Name: Homemade Fajita Seasoning
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 3 tablespoons
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 3 teaspoons chili powder; 2 teaspoons ground cumin; 1 teaspoon paprika; 2 teaspoons garlic powder; 1.5 teaspoons salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper

Make your own all-purpose fajita seasoning at home with just 6 basic spices! You can use our homemade fajita seasoning recipe on chicken, steak, veggies, in soup and more.

How to Make Fajita Seasoning

Ditch the store-bought fajita seasoning packet and make your own at home! I love making fajita anything in my kitchen, but I always forget to pick up a fajita packet from the grocery store. Like, there is nothing worse when you’re about to make some chicken fajitas and and you have no chicken fajita seasoning at home to use. No fear, making your own fajita spice mix in your own kitchen is so simple! You need 6 basic spices, plus a cute little jar to house your spice mix.

Step 1: Collect Fajita Spices

Like I mentioned above, you only need 6 different spices to make a basic homemade fajita seasoning. Chances are, you already have these in your cabinet, too!

chili powder
ground cumin
garlic powder
paprika
salt
pepper

Step 2: Mix Seasoning

Mix your fajita seasoning together in a small bowl. This is the step when you can double or triple the recipe so that you can have more for later!

Spice Tip: I wanted to mention that this specific recipe isn’t super spicy. If you like a lot of spice, you can up your paprika by 1/2 to 1 teaspoon!

Step 3: Transfer into Jar & Seal

I like to save old spice jars just in case I want to make my own mix like this one! If you don’t have any spice jars laying around, you can always store your fajita seasoning in a plastic baggie!

Spice Jars We Love

In case you’re in the market for some cute spice jars for homemade spice mixes, check out some of my favorites below! They’re super affordable and in the long run, you’ll end up saving money especially if you start buying your basic spices in bulk!

Fajita Seasoning Tips and Ideas

I thought I’d give a few helpful hints and tips when it comes to our homemade fajita seasoning! Why? Well, everyone has a slightly different pallette and there are so many different ways you can use this delicious mix!

Add more heat! This fajita seasoning is a bit mild. No fear, this can easily be fixed! Add more paprika or even another hot spice such as cayenne pepper.
Flavor soup: use this seasoning to give your chili or taco soup some extra flavor!
Spice rub: you can use this fajita mix as a spice rub for any kind of meat such as chicken, beef, carnitas, or shrimp. Give your meat a nice pat down and let sit for about 20 minutes before cooking your preferred method.
DIY tortilla chips: ever made our own toritlla chips? This spice mix would be so yummy sprinkled on top of chips!
Roasted veggies: if you’re a roasted veggie girl like me, you’d die with the flavor this seasoning gives your veggies. Follow our tutorial for how to roast sweet potatoes, but use this spice mix instead!

How to Use Your Fajita Seasoning

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