This unique Homemade Greek Seasoning blend can be hard to find at your ordinary grocery store. Luckily, all of the ingredients needed to make it yourself are readily available!
Making your own seasoning mix is super easy, so keep reading for the full recipe. With strong notes of oregano and hints of basil, garlic, dill, and onion, this is one of the tastiest and most versatile seasoning mixes you’ll ever use!
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💚 Why You'll Love This Recipe
Versatile and delicious, this homemade Greek spices mix is the perfect way to add lots of authentic Greek flavor to your favorite dishes. You'll love the simple blend of herbs and simple spices that can be stored for months at a time.
Though this specialty blend can be hard to find at the local grocery store, all of the ingredients are easy to find. You might have most of them in your spice cabinet already!
In just a few minutes, you can have a tasty and exciting Greek spice blend that's perfect for barbecuing, vegetables, or to add some flavor to just about any dish. Just like Homemade Pizza Seasoning, Spaghetti Seasoning, or this Homemade Poultry Seasoning, you'll love the wide array of uses for your Greek spices mix!
🧂 Ingredients Needed
- dried oregano - adds a slightly spicy and pungent flavor.
- dried basil - pairs well with oregano and adds some herbal sweetness.
- garlic powder - contributes a delicious garlic flavor that pulls out the flavors of the herbs.
- onion powder - harmonizes with the garlic powder and deepens the flavor of this Greek spice mix.
- dried dill - creates a slightly citrusy bite and a mildly grassy undertone that helps pull all of the flavors together.
- sea salt and black pepper - provides a base layer of flavor that helps enhance the other ingredient.
🔪 Instructions
- Add oregano, basil, garlic powder, onion powder, dill, salt, and pepper to a bowl.
- Combine well and transfer to a glass jar to store.
❔ FAQs
A typical Greek seasoning contains any number of classic Mediterranean herbs like basil, oregano, parsley, thyme, dill, and rosemary, as well as the addition of garlic powder and onion powder for additional flavor.
Absolutely, these two seasoning blends have a lot of overlap in their ingredients and can be interchanged to achieve similar effects in your cooking.
Making your own spice blends can help omit unhealthy additives that are often present in store-bought spice blends.
💭 Expert Tips and Tricks
- Play around with ingredient proportions in order to create a spice blend that works best to your tastes.
- Try to incorporate the highest quality and freshest ingredients possible for best results.
- Mix some of your own Greek seasoning with olive oil and serve with warm bread. This is one of my favorite ways to prepare a quick and crowd-pleasing appetizer!
📌 Ever wondered what is in Greek seasoning? This simple recipe will teach you how to make your own and add instant flavor to all of your favorites dishes. The best way to instantly turn any easy recipe into gourmet Greek cuisine.
💡 Substitutions and Variations
- For additional flavor, try adding parsley, rosemary, and thyme, which are also frequently found in Greek spice mixes.
- Other potential add-ins for your homemade Greek seasoning include marjoram, fennel, and even nutmeg. All of these ingredients are commonly found in Greek cooking.
- If you like a little bit of heat, add some red pepper flakes
🥫 Storage
Keep your Greek spices mix in a mason jar or spice jar, or any other airtight container. Try to keep it at room temperature or any cool and dry place to avoid clumping. Out of direct sunlight is the best option.
In the right conditions, this Greek spice blend will last at least 3 months. It can be good for longer than that, but be sure to check for quality before using after the 3-month mark.
🍴 What To Serve With This Dish
Use your homemade Greek spice blend to add extra flavor to these Baked Dill Fries, as a burst of flavor on top of a Cucumber Salad, or as a quick way to add lots of flavor to these Easy Air Fryer Chicken Leg Quarters or an Easy Ground Skillet Ground Beef Dinner with Orzo!
You can also use this homemade seasoning mix as a simple addition to chicken breast or white fish, as a mix-in when cooking a pound of meat of your choice, or to add flavor to salad dressing.
✔️ More Homemade Seasoning Recipes You'll Love
Check out these other homemade seasonings! With only a few commonplace spices and herbs per recipe, it's so easy to stock your kitchen with homemade seasoning blends and take your cooking to the next level.
- Homemade Chili Seasoning - Perfect for chili, as a replacement for taco seasoning, or to add warmth and a bit of heat to any dish.
- Lemon Pepper Seasoning - You'll love this blend of savory flavors with bright and tangy citrus!
- Homemade Ranch Seasoning - Use this seasoning to make dressing, dips, and more.
- Simple Homemade Curry Powder - This recipe from Curious Cuisiniére is a great way to add instant flavor to any curry dish!
Homemade Greek Spice
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Homemade Greek Seasoning
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons dried oregano
- 2 tablespoons dried basil
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons onion powder
- 1 ½ tablespoons dried dill
- 1 tablespoon pepper
- ½ tablespoon sea salt
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients into a small bowl and mix to combine.3 tablespoons dried oregano, 2 tablespoons dried basil, 2 tablespoons garlic powder, 2 tablespoons onion powder, 1 ½ tablespoons dried dill, 1 tablespoon pepper, ½ tablespoon sea salt
- Place in an airtight container such as a spice jar and store in a dry area.
Notes
- Customize as desired to your preferences by adjusting the amounts of the different ingredients to taste.
- High quality and fresh ingredients will yield the best tasting result.
- Variations: add up to a tablespoon of dried parsley, dried rosemary, or dried thyme. Some Greek Seasoning mixes include these ingredients.
- This seasoning will stay fresh for about 3 months. It often lasts more than 3 months in the right conditions, but check the freshness before proceeding just to be sure.
- Store in a dry area to prevent the seasoning mix from clumping together.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is an estimate. The nutritional values for your final dish may vary based on measuring differences and products used.
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Amanda Wren-Grimwood
Such a great idea. I already have the ingredients and this saves me buying another jar.
Ieva
Brilliant perfectly-balanced recipe. We had all the spices and dried herbs in the cupboard, so it was so quick to put together. Delicious in a cucumber salad! Cannot wait to try it in other dishes too!
Vanessa
I love homemade seasoning blends and I had everything on hand already to make this one. Can't wait to start cooking with it!
gunjan
This is the best Greek seasoning so far. I am so glad that now iI can make it at home and don't have to look around in stores and worry about hidden ingredients.