hey everyone welcome back today we are talking about taco spices and I'm going
to give you three variations on taco spice blend recipes.Taco spice mix
really easy to get at the supermarket you can get it in a little
jar you can get in a little paper packet but why would you other than can for
convenience sake I guess for convenience sake you would but I really like making
them at home because I can play around with flavor profiles I can make changes
I can make it what I want it to be I can cut down on the salt and I can cut down
on some of those other chemicals in there that I can't pronounce
so for spice blend number one here's what we do and this is a very simple
dump and shake procedure really straightforward throw in your pepper
salt cumin paprika
onion powder garlic powder chili powder
cinnamon and Mexican oregano
just give it a shake and that's it it's done
there's enough in here to do you for quite a while
and it's really simple to mix up another batch now here's the deal if you can't
find Mexican oregano which I can't do even at the Latin supermarkets across
Toronto I haven't been able to find it don't use Mediterranean oregano it has a
slightly different profile the closest herb to Mexican oregano
taste-wise is marjoram and you can get marjoram at pretty much every
supermarket now spice mix number two I just take spice mix number one and I add
a dried smoked chili pepper I just cut that up seasonal put it into
a spice grinder give it a whizz and then dump it in and give it a shake and
here's a deal I've tried a half dozen different smoked hot peppers and I've
liked them all they all have a slightly different flavor profile but it doesn't
matter which one I put in here it brings that smoky flavor that I'm looking for
and sometimes I'll even swap out the paprika that's in version number one and
use smoked paprika instead just to amp up that smoky flavor
now version number three exactly the same as version number one or it could
be the same as version number two all you do is add cocoa powder and I know a
lot of people are gonna say cocoa powder why would you put cocoa powder in your
taco seasoning it doesn't taste like chocolate if that's what you're worried
about there's no chocolate flavor in fact you
probably wouldn't even know that it's there you would just know that there's
something but you wouldn't be able to put your finger on it and what the what
the chocolate with the cocoa does is it just adds sort of like that bottom note
underneath everything else pushes everything else to the front adds a
depth of flavor and and really brings everything out it's it's kind of crazy
how that works but it's fantastic so now that you've got your taco spices made
you can make any kind of truck as you want steak chicken shrimp these two go
particularly well on shrimp this one's really good on steak all three of them
are fantastic in a loose meat hard shell taco type situation and I know a lot of
people really like that I really like that too
so hang around and we're gonna do a bunch of recipes using this spice mix
both in the frying pan and over a charcoal grill thanks for stopping by
see you again soon
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