I grew up using Seasoned Salt instead of table salt. I’m not quite sure what that is-it was never talked about or discussed but that familiar red bottle with its curly cue label was always set on the table for meal times. Along with a cruet of vinegar and jar of soy sauce. But that’s another story.
When I married Yankee Bill I quickly converted him to the table use of seasoned salt. With a very few rare and notable exceptions (like cantaloupe) anything that you can shake a dash of regular table salt on you can substitute seasoned salt for. It’s especially tasty on pizza, french fries, vegetables and corn on the cob. (note: corn on the cob is so excellent I had to mention it separately from vegetables. I do however realize that corn on the cob is indeed a vegetable)
If you don’t need a big jar full of seasoned salt you can always halve or even quarter this recipe!
Homemade Seasoned Salt
Ingredients
- 1/2 C salt
- 1/2 C sugar
- 2 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp cornstarch
Instructions
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Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and mix well.
Note: This mixture will not be anywhere near as red as the store bought version.
Variations:
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Use a non calorie sweetener instead of the sugar
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Increase any of the spices ~ I've been known to add a lot more garlic.
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Want it to have some kick? Add Cayenne pepper, starting with 1 tsp. Taste and adjust.
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You could leave the cornstarch out if you have a dietary restriction. Personally I like it in there to prevent clumping.
And no MSG! Seems like it would be kind of sweet, but I’m willing to give it a shot. Thanks.
Perfect timing. I was just contemplating making my own for cost savings.
I’m with you on the seasoning salt. I love it on almost everything savory. I also include it in my gravies and sauces. One of my favorites things to put it on is salmon, preferably bbq’d and cooked with very little other seasoning. It’s such a great flavor combination. I also find it amazing on cooked kale (wouldn’t eat it without, most likely), and good on most other cooked greens as well.
I don’t often use seasoned salt for the table. The thought honestly never crossed my mind. We had corn as part of our dinner and YUM-O! Thanks for the tip!!
I have seasoning salt to use on a couple of things, but I use old bay as my all purpose seasoning. I picked up the habit in Maryland and I have to say, I cannot let it go! I will try the blend instead of buying seasoning salt next time, sounds good. I think I may try it with greens as Jenny mentioned above.
I wanted to share with you my modification of this. I am a home health nurse and one of my number one goals with the majority of my patients is to teach them to limit sodium in their diets, as most of them suffer from heart disease. I made this mixture, with added garlic powder, and instead of table salt, I substituted a product called NuSalt (which is actually potassium instead of sodium). I decreased the amount of the Nusalt I added to about 1/3 cup. I handed some samples of this to my patients and they loved it! It really helped them to learn to limit their sodium intake and not lose the flavors they loved.
Wow Beth, it made my day to see how you had used this recipe to make something that low salt patients could enjoy. I always felt that having to restrict your salt intake would be difficult–I’m glad this gave you a starting off point to make their food tastier–even without the salt.