Make your own additive free taco seasoning!!
I did a quick look at the packet taco seasoning today at the supermarket and was sad to see that the first ingredient (that means it has the highest percentage) is either salt or sugar (white and refined).
Some of them have lots of artificial additives too. I think this recipe is just as tasty with a fraction of the salt and sugar (heck, you can even leave it out if you want!)
The kids always go back for seconds – that’s normally a good sign, right?
TACO SEASONING:
Vital stats: gluten free, dairy free, nut free, vegan, egg free
Okay, so this is what you need:
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (more or less to taste)
1 teaspoon oregano flakes
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
1 teaspoon rapadura or coconut sugar
1 teaspoon pink himalayan salt
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon onion powder or flakes
1 tablespoon garlic powder
I like to use organic spices and herbs for this – Simply Organic or Gourmet Organic are my favourite brands.
Okay, so this is how you do it:
Mix all the ingredients together. Easy huh?
If you have onion flakes you may want to grind to a powder. You can do this by hand with a mortar and pestle or with your food processor. If you are lucky enough to have a thermomix, then grind on speed 10 for 10 seconds.
That’s it. Now you can store the seasoning in an airtight container or use it straight away. You could make a double batch and have some for next time. You could make lots of batches and give it away as gifts !
How to use it:
♥ Make taco mince using 500g mince and one batch of this seasoning.
♥ Rub it into a shoulder of pork and throw into the slow cooker for a delicious Mexican Pulled Pork.
♥ Fry with some strips of chicken, onion and capsicum to make fajitas.
♥ Rub it on a whole chook or chicken pieces and make my Mexican Chicken.
♥ Sprinkle on baked potato wedges and serve with sour cream and guacamole.
♥ Add to mince and shape into hamburgers. Serve in a bun or soft tortillas.
♥ Toss through a drained can of chickpeas and some oil and roast in the oven until crispy.
♥ Liven up a beans and rice dish.
♥ Add to mayo or sour cream to make a tasty dressing.
What else do you use it for?
This is fantastic, thanks so much for posting! I’ve only just started label reading and it’s really rather horrifying!
it sure is! I use the Chemical Maze handbook a lot, but basically if it has numbers, I avoid it!
Great recipe!!!! Made it for dinner tonight an it was a huge hit!! Thanks!
that’s awesome to hear Alicia !! 🙂
easy, quicker alternative… 1tblspn cumin, 1tblspn paprika, 1/2 tspn chilli powder… mix it in a cup of water… brown onion & 2 or 3 cloves of garlic, then add the mince & tomato paste… when all browned, put the taco seasoning in…
use home brand corn chips & make nacho’s
thanks for that Megz !
Thankyou just the recipe (Natural New Age Mum your a gem!)I have been looking for! I found Mission Taco Shells at our local Coles they only have Cirn Flour, Vegetable Oil and Water so we are ready to go! Cooking now smells great!!!
yay! were they yummy?
I was using Mission brand corn tortillas but my local Woolworths have stopped stocking them. On my next trip to Melbourne I am going to buy a tortilla press and some Masa Corn flour to make my own. Ingredients: Masa Corn flour (white, yellow or blue) and warm water.
wow – that sounds like a great idea! let us know how you go 🙂
Geez! I was always a bit suspicious of the pre-packed ‘mexican’ items but that sounds terrible!! I usually make those spelt wraps so it’s a soft taco really. I love the sound of your taco seasoning – would be nice in chilli too xx
Hi,
thanks for the great recipe, will certainly be trying that out, expecially once I get my new Thermomix that I just ordered yesterday!
I get Old El Paso shells, and after reading this blog thought I would check out their ingrediants.
States low in salt – 200mg/100mg shells.
Only additives are 304 and 306, which are antioxidents and when I looked these up they sound harmless. Other ingreds are ground corn, sunflower oil, water and salt.
Are there any that are better than that?
Naomi
I just checked them in my Chemical Maze Handbook and they seem to be okay Naomi! Have fun with your thermomix !! 🙂
I just made these tonight but I used 4 bean mix instead of mince – delish!!!! Thanks Sonia 🙂
that sounds good ! love beans 🙂
I made Tacos tonight, with a new difference. Rump Steak, slow cooked all day, with an onion, garlic, kidney beans, a little stock, and seasoning (packet, that’s why I’m here, remembered seeing your recipe, I want to make my own next time). But, oh-my-goddess! Delicious, all stringy, and like authentic Mexican! Won’t be able to go back to mince now!
thanks Suzy… that sounds yummo 🙂 did you have the steak in strips or whole when you slow cooked it?
