Whether you’re grilling, baking, or frying, this All-Purpose Chicken Seasoning made with various spices adds perfect flavor.
While Carrabba’s Grill Seasoning is my favorite for steak, this is the best for chicken. It is so easy to make; it takes 5 minutes. Make a large batch and keep it on hand. Enjoy this Chicken Seasoning from our spice cupboard to yours.
I love seasonings, but I hadn’t found one that was more all-purpose. I grew up on this, being very seasoned. My dad has his go-to favorite—Lawry’s seasoning salt. The first time my husband went to grill, he just threw a whole bunch of seasonings together, and I was like, “Wait, you aren’t using Lawry’s???” He laughed.
Now, he loves Lawry’s, but we like to change it up, and since I have such distinct memories of that seasoning, I don’t see it as all-purpose. So, while searching for the best all-purpose seasoning, I decided to make my own. After some trial and error, this All-Purpose Chicken Seasoning was the winner.
It proved itself this past week for dinner. When I grilled five chicken breasts for our salad—five chicken breasts for seven of us—they were devoured. “Best chicken ever!” exclaimed Madden—that is a significant comment coming from my picky eater.
Why our family loves this recipe!
It is so easy to make; it takes 5 minutes. Make a large batch and easy to keep on hand. “Best chicken ever!” exclaimed Madden—that is a significant comment coming from my picky eater.
Ingredients
- Coarse sea salt or kosher salt
- Black ground pepper
- Dried parsley
- Onion powder
- Dried thyme
- Dried oregano
- Granulated garlic
- Smoked paprika
How to make all-purpose Chicken seasoning?
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All-Purpose Chicken Seasoning
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons coarse sea salt the original recipe calls for Kosher, you could use that too
- 1 tablespoon black ground pepper I used restaurant style
- 1/2 teaspoon dry parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon dry oregano
- 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 1/8 teaspoon smoked paprika
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a small glass mason jar (make sure you use one that has a lid). Twist on lid to the jar and shake to combine.
- You may also combine all of the ingredients in a small bowl and stir to combine and use immediately or store in an airtight container.
- Store in a dry, cool place like your spice cupboard.
I love a great all-purpose seasoning mix!!
Thanks, enjoy!
You know it’s a winner when the kids rave about it! Such a great flavor combination!
Thank you!
We grill a lot of chicken, especially during the summer. This will be a great way to keep the flavors fresh and new.
I hope you like it!
Homemade seasonings are the way to go! Can’t wait to try it!
Definitely, I hope you enjoy it!
I love making homemade seasoning blends at home–so much cheaper and truly enhances meals. This chicken blend is going on my must make list.
I hope you enjoy it!
Wayyyyy too much salt for my family’s taste. We had to cut it back to like 1/4 teaspoon along with the pepper.
The salt can definitely adjusted to your, but this amount is for a larger batch, not one serving. You can use as much or as little on the chicken depending on how you like it. Thanks for giving it a try!
The first time I tried this recipe, I agreed with Laura, but after a second time, when I used coarse sea salt it was much much better! Three tablespoons of kosher salt made be gag but I love your choices of flavour combinations. My family loved finished spiced chicken dish!
Thanks for sharing!
God bless
-JJ
I am going to adjust the recipe, I love it too!
I can think of so many times that I will be using this!!
It definitely has many uses, enjoy!
I need to make this!
Enjoy!
This would be perfect to try this weekend!! Would love to give this a try!
You totally should! I hope you like it!
I can’t wait to toss this together and throw the chicken on the grill.
I hope you enjoy it!
This looks like a great seasoning to have on hand. No need for the jar stuff any longer 🙂
Definitely! I hope you enjoy it!
I love all the ingredients in this seasoning. A must try!
It’s definitely a great blend. Enjoy!
We cook a lot of chicken and I’m always looking for new ways to make it……this seasoning sounds fabulous!
We do too, hope you enjoy!
I came across this seasoning and thought I’d give it a try. Its not terrible, but i would definitely use less- like half- the salt and season the chicken sparingly.
The salt can definitely be adjusted for taste. Thanks for giving it a try!
This is my go to seasoning for my chicken. A nice blend.
I’m glad you like it, thanks!
Homemade seasonings are the BEST!! This sounds fantastic!
Thank you!
We eat so much chicken in this house. This would come in very handy for me!
I hope you like the recipe, let us know if you give it a try!
It’s great to make this chicken seasoning at home! I should make it!
I hope you enjoy!
Winner Winner, Chicken dinner! looks delicious!
Thanks!
Gave this seasoning a try last night and it was a hit! Loved the smoked paprika; it was the perfect touch!
Thank you, I’m glad you liked it!
The BEST chicken seasoning!!! I found this a while ago, lost it, franticly tried to find it, tried a bunch of “meh” recipes, then finally found it again tonight!! I’m making up a big jar to coat all of my chicken – making it into chicken salad is one of my favorite ways to use this seasoning. Thank you Sandra!!
I’m so glad you found it again! It really is delicious. Enjoy!
This is so salty
I find chicken needs salt! You can definitely adjust to your preferences, and use as much or as little as you’d like on your chicken.
Have made it a few times. First time with no modifications but was way to salty — and I really like salt. Figured it was because I also brined in salt so second time I skipped salt entirely. It was okay but not salty enough for me. Made it again tonight but half the salt. It was okay for me but the coarse salt is too much for my husband. Pepper has always been a bit much and I have consistently used less than half of the pepper. Next time I will use a third of the salt but use table salt and a half teaspoon of pepper. The rest of the ingredients are spot on.
The amount of salt can definitely be adjusted to your preference! Salt is definitely a hard thing to get right to please everyone. I’m glad you got it figured out and enjoy it! Thanks for sharing.
I have so many recipes I want to try this with!
This looks totally awesome!
Thank you!
I love homemade seasoning blends! This is a must to have on hand!
So glad you like it! Thank you!
I am all about homemade seasoning! This looks great!
Thank you!
Having a big jar of this spice mix would be such a time saver!
It definitely is! Enjoy!
I love this seasoning and need to whip together a double batch of this for my meal prepping!
Thank you! It is definitely perfect for meal prep.
This made my chicken so flavorful! Thank you!
So glad to hear that!!
I cannot wait to use this! I need to grab a couple things from the store then I am using it!
I hope you enjoy it!
Way too salty.
Sorry to hear that you think that! It is a salt-based seasoning that you can use at your discretion, but you can definitely cut down the ratio of salt and spices if you prefer! I hope you give it another try with that in mind!
Love this mix. I just made it for the second time . It’s great on air fried chicken, both with skin and without. Will be a staple in my pantry!
So glad you like the seasoning! Thank you!
Love it. Juat made a batch of chicken breasts using this seasoning and theyre delicious.
Thank you!
It looks so delish! My family loves chicken and I can’t wait to try this in one of our family dinners.
This is now a staple at my house! Thank you!
I gotta make this! Looks great!
I need to try this asap! Sounds like the perfect chicken seasoning!
The best chicken seasoning ever!! We loved it!
We make a lot of chicken recipes and this seasoning is exactly what we need.
Yummy! This seasoning is divine and so loved here! Our favorite and best seasoning! Saved this recipe for dinner!
I liked it! I adjusted some measurements to personal taste (more garlic!), but it was a good combination of spices.
Used it to pan-fry some chicken thighs, added onions, white wine and a touch of honey and it was delicious.
Thank you for this recipe.
What adjustments would you suggest if someone were to only have table salt on hand?
I haven’t tried that, but I would imagine the same.