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He has to be on a low sodium diet which means no more taco seasoning packets for us. Making homemade tacos is always fun.
Cook the ground beef and drain the grease.
Homemade low sodium taco seasoning. Low sodium homemade taco seasoning is easy quick and delicious. Sure you can buy taco seasoning in a packet. Its also quick and easy.
Buy 3 or 4 at time and youll always have some on hand for Taco Tuesday or Southwest Tater Tot Casserole. This easy recipe for low sodium taco seasoning contains 0mg sodium compared to almost 3600mg of sodium in a 1oz package of commercial brand taco seasoning. Making homemade tacos is always fun.
Of course you can reach for brand name brand taco seasonings but be prepared for a sodium blowout. The average 1oz package of seasonings which says it serves six can have as much as 600mg of sodium per serving. Thats a whopping 3600mg of sodium in that little package.
Homemade Taco Seasoning Low Sodium adapted from Mels Kitchen Cafe click to print. 4 tablespoons chili powder 1 teaspoon garlic powder. 1 teaspoon onion powder.
Four pinches of cayenne pepper. 1 teaspoon dried oregano. 2 tablespoons ground cumin.
12 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper. Monosodium glutamate MSG. Soybean oil inflammatory fats.
And enough sodium to instantly raise my blood pressure a few points slight exaggeration but not by much. I had been using these seasoning packets my whole life and never really bothered to think about this. As soon as I saw all the crap that goes into one of these packets I set out to find a better.
A quick and easy recipe for low-sodium taco seasoning using spices you probably already have in your pantry. 2 tablespoons chili powder. 1 tablespoon ground cumin.
1 tablespoon ground coriander. 2 teaspoons black pepper. 2 teaspoons smoked paprika.
2 teaspoons garlic powder. Instructions Place spices in a small bowl and mix well. Makes enough for 1 12 lbs.
Of meat or veggies. Cook meat or vegetables as desired. After cooked add in the seasoning and cook stirring for 2 min.
Cook the ground beef and drain the grease. Add 12 cup tomato sauce and 2 tbsp taco seasoning and simmer until the desired consistency is reached. Dont want tomato just mix in the seasoning after draining the.
Mix all ingredients except the salt substitute. After you cook your ground beef add maybe a 14 cup of water and add mix. Right before you serve sprinkle salt substitute on beef.
If you prefer to use salt in your cooking add it at the table. You can create salt-free and gluten-free taco seasoning mix at home with this easy copycat recipe. Chances are you already have everything you need to make.
Ive been making my own taco seasoning ever since my son was diagnosed with a kidney disease. He has to be on a low sodium diet which means no more taco seasoning packets for us. This is a great recipe but I still reduce the salt in this recipe.
As is this recipe puts about 2300 mg of sodium into 1 lb of ground beef so its really not any better than the store packets in that regard. Just thought Id mention that since you mentioned the high sodium.