Rita's Special Cajun Spice Rub Mix

By Addie

"Give your life a kick! Use this mixture for barbecue or blackened steaks, shrimp, ribs, chicken, blackened fish, cajun soups, gumbos or sauces."

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup kosher salt
• 1/4 cup chili powder
• 1/4 cup spanish paprika
• 2 tablespoons onion powder
• 2 tablespoons garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons dried thyme
• 2 tablespoons dried basil
• 2 tablespoons dried oregano
• 2 tablespoons coriander powder
• 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 tablespoon fresh coarse ground black pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Mix all ingredients together and place in a jar.
Store in a cool, dark place up to 1/2 a year.
Enjoy!
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REVIEWS:

I cut the salt to only 1/8 cup. Absolutly love this. I put it on everything...grilled veg, rice, chicken, and fish. Can't say enough about it. Its a must.

This is the best. Love it, love it, love it. Have used it on several different meats and on my favorite Halibut. It is great on fish. Great job Rita!

I can't stop sneezing LOL!!! Anyhoo, this is good stuff! Used it to make some Cajun Peanuts for gift giving this holiday season and I have some left over to use in general cooking. I too cut the salt in half, only because I was using it on salted nuts and sesame sticks. Sprinkled some on my microwave popcorn this evening and it was GREAT!!!

I love how much this recipe makes and took the advice of cutting the salt in half. It was delicious on my salmon recipe. Can't wait to use it on other things!

I haven't used it yet, but I took a picture. When I get to it, I will totally post a review. I'm sure it'll be saucy...er, spicy... UPDATE: I made Recipe #243726 with this rub mix, and it's AWESOME! This is the perfect mix (I did cut the salt to 1/4 cup, however). I never have and never will buy cajun spice/seasoning from any store. Pshaw! Store cajun spice...I won't even acknowledge its existence.

Rita, I have a dozen Cajun Spice recipes, but I think this will be my go-to one from now on. I did cut back a little on the salt. I used this to make Cajun Style Oven Fries and they turned out so good!

Too salty - I used just 1/8 of cup.

Not bad, but still missing something. I only added half the salt and it was still a little salty. Definitely would be a good idea to make this in a smaller amount, as adjustments are necessary.

I made this up before Christmas, put it in cellophane bags and gave it to work colleagues as a gift. Then I made up jars of it for family for Christmas as well. Universally everyone asked me for the recipe because they liked it so much. I finally got around to making some up for us about three weeks ago. (because everyone was raving about it at work) It's been tried on BBQ'd steak and on oven baked chicken wings thuis far at our house. I love it! It is spicy but not hot and adds a wonderful flavour. You can sprinkle it on meats immediately prior to cooking or leave it to marinade for hours before cooking. Im also thinking you could sprinkle chops and other meats with this and then dump then in the freezer until youre ready to cook them. I wish they allowed more than 5 stars because this recipe is a definite keeper and we will make it up again and again.

This is an extremely versatile and cheap spice mix to have on hand. I tried an experiment tonight, and tried a marinated and pressed tofu to cajun vs. jerk seasoning. My conclusion was that cajun was hotter, but both recipes were excellent. Oh, by the way, the Jamaican jerk recipe was also Rita's!

I received this as a gift and it is just fabulous. Tonight, I tried it on popcorn and it has the perfect balance between spice and herbs. Can't wait to try it on some chops or chicken. Thanks Rita!

This is a must have in you cupboard. I used this in Cajun Buffalo Wings Cajun Buffalo Wings. Came out excellant. Much better than buying it already made. The next time we are going to try rubbing this on steak.

Awesome. My wife said it was the best steak I ever cooked. And I have to agree.

This rub is terrific. In addition to meats, we put the rub on vegetables that we roast. Absolutely TOPS!!

This is a wonderful spice mix to have handy in the cupboard . I used it to season my BBQ pork chops, and yes, as Geema mentioned I can't wait to try it on my grilled eggplants, and so many other foods. This is a delicious spice blend to have on just about every food.Thanks so much for sharing Rita, I will be using this quite a lot.

What a handy spice mix to have on hand! I used my first trial taste on some spinach that I cooked up for a omelette for our Sunday brunch. I placed it on the eggs along with some grated cheddar cheese and it was spicy and delicious. Now I can't wait to try it with lots of other things that will be enhanced by this great seasoning...eggplant patties are going to be next!

Made this and stored this with Rita's Cajun Spice on the bottle. Thanks for this lovely mix sweetie!Love the flavour and the kick!!! Only subbed cayenne for the chili powder and sea salt for the kosher salt. :) Fay