This homemade DIY Taco Seasoning Mix is far less expensive than buying the store packets.
There’s another advantage: the store packages are very high in salt. You can make this mix very low in sodium (or even salt free if you wish) so that it’s far healthier.
The recipe
Yield: 1 cup (16 tablespoons) of dry mix.

Refried Bean Seasoning Mix
A quick-to-use seasoning mix for your refried beans.
Ingredients
- 65 g ground cumin
- 65 g salt (4 tablespoons. Or salt sub)
- 30 g ground black pepper (4 tablespoons)
- 30 g onion powder (4 tablespoons)
- 45 g garlic powder (4 tablespoons)
- 10 g oregano (4 tablespoons, dried)
- 25 g cocoa powder (optional, 4 tablespoons, unsweetened)
- 10 g chili powder (5 teaspoons)
Instructions
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Place all ingredients in a jar or container, put lid on, and shake.
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Store in a sealed container.
Usage notes
- 3 tablespoons equals one package of seasoning mix from the store.
Recipe source
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Cooking with canning
See also
Nutrition
Per 1 tablespoon of the dry mix.
- 19 calories, 353 mg sodium
If using a salt sub, sodium goes down to 69 mg per tablespoon.
- Weight Watchers PointsPlus®: 1 to 2 tablespoons, 1 point; 3 tablespoons 2 points.
- Weight Watchers SmartPoints®: 1 tablespoon, 0 points; 2 to 3 tablespoons, 1 point.
* PointsPlus™ calculated by healthycanning.com. Not endorsed by Weight Watchers® International, Inc, which is the owner of the PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® registered trademarks.
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