I was told you could do either, I did cut it into big strips, as I was trimming the fat anyway. Either way, it becomes stringy when you “break it down” with your spoon in the last couple of hours. (I was told to use a potato masher)
Thank you SO much for the taco seasoning recipe! Tacos are one of a few good meals that my kids (5 & 8) devour! I have been using Mission brand as it’s gluten free but would rather make my own seasoning. I always put grated zucchini and carrot in any mince dish I make. Any ideas on the Taco sauce recipe?
Hope you like it Georgia! I don’t make a taco sauce, sorry! 🙂
I just made a bunch of taco sauce with chipotle powder instead of cayenne. It’s takes it to a level where my tacos are now addictive. I also use mushroom oyster sauce in place of the sugar and salt. I use kidney beans and a tin of tomatoes instead of meat too.
yum, sounds good Heather 🙂
OH wow. I am gonna have to try this. We love Tacos. It is our go to easy meal (along with Spag Bolg).
I made lettuce leaf tacos tonight – using your taco seasoning mix! I cant have onion, so left that out! But yummo! I have a thermomix, so wondering if you have tried cooking the meat etc in the TM??
Hi Amanda! Great idea to use the lettuce leaf. I haven’t tried it, but no reason it wouldn’t work. I just don’t like the texture of the cooked mince in the thermy 🙂
Yum looks great. I do use the same basic ingredients but will have to try with rapadura and the onion flakes next time mmmm
thanks Amanda! 🙂
Hi thanks for this recipe! My family loves Mexican night and tacos are a big fav with the kids. I must admit last time we had it the kids got really hypo maybe because of the additives so I will be def be using your recipe from now on!!!
Hi glamamuma! Thanks for stopping by. I hope the kids like it 🙂
Thank you! will definitely try but with chicken strips and lettuce leaves – red meat allergy here! Was always a favourite but struggled to find anything additive and allergy friendly. x
yum that would be lovely with chicken strips or even mince!
Hi Sonia. Thank you so much for this recipe, it’s a family favourite here!! I have used the seasoning with chicken strips (due to red meat allergy) and have put them on Quirky Jo quinoa and chia seed flatbread with salad. Sooo yum!! 🙂
Thanks Sharon – great to know!! I amg going to have to try those flatbread – they sound amazing!
This is a really good additive free mexican recipe. I make our family’s mexican wrap fillings with paprika, cumin and garlic. Thanks for the tip on Sorj!
Hi Zena!! Thank you for the tips 🙂
Tacos are one of our favs too! Look forward to trying on the weekend and I’m pretty sure I have all the ingredients which is a bonus!
Let me know how you go Michelle. 🙂
Any suggestions on a corn free wrap – I have a corn intolerance as since I’ve only known about it since last November i’m still learning – it’s a horrible allergy btw I can’t have anything premade or eat out anymore 🙁 (on a positive I love being in the kitchen so not so bad i’m forced to actually look at what i’m putting into mine n my kids bodies whether I had the time or not)
Hi Melissa, I am testing out some easy homemade wraps as I can’t find any decent ones in the shops! Stay tuned. 🙂
I use this recipe from the forums to make salsa to go on our tacos – http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=7877.0 I substitute the basil for coriander (I always have cubes of coriander in the freezer for adding to cooking). This recipe is utterly delicious and now I have Mexican seasoning for my mince/beans. Thank you!
no problem – let me know how you go Gina!
G’day! Your recipe is great and LOVE is no sugar, true!
HOW quickly it can be made!! it will be one of the recipes featured on my blog post today…hope you will stop by and view!
Cheers! Joanne
Thanks Joanne! that’s brilliant 🙂
Love your recipes, they are so yummy. My son has a number of allergies and is on a low fodmap diet. If I was to omit the garlic and onion from the taco seasoning do you think it would still be tasty enough?
Yes definitely!! 🙂
My husband and I LOVE this taco seasoning and have been making it in a food processor. But now I have my Thermomix and it’s so much easier! Can you cook the taco mince and vegetables in the Thermomix Sonya?
Being gluten free isnt a challenge when Old Time Bakery wraps are in the pantry. Not like cardboard and pliable…
Great recipe. Are your measurements metric measuring spoons. Just trying to make a bulk batch and get the maths right. Thanks.
Yes Diane 🙂
Yeh! Mission brand regular taco shells have the following ingredients… Corn flour, vegetable oil amd water. That’s it!! Yeh!
That’s getting better! Vege oil is usually canola but it’s getting there!