Spice Recipes

All-Purpose Barbecue Rub Recipe. This barbecue rub may be used on poultry, pork, seafood, and all varieties of meat.

Along with instructions, this spice mix makes a nice gift to mull apple cider or red wine.

Baby Bam Spice Seasoning Mix Recipe. Emeril is known for his spicy Cajun dishes. This spice mix is much tamer than the usual, so it will appeal to kids and those who cannot handle the fire of most Cajun seasonings.

Classic beau monde seasoning adds flavor to poultry, fish, beef, vegetables, and sauces.

Use this mixture for barbecue ribs, chicken, blackened fish, cajun soups or sauces, blackened steaks, and blackened pastas.

This spice mix, similar to Old Bay Seasoning is great with all types of seafood.

Cinnamon is used in both ground form and as whole cinnamon sticks. Try such cinnamon recipes as Apple Mulling Spice Mix, Cincinnati Chili, Cinnamon Apple Pork, Hot Buttered Rum Mix, Pumpkin Muffins, Sweet Potato Jam, and many more.

The seeds of the cilantro herb are called coriander seeds and are used as a spice. Try such coriander recipes as Preserved Lemons, Spanakopita, Short Ribs Braised With Citrus, Chicken Biryiani, Garam Masala Spice Mix, and more.

Easy crab boil spice mix may be used for shrimp, crawfish, lobster or crab.

Creole Seasoning (Emeril) Recipe. It's easy to make your own Creole spice mix at home. This is Emeril's version.

Mix up this spice blend to add Creole flavor to meats and vegetables.

Filé powder and cayenne are the foremost ingredients in this Creole spice mix.

This is an excellent dry rub recipe to keep on hand to shorten your preparation time for chicken, ribs, and pork roast. It is great on barbecued, grilled, or oven-roasted chicken, poultry, and pork.

These spices are essential to the basic kitchen. The chart includes helpful tips and comments.

Certain spices are essential in the basic kitchen spice rack. This chart gives a list of essential spices and herbs along with pertinent comments.

This classic French herb seasoning mix is easy to make at home. Make it fresh or used dried herbs and store it.

Five Spice Powder Recipe. Five spice seasoning mix is used to flavor meat and poultry dishes in Chinese cooking. It's easy to make your own.

This Indian spice blend is not only easy to make at home, it is also far more flavorful when homemade.

In this recipe collection, the emphasis is on those that use fresh ginger or large amounts of ground ginger. Try such ginger recipes as Asparagus in Ginger Sauce, Beer and Ginger Marinade, Homemade Crystallized Ginger, Fresh Ginger Ale, Ginger-Chile Basted Crab, Gingered Prawns in Bean Sauce, and more.

Here is a Greek influenced spice blend featuring oregano, garlic, onion, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Great on meats.

Use this fat-free Moroccan harissa spice blend to add a burst of flavor to vegetable and bean dishes.

Herb Salt Substitute Recipe. Similar to the commercial Mrs. Dash mixture, use this salt substitute herb mix on all types of savory foods and you won't miss the salt at all.

A bit of measuring and mixing and you have a spice blend good for meat or poultry in a matter of minutes.

Mace is the lacy outer covering of the nutmeg. These recipes use at least 1/4 teaspoon of mace. Mace blades are often used for flavoring and then fished out of the final result. Try such mace recipes as Carrot Soup with Mace, Coconut Muffins, Pfeffernusse Cookies, Lamb Cutlets In Aromatic Coffee Sauce, Rolled Sugar Mace Cookies, and more.

Magic Dust Spice Mix Recipe. Champion BBQ pitmaster and restauranteur Mike Mills came up with this spice mix that he calls Magic Dust. It can be used on any type of food, barbecued or not. The heat level can be adjust up if you like it extra spicy.

This barbecue dry rub spice mix from a popular Texas restaurant is great on grilled steaks.

Make your own Mexican spice mix at home with this blend of herbs and spices.

Use this jerk seasoning mix to make one of Jamaica's most famous foods. Good on beef, pork, chicken or shrimp.

These mustard recipes use whole mustard seeds, ground mustard, and prepared mustard. Try such recipes as homemade mustards, Lobster Thermidor, Reuben Loaf, Unforgettable Ham Balls, Welsh Rarebit Muffins, Baked Honey Mustard Garlic Drumettes, Bourbon and Mustard Country Ham, and many more.

This Cajun spice mix is popular in New Orleans, Louisiana and other parts of the South.

This spice mix is just the ticket for those who want flavor without using salt. Great for gifts, too.

Nutmeg is generally used in small amounts. These recipes use at least 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg. Use freshly grated nutmeg whenever possible for more intense flavor. Try such nutmeg recipes as Banana Nutmeg Mini-Muffins, Cappuccino Mix, Jamaican Jerk Sauce, Nutmeg Strawberry Muffins, Nutmeg Ice Cream, and more.

