Today’s recipe comes from the she-can-make-it-one-handed-without-knives file. It’s also part of a three step recipe process that will culminate in a few weeks with a most delicous chicken recipe. The sauce for the chicken dish called for adobo seasoning. But the prepared bottle contained so much MSG, it was all that could be tasted. So I threw it out and found what I needed at allrecipes.com. The only change I made in Traci’s original recipe was to use kosher salt instead of table salt. The resulting mix will be used in next week’s sauce recipe. It can also be sprinkled on chicken, pork, beef, and salmon to add a bit of zing.
DIY Adobo Seasoning
2 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon paprika
2 teaspoons ground black pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder
1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon chili powder
Put all ingredients in a small bowl. (use a glass bowl to see the pretty layers, like in the top photo.) Mix carefully with a spoon until all ingedients are combined and it looks something like this.
Store in an airtight container. It will last as long as everything else in your spice cupboard does.
