Easy Homemade Taco Seasoning

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2020-08-30 23:21:27WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 261399 [comment_post_ID] => 45294 [comment_author] => Steve Clarke [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => https://suggested.in/best-mattress-in-india/ [comment_author_IP] => 103.95.83.228 [comment_date] => 2020-08-30 18:21:27 [comment_date_gmt] => 2020-08-30 23:21:27 [comment_content] => Hey Monique, Thanks for the recipe, You are doing a great job. I have learnt so much on ambitious kitchen and going try this one too. Hoping for good result 😀 [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; ONEPLUS A6010) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/85.0.4183.81 Mobile Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 0 [user_id] => 0 [children:protected] => Array ( [261505] => WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 261505 [comment_post_ID] => 45294 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 205.178.102.17 [comment_date] => 2020-08-31 18:18:26 [comment_date_gmt] => 2020-08-31 23:18:26 [comment_content] => So happy to hear that! Enjoy :) [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/84.0.4147.135 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 261399 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) ) ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
1. Steve Clarke says:

   August 30, 2020

   
   Hey Monique,
   Thanks for the recipe, You are doing a great job. I have learnt so much on ambitious kitchen and going try this one too. Hoping for good result 😀

   Reply
   2020-08-31 23:18:26WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 261505 [comment_post_ID] => 45294 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 205.178.102.17 [comment_date] => 2020-08-31 18:18:26 [comment_date_gmt] => 2020-08-31 23:18:26 [comment_content] => So happy to hear that! Enjoy :) [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/84.0.4147.135 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 261399 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
   • Monique replied:

     August 31, 2020

     So happy to hear that! Enjoy 🙂

     Reply
2020-09-02 02:01:31WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 261667 [comment_post_ID] => 45294 [comment_author] => Scott [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => http://disheswithdad.com [comment_author_IP] => 2601:cb:8102:69b0:9083:27f2:e428:d2de [comment_date] => 2020-09-01 21:01:31 [comment_date_gmt] => 2020-09-02 02:01:31 [comment_content] => Excellent seasoning blend. I used it on shrimp tacos tonight and they were delicious! My kids loved that it wasn’t too spicy. [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_4) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.1.2 Safari/605.1.15 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 0 [user_id] => 0 [children:protected] => Array ( [261839] => WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 261839 [comment_post_ID] => 45294 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 205.178.102.17 [comment_date] => 2020-09-03 17:53:41 [comment_date_gmt] => 2020-09-03 22:53:41 [comment_content] => Perfect! So happy to hear that :) [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/85.0.4183.83 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 261667 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) ) ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
2. Scott says:

   September 1, 2020

   
   Excellent seasoning blend. I used it on shrimp tacos tonight and they were delicious! My kids loved that it wasn’t too spicy.

   Reply
   2020-09-03 22:53:41WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 261839 [comment_post_ID] => 45294 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 205.178.102.17 [comment_date] => 2020-09-03 17:53:41 [comment_date_gmt] => 2020-09-03 22:53:41 [comment_content] => Perfect! So happy to hear that :) [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/85.0.4183.83 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 261667 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
   • Monique replied:

     September 3, 2020

     Perfect! So happy to hear that 🙂

     Reply
2020-09-16 23:46:46WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 263540 [comment_post_ID] => 45294 [comment_author] => Sherry [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => [comment_author_IP] => 73.50.13.33 [comment_date] => 2020-09-16 18:46:46 [comment_date_gmt] => 2020-09-16 23:46:46 [comment_content] => I just made this tonight for our tacos. I used your recommendation for the1/2 cup water added to the meat as well. The seasoning was so easy and delicious! I'm now officially done with buying the packet from Whole Foods as I've been doing for awhile now. Thanks Monique! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_6) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.1.2 Safari/605.1.15 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 0 [user_id] => 0 [children:protected] => Array ( [264200] => WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 264200 [comment_post_ID] => 45294 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 205.178.102.17 [comment_date] => 2020-09-22 22:23:46 [comment_date_gmt] => 2020-09-23 03:23:46 [comment_content] => Amazing! So happy you loved it! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/85.0.4183.102 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 263540 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) ) ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
3. Sherry says:

   September 16, 2020

   
   I just made this tonight for our tacos. I used your recommendation for the1/2 cup water added to the meat as well. The seasoning was so easy and delicious! I’m now officially done with buying the packet from Whole Foods as I’ve been doing for awhile now. Thanks Monique!

   Reply
   2020-09-23 03:23:46WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 264200 [comment_post_ID] => 45294 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 205.178.102.17 [comment_date] => 2020-09-22 22:23:46 [comment_date_gmt] => 2020-09-23 03:23:46 [comment_content] => Amazing! So happy you loved it! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/85.0.4183.102 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 263540 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
   • Monique replied:

     September 22, 2020

     Amazing! So happy you loved it!

