This dish is based on one I created while taking a cooking lesson in Bangkok. You can modify the amount of vegetables and spice to suit your tastes, and you can swap chicken for firm tofu. over a bed of jasmine rice. For more heat, add more or less chili garlic paste.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 5 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons paprika
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- 1 ½ teaspoons cumin
- 1 ½ teaspoons garlic powder
- ¾ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste (Optional)
Instructions
- Whisk paprika, oregano, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl.
- Paprika is a pepper and should be refrigerated for maximum shelf life and potency.
Reviews
This might be a good seasoning for some things, but it’s not chili powder. My advice would be to add 2 Tbs Guajillo and 2 Tbs Ancho chili power to actually make it a chili powder blend.
Good ratio of spices, tastes great without the sodium of pre-made blends. I used the amount of Cayenne in the recipe, and it is just at the right level for me after I let it sit for a day.
I love this recipe!
Makes Chili more Flavorful than store bought
I used smoked paprika and I think that’s key.
Very good recipe. I was out of chili powder and searched for homemade chili powder. This recipe came up, to my surprise, these spices are exactly what I use along with “chili powder” to make my chili rather than buying the chili seasoning packet. The chili seasoning packet has too much sodium, and I have to limit my sodium intake. Thank you for posting this recipe.
Never mind the snobby purists who give one star reviews because something doesn’t meet their criteria for authenticity. This stuff tastes great and that’s all that really matters. The only change I made was to use half smoked paprika and half regular. It tastes better than any chili powder I’ve ever had from a store.
I have been using this recipe for a few years. Love it.
Needed chili powder. Had none. Had the ingredients for this recipe on hand. Worked great.
Excellent recipe and extremely helpful for us as 1 of our family members is allergic to garlic so we can just leave it out. Thank you!
My husband liked the chili that I made using this recipe and it is very good. I may use a little less paprika the next time.
Awesome flavours! I will NEVER buy prepackaged chili powder again! Thank you
Fantastic and easy. I don’t make any changes.
I thought this recipe was pretty good. It was a little different from what I am used to. I would make this one again!
I’m an American living in Australia and this is one seasoning I always need but hard to find– this was perfect. Made double recipe and used half of it– next time will do a 3 or 4x size.
I almost made this but realized, it had no chilies in it. Kinda weird. Sure cayenne comes from a pepper but a flavor profile should have depth and just throwing heat on in the end is lazy imho
Ran out of Chili powder right in the middle of making a huge pot of Chili. Best thing that ever happened to my chili. As this blend along with the addition of some smoked paprika and some Chipotle pepper I had on hand, resulted in the best tasting chili I ever made. Keeping all proportions and adding 1 Tbsp of both smoked Paprika and Chipotle powder, I tripled the recipe to have on hand. Will not buy store bought chili powder blend again.
No changes except that I put the full amount plus a smidge more of cayenne pepper. It made it just right for us. I’m amazed that you can make your own chili powder and it is so good!
I didn’t have onion powder, so I increased the garlic powder to 2 tsp
Dead easy and you probably have all the ingredients to make it. It saved my bacon tonight while making a big pot of chili. Thanks, Terri!
Awesome!! I will never purchase chili powder again