🔪 How To Make This Recipe
- 🥫 Storing and Reheating
- 💭 Tips and Variations
- 🍽️ What can I eat this recipe with?
- 👩🍳 Frequently Asked Questions
- 📚 Related Recipes
- 📖 Recipe
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❤️ Why you'll love it
If you've been on a low-carb diet for a long time, you get to the point where you need new ways to spice up your most common ingredients. Since chicken is so versatile, it's a staple on a keto diet.
This easy, all-purpose, healthy chicken seasoning can be used with all different chicken parts and never disappoints.
🥘 Equipment Used
You won't need any fancy tools to make this homemade chicken spice rub. Just grab a bowl, some measuring spoons, and your favorite glass jar for storage.
🧾 Ingredients Used
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You only need a handful of spices for thishomemade chicken seasoning blendrecipe. Thisrobust blend of spicesadds somuch flavorto yoursavory chickenrecipes and will have everyone begging for seconds!
- Peppers:Cayenne pepper,black pepper, smoked paprika. You can increase or reduce theamount ofcayennepepperused depending on your preference.
- Aromatics:Onion powderandgarlic powder.
- Herbs: Dried parsley and dried oregano.
- Other ingredients: And last but not least, good oldsea salt!
🔪 How To Make This Recipe
- Mix all ingredients together in asmall bowl.
- Add them to a glass jar or other container.
- Use about one tablespoon per pound of chicken for anycooking method.
🥫 Storing and Reheating
Store in anairtight container, preferably a large spice jar, and keep in a cool,dry placeout ofdirect sunlight.Homemade seasoningstypically last approximately six to twelve months.
If you live in a humid place, you may want to add a silica packet to absorb moisture that could cause your seasoning mixture to clump.
💭 Tips and Variations
- If you enjoy really spicy food, add a lot of pepper spices to your chicken seasoning. However, you can use only a little if you don't like spicy food.
- Use this spice mix as awet rubby mixing it with alittle olive oil, soy sauce, or vinegar. Alternatively, you can use this easy chicken marinade.
- You can add lime or orange peels to your spice mix to give it a little zing.
- Feel free to add crushedred pepperif you need even more heat.
🍽️ What can I eat this recipe with?
This is theperfect seasoningto add to literallysavorychickendishes, including:
- Fried Chicken Breast
- Grilled BonelessChicken Thighs
- Air Fryer Chicken Breast
- Air Fryer Chicken Legs
- Keto Roasted Turkey
- Air Fryer Turkey Wings
👩🍳 Frequently Asked Questions
What is chicken seasoning?
Thissimple, healthy chicken seasoning recipe is a dry mix of assorted herbs and spices usually used to season chicken before cooking it. So whether you're going to bake awhole chicken, air frychicken thighs, or roast anycut of chicken, the spice blend will give you that delicious taste you can trust.
Everyone has theirpersonal preference in their spice mix, but the core spices used are generally about the same.
In addition, some of these spices are shared by other popular seasonings liketaco seasoning,cajun seasoning,steak seasoning, orJamaican jerk seasoning, so the flavor might be familiar.
Is chicken seasoning healthy?
Chicken seasoning is pretty healthy. It helps to stimulate the digestive system, and spices are excellent antioxidants too. The only issue might be excess sodium if you add more salt when cooking, in addition to those in the seasoning.
How do you use seasoning for chicken?
To use this homemade seasoning, use a tablespoon of seasoning for everypound of meat.
Aneasy way to use thisdry rub is to rub the chicken all over with a bit of olive oil to ensure the spices stick to it. Then, sprinkle your chicken seasoning on thechicken pieces and rub it in, making sure the spice mix gets on it evenly. Make sure the chicken is atroom temperature before using the seasoning.
For chicken breasts, if you're not usingskinless chicken breasts, make sure you liberally rub the spices under the skin.
Is chicken seasoning the same aspoultry seasoning?
Yes, chicken seasoning is also calledpoultry seasoning sometimes. However, despite the name, it can also be used to season various types of meat. One thing to note is that chicken seasoning is sometimes mistaken for chicken bouillon.
Chicken bouillon is a cube form of certain spices that are chicken-flavored. Chicken bouillon is like concentrated chicken stock. In contrast, chicken seasoning doesn't taste like chicken; it just addsgreat flavor to any chicken (or poultry) dish.
Is chicken seasoning gluten-free?
Yes, sometimes, store-bought chicken seasoning might have gluten in it. The best way to ensure yours doesn't have any gluten is to make the chicken seasoning yourself.
It is quick and easy to make, and you probably already have all or most of the spices and herbs in yourspice drawer. Most of the spices in the mixture can be found in your localgrocery store if you do not already have them at home.
Check out these other delicious homemade seasoning recipes!
All Purpose Seasoning
Harissa Powder
Homemade Fish Seasoning
Peri Peri Seasoning
Pork Chop Seasoning
Creole Seasoning
📖 Recipe
Chicken Seasoning Recipe
Say hello to flavorful chicken every time with this super easy homemade chicken seasoning recipe! This seasoning blend is perfect for grilled, roasted, or air-fried chicken thighs, breasts, or wings!
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Course: Condiments & Spices
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 1 minute minute
Total Time: 1 minute minute
Servings: 12
Calories: 6kcal
Author: Tayo Oredola
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoon smoked paprika
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper or ½ teaspoon if you like spicy food
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 2 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 3 tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoon salt
Instructions
Mix all ingredients together.
Store in an airtight container.
Use about 1 tablespoon per pound of chicken.
Notes
This recipe serves 12 and each serving is 1 tablespoon and contains 0 net carbs.
- If you enjoy really spicy food, add a lot of pepper spices to your chicken seasoning. If you don't, however, you can use only just a little.
- Use this spice mix as a wet rub by mixing with a little olive oil, soy sauce, or vinegar.
- You can add lime or orange peels to your spice mix to give it a slightly tangy flavor.
Nutrition
Calories: 6kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1164mg | Potassium: 23mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 6IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg
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Pat Nugent says
Used last night on boneless/skinless thighs. Baked in the oven with slices sweet onions and bacon strips underneath the chicken pieces.Reply
- Tayo Oredola says
That sounds like a delicious and filling dinner!
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- Tia Bidlack says
This is the best seasoning for chicken that I've ever tasted! Not only do I like it but so does my family! This is a huge hit at my house, thank you!
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- Tayo Oredola says
Thank you for the lovely feedback, Tia!
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- Sandera says
this recipe does not tell how to cook chicken such as temperature or how long
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- Tayo says
It's a chicken seasoning recipe, not a chicken recipe. You can use the search bar to search for several chicken recipes on my site.
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