     Reply
2021-08-25 19:08:11WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 347525 [comment_post_ID] => 45294 [comment_author] => Jennifer [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => [comment_author_IP] => 2600:387:f:4412::b [comment_date] => 2021-08-25 14:08:11 [comment_date_gmt] => 2021-08-25 19:08:11 [comment_content] => This is the BEST recipe I have ever found for homemade taco seasoning!!! Don’t buy the package kind again. Keep this in your spice cabinet stored in a mason jar. [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 14_7_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/14.1.2 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 0 [user_id] => 0 [children:protected] => Array ( [347690] => WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 347690 [comment_post_ID] => 45294 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 209.6.225.61 [comment_date] => 2021-08-26 13:45:35 [comment_date_gmt] => 2021-08-26 18:45:35 [comment_content] => Aw thanks, Jennifer! I'm so happy you love it :) [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/92.0.4515.131 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 347525 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) ) ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
4. Jennifer says:

   August 25, 2021

   This is the BEST recipe I have ever found for homemade taco seasoning!!! Don’t buy the package kind again. Keep this in your spice cabinet stored in a mason jar.

   Reply
   2021-08-26 18:45:35WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 347690 [comment_post_ID] => 45294 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 209.6.225.61 [comment_date] => 2021-08-26 13:45:35 [comment_date_gmt] => 2021-08-26 18:45:35 [comment_content] => Aw thanks, Jennifer! I'm so happy you love it :) [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/92.0.4515.131 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 347525 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
   • Monique replied:

     August 26, 2021

     Aw thanks, Jennifer! I’m so happy you love it 🙂

     Reply
2022-05-19 06:04:03WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 406129 [comment_post_ID] => 45294 [comment_author] => Suzi [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => [comment_author_IP] => 2607:fb90:fcc:8ebd:34b6:7766:3239:9e5b [comment_date] => 2022-05-19 01:04:03 [comment_date_gmt] => 2022-05-19 06:04:03 [comment_content] => My recipe is: Good to bloom the spices w/ meat. Comes together quickly! 3 Tbsp. dried onions. If it's bitter, I like to add a handful of fresh cilantro, chopped! 1 1/2 tsp. chili powder, 1 Tbsp garlic powder 3/4 tsp pepper 1/2 tsp oregano 1 1/2 tsp cumin I also love cumin seeds [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 11; moto g play (2021)) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/100.0.4896.127 Mobile Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 0 [user_id] => 0 [children:protected] => Array ( [406208] => WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 406208 [comment_post_ID] => 45294 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 209.6.225.61 [comment_date] => 2022-05-19 12:35:05 [comment_date_gmt] => 2022-05-19 17:35:05 [comment_content] => Thanks for sharing! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/99.0.4844.84 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 406129 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) ) ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
5. Suzi says:

   May 19, 2022

   My recipe is: Good to bloom the spices w/ meat. Comes together quickly!
   3 Tbsp. dried onions. If it’s bitter, I like to add a handful of fresh cilantro, chopped!
   1 1/2 tsp. chili powder,
   1 Tbsp garlic powder
   3/4 tsp pepper
   1/2 tsp oregano
   1 1/2 tsp cumin
   I also love cumin seeds

   Reply
   2022-05-19 17:35:05WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 406208 [comment_post_ID] => 45294 [comment_author] => Monique [comment_author_email] => [email protected] [comment_author_url] => https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com [comment_author_IP] => 209.6.225.61 [comment_date] => 2022-05-19 12:35:05 [comment_date_gmt] => 2022-05-19 17:35:05 [comment_content] => Thanks for sharing! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/99.0.4844.84 Safari/537.36 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 406129 [user_id] => 1 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
   • Monique replied:

     May 19, 2022

     Thanks for sharing!

     Reply
2023-04-17 21:45:42WP_Comment Object ( [comment_ID] => 450545 [comment_post_ID] => 45294 [comment_author] => [comment_author_email] => [comment_author_url] => [comment_author_IP] => 2600:1702:3e0:7080:e1a5:4760:9900:964b [comment_date] => 2023-04-17 16:45:42 [comment_date_gmt] => 2023-04-17 21:45:42 [comment_content] => The taco seasoning is really good! I went to make tacos the other day and realized I didn’t have any of the store bought seasoning I normally use. I had all the ingredients on hand to make this recipe. I used half the amount of salt out of personal preference. Thank you so much for such a great recipe! [comment_karma] => 0 [comment_approved] => 1 [comment_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 16_3_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/16.3 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 [comment_type] => comment [comment_parent] => 0 [user_id] => 0 [children:protected] => Array ( ) [populated_children:protected] => 1 [post_fields:protected] => Array ( [0] => post_author [1] => post_date [2] => post_date_gmt [3] => post_content [4] => post_title [5] => post_excerpt [6] => post_status [7] => comment_status [8] => ping_status [9] => post_name [10] => to_ping [11] => pinged [12] => post_modified [13] => post_modified_gmt [14] => post_content_filtered [15] => post_parent [16] => guid [17] => menu_order [18] => post_type [19] => post_mime_type [20] => comment_count ) )
6. Anonymous says:

   April 17, 2023

   
   The taco seasoning is really good! I went to make tacos the other day and realized I didn’t have any of the store bought seasoning I normally use. I had all the ingredients on hand to make this recipe. I used half the amount of salt out of personal preference. Thank you so much for such a great recipe!

   Reply