Turkish Seasoning Blend (2024)

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Updated: Oct 22nd 2023 • Published: Mar 29th 2020 • 10 Comments

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This Turkish Seasoning Blend is a beautiful mixture of herbs and spices that will add a warm, rich flavor to your meals.

Try sprinkling this mixture over chicken breasts, steak, pork, or shrimp, so an easy way to perk up your protein. Or mix it with olive oil and coat your veggies before you roast them. I especially love this on roasted root veg!

This mixture is so aromatic and flavorful, and it will keep in the pantry or store cupboard for at least six months.

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How to use Turkish Spice Mix

This mixture is terrific rubbed into chicken breasts or chicken thighs. It also makes an excellent rub for pork chops. Or cut up some steak, marinate it in Turkish seasoning mixed with olive oil, before threading it onto kebab sticks.

You can make a delicious creamy Turkish dip by combining the seasoning blend with mayonnaise and sour cream (or greek yogurt if you are watching calories.

Or add it to a basic vinaigrette to perk up your salads.

Substitutions and Additions

Sugar - This seasoning blend has sugar in it. You can leave it out if you don't eat refined sugars.

Spice - This is a flavorful seasoning, but it doesn't have any spice to it. If you enjoy spicy food, then you can add 1-2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper to the mix.

Smoked Paprika - If you don't have this on hand, then just leave it out.

Mint - The recipe uses dried mint, but you can leave this out or use dried oregano instead.

Cilantro - Dried cilantro is available in most grocery stores, and I find that it doesn't divide people in the same way that fresh cilantro does. But if you can't find it or don't want to use it then leave it out or substitute in dried parsley. Those not in the US, you will find it under Dried Coriander Leaf in the supermarkets.

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Turkish Seasoning Blend - Recipe

Claire | Sprinkle and Sprouts

This Turkish Seasoning Blend is a beautiful mixture of herbs and spices that will add a warm, rich flavor to your meals.Try sprinkling this mixture over chicken breasts, steak, pork, or shrimp, so an easy way to perk up your protein. Or mix it with olive oil and coat your veggies before you roast them. I especially love this on roasted root veg! This seasoning blend is so aromatic and flavorful, and it will keep in the pantry or store cupboard for at least six months.

3.84 from 56 votes

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 5 minutes mins

Course Seasoning Blend

Cuisine Turkish

Servings 15 tbsps

Calories 18 kcal

Ingredients

4 tablespoon paprika
2 tablespoon garlic powder
2 tablespoon dried cilantro - see note 1
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon dried mint
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon turmeric
1 tablespoon onion powder
½ tablespoon ground cumin
2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

Combine all the herbs and spices into an airtight jar and shake to combine.
Store in the pantry or storecupboard and use it within six months.

Notes

Dried cilantro is available in the herb and spice section of grocery stores. If you aren't in the US, then you need to look for Dried Coriander Leaf.

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Nutrition

Nutrition is per serving

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Bryan says
July 26, 2023 at 8:54 pm

you seem to confuse 'spice' with 'spicy'. You have several spices in your mix. Don't add salt to the mix, add separately.
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Xiaotuzi says
September 07, 2022 at 9:26 pm

Turkish cuisine doesn’t use cilantro or coriander. They don’t know it. They don’t have it. Everything else is almost ok but little more cumin for authenticity 😉🌶
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- Ferihan says
  October 20, 2023 at 12:38 am
  
  Like to correct you about the Turkish cuisine. Claiming that we don’t know nor use Cilantro is incorrect. I am Turkish and I have always used it and my family in Turkey has done so too. Name is different and reason why you might be not aware of it. So this recipe sounds right with some exceptions and spices missing. We like sumac and I don’t see that in this. Cinnamon is not so much used in meats but more in deserts. Also the peppers are ether called powdered or flaked. Otherwise rest looks perfect and I find it to be a great alternative.
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Linda williams says
July 08, 2022 at 2:49 pm

Really fancy this dish ,but where do you get fired cilantro
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- Claire McEwen says
  July 08, 2022 at 2:54 pm
  
  Hi Linda, I find it in the grocery store with the other dried herbs and spices. But if you can't find it there, look in the latino section and they may well have it stocked there.
  Hope that helps.
  Cx
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Carolin says
December 06, 2021 at 2:52 am

I've never seen a Turkish recipe that doesn't have sumac in it. Where is the sumac in this recipe?
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- Claire McEwen says
  May 23, 2022 at 12:30 pm
  
  I don't add it to this recipe, but feel free to add it to your mix.
  Cx
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Matthew says
October 27, 2021 at 4:07 am

Will this recipe give the same taste as Greek Souvlaki and Gyros Seasoning? Thanks
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- Claire McEwen says
  May 26, 2022 at 1:52 pm
  
  It isn't quite the same.
  they tend to be heavier on the herbs
  Cx
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Lisa says
September 12, 2021 at 7:31 pm

Absolutely divine. We lived in Turkey for 5 years and the aroma of this blend brought back wonderful memories. The mint is subtle but Turks use it so many dishes and it gives the mixture authenticity. Many thanks for posting this recipe.
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