Mexican Spice Mix

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SauRoNZA

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Was making quesadillas last night and seemingly forgot to buy that El Paso Spice mix in the shops.

Googled and got this and happen to have all of it and it tastes exactly the same if not even better.

1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1⁄2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (chilli flakes)
1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
2 teaspoons paprika
1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cumin
1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt
1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
1 pinch ground cinnamon
1 pinch ground cloves


Sure if you don’t have all these then the El Paso stuff doesn’t seem so expensive. But you could make a moerse batch from this and all these spices are good to have anyway.
 
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Cape herb and spices that you get at supermarkets also make a taco mix. It is good and cheaper than old el paso
 
Fcon_Vpro said:
Thanks, I have looked before but I’ll look again.
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Onion powder isn’t the easiest thing find. I buy the flakes and grind them up when I make my taco spice.

I wouldn’t be putting cloves or cinnamon in it though… :wtf:
 
Also... in the US "chilli powder" is a lot milder than here, hence the addition of the chilli flakes.
 
bwana said:
Onion powder isn’t the easiest thing find. I buy the flakes and grind them up when I make my taco spice.

I wouldn’t be putting cloves or cinnamon in it though… :wtf:
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Cinnamon - yes, I can understand(you can add the whole cinnamon sticks to a pot of curry if you wish. Then you remove before serving.
The cloves I agree...
 
bwana said:
Onion powder isn’t the easiest thing find. I buy the flakes and grind them up when I make my taco spice.

I wouldn’t be putting cloves or cinnamon in it though… :wtf:
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I had my reservations too...but worked out pretty well.

Can probably go without quite happily.

It’s such a contrived mix that of you added most of the stuff and left some out it would be fine.
 
bwana said:
Also... in the US "chilli powder" is a lot milder than here, hence the addition of the chilli flakes.
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Yeah I find the Woolworths one is very mild like that.

Spice Mecca’s one is fine.

The chilli flakes in brackets is my addition, they want red pepper flakes which some consider different and others consider chilli.
 
Drone 42 said:
Cape herb and spices that you get at supermarkets also make a taco mix. It is good and cheaper than old el paso
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Interesting. Will have a look next time.

Probably one of those with like five on the shelf and out of stock most of the time.
 
Robbinson's chilli flakes are pretty much identical to the crushed red pepper flakes you get in the states.

These days when I want beef tacos I take a flank steak, coat it in my taco seasoning mixed with a little brown sugar. After letting it sit like that for a few hours I put it in on a bed of thickly sliced onion cover with foil and slow roast it for four hours in a very low oven. When it's done I shred it and mix it with the juices.

I take the onion and serve that separately.

Delicious with refried or black beans.
 
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Not that I’ve had the american variety but yes it has always looks the same to me.

When Americans say peppers I assume chillies.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Interesting. Will have a look next time.

Probably one of those with like five on the shelf and out of stock most of the time.
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Not actually, part of their exotic spice range and comes in a box. Checkers always have where I go, about R20
 
I will also look for it. The El Paso packets are just too expensive.
 
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