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Fajita Seasoning

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by: Joanna Cismaru
01.26.22

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This Fajita Seasoning is incredibly simple, ready in no time and made from basic pantry ingredients that you can pronounce. Perfect for fajitas, tacos, soups and sauces!

fajita seasoning being scooped into a bowl

Fajita Seasoning

This spice blend is an absolute staple in any pantry, even if you don’t cook Mexican dishes very often. It’s just so full of complex flavor, like sweet paprika, smokey cumin, and hot cayenne. I know you’ll be sprinkling it into any dishes you can think of from now on!

The great thing about making your homemade spice blends is that you can control what goes into them. While I used coarse salt in this recipe, you could actually substitute it with a low-sodium table salt and that would drastically reduce the sodium content. The main ingredient in this spice blend is chili powder so look for some that’s high quality and fresh.

What Are Fajitas?

A fajita is traditionally just a Mexican dish that is made up of any grilled meat that’s served in either a flour or corn tortilla. The thing that really makes fajitas special are the spices used in it. You know when you’re at a restaurant and a sizzling, exciting plate is walked by your table, prompting everyone to ask: ‘what is that?’. Well it’s a fajita!

Let’s whip this little seasoning up, it’ll be guaranteed to turn heads no matter what you add it to!

a bowl with salt, pepper, paprika, cumin, chili powder, and cayenne pepper.

Ingredients In Fajita Seasoning

  • Spices – Chili powder, ground cumin, paprika – smoked or regular, and cayenne pepper.
  • Seasoning – Salt and pepper.

That’s it! I told you it was easy, didn’t I? These spices are all super common in the spice section of any grocery store, so stock up next time you’re out.

How To Make Fajita Seasoning

Detailed measurements and instructions can be found on the printable recipe card at the bottom of the page.

  • Combine your Fajita spice blend: Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Recipe will yield about 2 1/2 tbsp. Store in a spice jar in your spice cabinet.

What Can I Add Fajita Seasoning To?

This fajita seasoning is perfect for all kinds of dishes, not only fajitas but I mean if that’s the first recipe you want to take for a spin after whipping this up, I wouldn’t blame you.

  • Easy Chicken Fajitas
  • Pork Fajitas
  • Fajita Potato Bites
  • Mexican Street Corn Salad
  • Quesadillas like my Grilled Veggie Quesadilla
  • Mini Mexican Street Corn Salad Tacos
  • Carne Asada Tacos
  • Chicken Burritos
a bowl of fajita seasoning with a scoop

How To Tell If Your Spices Are Still Fresh

We all know spice blends can last a while, but they do go stale eventually. If you want to ensure both the spices you add to your seasoning and your seasoning itself is fresh just keep an eye on the color. If the pigment starts to fade and the spices begin to look dull, your blend may be starting to go stale.

Storing Fajita Seasoning

Stored in an airtight container this spice blend will keep in your pantry for 3 – 4 years! So whip some up today, future you will be thankful.

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Fajita Seasoning

4.77 from 21 votes
Prep: 5 mins
Cook: 0 mins
Total: 5 mins
Author: Joanna Cismaru
Serves: 29
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This Fajita Seasoning is incredibly simple, ready in no time and made from basic pantry ingredients that you can pronounce. Perfect for fajitas, tacos, soups and sauces!

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon cumin ground
  • 1 teaspoon paprika (I used smoked)
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
US Customary – Metric

Instructions

  • Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Recipe will yield about 2 1/2 tbsp. Store in a spice jar in your spice cabinet.

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Recipe Notes

  1. Keep spices and herbs away from heat and moisture. Although spices and herbs will keep for a long time if stored properly (4 years), they will lose their strength. 
  2. To tell if your spices are still fresh, just look at their color and if the color has faded, their flavor probably has faded as well.
  3. Nutritional information is for 1/4 tsp of fajita seasoning.
  4. Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.

Nutrition Information:

Serving: 0.25tspCalories: 1kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 1g (2%)Fat: 1g (2%)Saturated Fat: 1g (6%)Sodium: 85mg (4%)Potassium: 8mgFiber: 1g (4%)Sugar: 1g (1%)Vitamin A: 125IU (3%)Calcium: 2mgIron: 0.1mg (1%)
Course:Spice
Cuisine:Mexican
Keyword:fajita seasoning, spice
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  1. Aaron Geist says

    April 28, 2020 at 1:02 am

    5 stars
    Easy to make, Great flavor, had all the ingredients on hand. I’ve remade a few small batches already for some pork fajitas. First time making them and turned out great =) (apologies if 2 comments, didn’t go the first time and lost the rating when it did submit, and this is worth being sure to rate).

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  2. Aaron Geist says

    April 28, 2020 at 1:00 am

    Easy to make, excellent flavor, ingredients I already had on hand. This recipe is full of win =)

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  3. Traci Kenworth says

    February 19, 2020 at 6:57 am

    This is awesome! thank you!

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  4. Michelle says

    July 18, 2019 at 3:07 am

    SO easy! Actually I didn’t have chilli powder so just did 1tsp if cayenne pepper, plus added 1tsp of garlic powder. No more packet mixes here! Thanks so much x

    Reply
  5. Sue says

    February 8, 2019 at 4:19 pm

    Thank you! Thank you! For a recipe without onion or garlic powder. I am allergic to both and although I could just omit them I love to have an actual recipe that doesn’t have them

    Reply
  6. Cheyenne says

    July 28, 2018 at 11:35 am

    5 stars
    Fantastic. Thank you!

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  7. Kate says

    March 8, 2018 at 5:19 pm

    5 stars
    Way better than store bought for sure. Thank you!

    Reply
  8. Sara C. says

    July 12, 2017 at 12:06 pm

    Perfect timing! I was wanting to make fajitas later this week, can’t wait to try it.

    Reply
  9. Lara says

    July 12, 2017 at 10:01 am

    This looks great! Is this the amount used for 1 pound of steak/chicken?

    Reply
    • Joanna Cismaru says

      July 12, 2017 at 10:55 am

      Yeah this is what I used for 1 lb of chicken and 2 bell peppers and an onion, so for just the chicken I’d just use half.

      Reply
  10. Rita says

    July 12, 2017 at 7:38 am

    Interesting mix……..but would love lower sodium…..any suggestions to change to lower sodium

    Reply
    • Joanna Cismaru says

      July 12, 2017 at 9:28 am

      You could use a low sodium table salt. 🙂

      Reply
    • Izzy says

      July 14, 2017 at 7:59 am

      Rita; Try “No Salt; Sodium-Free Salt”. I am on a no salt diet and this No Salt is amazing. Tastes like the real salt, but no sodium. The container is white with red and green lettering in the salt section.

      Reply
      • Billie H says

        January 10, 2020 at 8:00 am

        What chili powder do you recommend?

      • jo says

        January 10, 2020 at 11:24 am

        Personally, I prefer using the simply organic brand.

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