Paprika is a powdered spice that comes in both hot and sweet varieties. Try such paprika recipes as Berbere Sauce, All-Purpose Barbecue Rub, Goulash Soup, Paprikash Potatoes, Turkish-style Grilled Chicken, and more.

Paprika is a powdered spice that comes in both hot and sweet varieties. Try such paprika recipes as Berbere Sauce, All-Purpose Barbecue Rub, Goulash Soup, Paprikash Potatoes, Turkish-style Grilled Chicken, and more.

Paprika is a powdered spice that comes in both hot and sweet varieties. Try such paprika recipes as Berbere Sauce, All-Purpose Barbecue Rub, Goulash Soup, Paprikash Potatoes, Turkish-style Grilled Chicken, and more.

Paprika is a powdered spice that comes in both hot and sweet varieties. Try such paprika recipes as Berbere Sauce, All-Purpose Barbecue Rub, Goulash Soup, Paprikash Potatoes, Turkish-style Grilled Chicken, and more.

Paprika is a powdered spice that comes in both hot and sweet varieties. Try such paprika recipes as Berbere Sauce, All-Purpose Barbecue Rub, Goulash Soup, Paprikash Potatoes, Turkish-style Grilled Chicken, and more.

Paprika is a powdered spice that comes in both hot and sweet varieties. Try such paprika recipes as Berbere Sauce, All-Purpose Barbecue Rub, Goulash Soup, Paprikash Potatoes, Turkish-style Grilled Chicken, and more.

Paprika is a powdered spice that comes in both hot and sweet varieties. Try such paprika recipes as Berbere Sauce, All-Purpose Barbecue Rub, Goulash Soup, Paprikash Potatoes, Turkish-style Grilled Chicken, and more.

Ground pepper comes from peppercorns which come in a variety of colors and strengths. It's best to grind your own fresh as you need it. Try such peppercorn recipes as Crab Boil Spice Mix, Deviled Deviled Eggs, Herb Pepper Crusted Beef Fillet, Peppercorn Beef Flambe, Sichuan Pepper-Salt Prawns, and more.

Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix Recipe. This shortcut spice mix is often called for in quick pumpkin pie recipes, but it is also good in savory baked pumpkin or squash recipes, cookies, sweet potato pie, custard, cheesecake, and more.

Quatre-Epices Four Spice Mix Recipe. Use this French spice mix to flavor soups, stews, and vegetables.

Use this rub on grilled foods, in dips, soups or other dishes.

Saffron is the world's most expensive spice. Luckily a little bit goes a long way to give intense flavor to many dishes. Try such saffron recipes as Bouillabaisse, Chicken Stew with Fennel & Saffron, Coquille St. Jacques, Golden Saffron Cake, Saffron Crawfish Risotto, Seafood Paella, and more.

These salt recipes focus on those in which salt or specialty salt is a key ingredient. Try such salt recipes as Barbecued Sugar-Spice Salmon with Cocoa, Green Tomato Dill Pickles, Homemade Corned Beef, Maple Syrup and Apple Cider Brine for Pork, Porgy Baked in Salt, Roast Salt Chicken, and more.

These recipes use sesame seeds, sesame paste, or sesame oil. Sesame seeds are also known as benne seeds. Try such sesame seed recipes as Benne Cakes, Halvah Shortbread, Homemade Tahini, Hot Sesame Seed Beef Stir-Fry, Sesame Seed Cookies, Sesame Seed Sprouts, and more.

Keep this homemade mix on hand to make sloppy joes in a jiffy. Recipe may be multiplied.

There is no set amount or ingredient list for any spice mixture. They have evolved based on personal tastes and should always be adjusted to suit your own needs. This handy chart gives basic ingredients for some widely-used spice blends.

Make your spice mixes fresh and vary them to suit your own tastes. Try such spice mix recipes as Chesapeake Bay Seasoning Mix, Cajun Spice Mix, Chinese Five Spice Powder, Creole Seasoning, Herbs De Provence Mix, No-Salt Seasoned Salt Mix, and many more.

If you are just setting up house, you'll need to keep some basic herbs and spices on hand to be prepared for any recipe. Use this cross-referenced spice list as a guideline to set up your pantry.

You may find yourself in a situation where you are out of a specified spice in a recipe or perhaps you just don't care for that specific spice. This chart will help you choose substitutions or alternatives that should work with your recipe.

Turmeric is a popular spice in mid-Eastern and Asian dishes. It is often mispelled as tumeric. Along with added flavor, it gives a golden yellow color to your recipe. Try such turmeric recipes as Curried Acorn Squash, Lentils with Zucchini, Moroccan Stuffed Artichokes, Sauteed Cornish Hens with Olives, Spiced Tuna with Pineapple Glaze, and more.