You can easily make Chipotle Seasoning Mix using ingredients in your spice cupboard. You may need to pick up ground chipotle peppers, but the other ingredients are probably already in your pantry.
I have been seeing Chipotle seasoned items everywhere. Maybe it is because I have had chipotle peppers on my brain, but at the store today I saw Chipotle flavored rice mix, Chipotle diced tomatoes, and Chipotle spiced beans. Instead of buying any of those things, I made a mental note to add my homemade Chipotle Seasoning Mix to rice, tomatoes, and beans. Maybe individually or perhaps altogether because combined they would make a great Chipotle rice and bean bowl for lunch.
How to Make Chipotle Seasoning Mix
What is a chipotle pepper? It is a smoked, dried jalapeno pepper. So chipotle peppers not only add heat, they add a smoky flavor. In a pinch, you can combine fresh jalapeno peppers and smoked paprika to a dish to approximate the heat and smoky flavor of chipotle seasoning. You can buy dried chipotle peppers or ground chipotle peppers. They are also commonly found canned in an adobo sauce. I like to purchase the ground chipotle chile pepper and then use it to create a homemade chipotle seasoning mix to use in recipes.
When I add chipotle seasoning to one of my recipes, I often flesh the dish out by adding fresh peppers from my garden.
I also save money making this Chipotle seasoning mix by grinding coriander from homegrown cilantro seeds and making my own seasoned salt.
Chipotle Seasoning Mix Recipe
- 1 tablespoon ground chipotle chile pepper
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon ground coriander
- 2 teaspoons paprika (smoked paprika if available)
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon oregano (Mexican Oregano if available)
- ½ teaspoon seasoned salt
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Grind coriander, if necessary.
- Add the other spices to ground coriander and mix thoroughly.
- Store in airtight container and use as called for in recipes.
Recipes Using Chipotle Seasoning
I used this Chipotle Seasoning Mix in my Chipotle Ranch Chicken Salad Wraps.
I like this spice mix so much that I have included it in my cookbooks Prep-Ahead Meals from Scratch and Prep-Ahead Breakfasts and Lunches so that I could include Chipotle seasoned recipes in my cookbooks such as:
Chipotle Egg Muffin Sandwiches page 32 of Prep-Ahead Breakfasts and Lunches
Chipotle Black Bean and Sweet Potato Chili page 162 of Prep-Ahead Breakfasts and Lunches
Chipotle Pulled Pork Tacos page 49 of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scratch
Broiled Chipotle Sweet Potatoes page 181 of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scratch
Printable Recipe for Chipotle Seasoning Mix
- 1 tablespoon ground chipotle chile pepper
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon ground coriander
- 2 teaspoons paprika (smoked paprika if available)
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon oregano (Mexican Oregano if available)
- ½ teaspoon seasoned salt
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Grind coriander, if necessary.
- Add the other spices to ground coriander and mix thoroughly.
- Store in airtight container and use as called for in recipes.
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This recipe was originally published September 6, 2012. It was updated on July 2, 2018.
Beth @ Aunt B's Kitchen says
September 6, 2012 at 2:50 pmThanks for sharing this one Alea. I’ve pinned it to my pantry staples board. I’m sure I’ll be suing it again and again.
Swathi says
September 6, 2012 at 5:16 pmI need this seasoning mix, wish you can send me some.I will make this.
mjskit says
September 6, 2012 at 9:52 pmLove this seasoning mix, but then I love chipotle anything! Can’t wait to throw some of this together!
Amanda says
September 26, 2012 at 9:12 pmGreat idea! Do you find the ground chipotle in the seasoning isle or in the international foods isle by the traditional mexican foods? Thanks so much for sharing this with Kitchen Tip Thursday.
Michelle @ Simplify, Live, Love says
May 13, 2013 at 2:30 pmNice picture and great idea!!
Super Mom - No Cape! says
July 6, 2018 at 6:23 pmI made up a batch of this when I made the Chipotle Black Bean and Sweet Potato Chili from your new cookbook. The chili was delicious!
Ann says
August 29, 2019 at 8:17 pmMy family loves this recipe! We often use it in place of taco seasoning.