Transform your fries with this simple Homemade French Fry Seasoning! Skip store-bought mixes and use pantry staples like onion and garlic powder, paprika, and black pepper. In minutes, you'll have a seasoning perfect for crispy Air Fried White Sweet Potato Fries, roasted vegetables, or popcorn.
Why You'll Love This Homemade French Fry Seasoning Recipe
Make your own French fry seasoning at home. This savory blend of spices that is used to season French fries, zucchini fries, and other appetizers. It's easy to make, economical, and it's so much better than anything you'll buy at the store. You can easily customize this recipe to be more personalized also.
Some like it hot, some like it sweet! Homemade French fry seasoning is:
- Easy to make - In just minutes, you have a customized blend.
- Economical - For just pennies you have a fry seasoning blend that is better than store bought, and for less money.
- Lower Sodium - If you are watching your sodium, you can substitute a low sodium salt for regular salt.
- All Natural - You have no anti caking additive added to the spice blend.
This blend is part of our collection of homemade seasoning mixes. Explore the full spice and pantry substitutions guide for more recipes.
Ingredients Overview
Save a spice jar from your spice cabinet, or order spice jars off of Amazon. They are very inexpensive, and they come with a set of labels usually so you can label your homemade spice blends.
- Garlic Salt - You can mix onion granules with salt to make your own garlic salt also.
- Paprika - Use regular sweet, domestic paprika.
- Italian seasoning - Or, a mixture of dried basil and oregano.
- Onion powder - Look for fine onion granules if you can't find onion powder.
- Black Pepper - Use fine ground black pepper.
- Cayenne Pepper - Just a touch, or omit it if you don't want any heat at all.
Full ingredient amounts and preparation instructions are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.
How To Make Homemade Fry Seasoning
When mixing up larger batches of spice blends, I recommend using disposable gloves, and if you still have one of the Pandemic face masks, wear one of them so you don't start sneezing. Black pepper, cayenne, and paprika can cause you to sneeze!
Step 1: Measure out all the spices into a bowl.
Step 2: Using a spoon or a mini whisk, blend all the spice ingredients together.
Step 3: Transfer the freshly blended French fry seasoning into an airtight container or spice jar. A mini funnel makes filling spice jars easy. Store the filled jar in a dry cupboard.
Pro Tip
A few dry beans or grains of rice at the bottom of the spice jar will help keep the spices from clumping during storage. Homemade spice blends are all natural, they don't have any anti caking additives.
Serving Suggestions
This homemade fry seasoning is not only for French fries! Season vegetables, steaks, and burgers before cooking. Seasoning before cooking will help the flavors to penetrate the food. Try on other foods, including:
- Onion rings - Great on our Air Fryer Frozen Onion Rings!
- Fries - Try them on our Air Fryer Frozen Crinkle Fries!
- Tater tots - Delicious on our Air Fried Potato Wedges.
- Sweet Potatoes - Use it with our Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries.
- Chicken nuggets - Sprinkle a little on Air Fryer Frozen Dinosaur Nuggets.
- Fish sticks - Use instead of Blackening spice with Mahi Mahi.
- Vegetables - Amazing on Air Fryer Zucchini Fries, or Roasted Rainbow Carrots, or Air Fryer Spaghetti Squash.
- Chicken Wings - Season chicken wings with this savory spice blend before cooking the chicken wings.
- Burgers - Try it on our Air Fryer Frozen Turkey Burgers, or homemade Turkey Burgers!
Substitutions and Variations
The best part of making your homemade fry seasoning is that you can customize it to your own taste. If you like things spicy, add some cayenne pepper.
If you like things smoky, add some smoked paprika. And if you like things sweet, add some sugar. The possibilities are endless! Some variations are:
- Spicy - Use Hot Hungarian Paprika or increase the Cayenne.
- Smoky - Add some Smoked Paprika or Smoked Mesquite powder to the blend.
- Sweet & Savory - Adding a few teaspoons of sugar will give you a delicious sweet and savory flavor profile.
Tips for Success
- Use high-quality spices. This will make a big difference in the flavor of your fry seasoning.
- Experiment with different spices. There are many different spices that can be used to make fry seasoning. Feel free to mix and match to find your favorite combination. Start with a small amount of spice and add more to taste. It is easy to add more spice, but it is difficult to take it away
- Store your fry seasoning in an airtight container. This will help to keep the spices fresh.
Storage Options
- Store freshly made spice blends for up to 12 months in a cool, dark, dry cupboard.
- Adding a few dry beans at the bottom of the storage container will prevent caking and clumping.
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- Homemade Lemon Pepper Seasoning
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Frequently Asked Questions
Using too much salt, not using enough spices, and not storing properly. Be sure to balance the salt with the spices in the fry seasoning recipe. And store in a cool, dark, dry cupboard.
Brush or spray some oil lightly over the food your are air frying or baking. Then add the seasoning blend. For deep fried or shallow fried foods, remove from the oil and sprinkle the seasoning on as soon as excess oil has drained away.
Typical ingredients in a fry seasoning recipe include salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika. However, there are many different variations of fry seasoning, so you may find other spices like sugar, lime, and mesquite flavors included as well.
The amount of fry seasoning you use will depend on your personal preference and the type of food you are seasoning. A good starting point is to use ½ teaspoon of fry seasoning per 1 cup of food. You can always add more seasoning to taste.
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French Fry Seasoning
Equipment
- Spice Jars and Labels Set
- Mini Funnel Set Perfect for filling spice jars
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon Garlic salt
- 2 tablespoon Paprika
- 2 tablespoon Italian seasoning or dried Oregano and Basil
- 1 tablespoon Onion powder
- 1½ teaspoon Black pepper fine gound
- ¾ teaspoon Cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Measure out all the spices into a bowl.PRO TIP: It's a good idea to wear nitrile gloves and a face mask so you don't inhale the fine powders and start sneezing. The nitrile gloves prevent transferring spicy powder to your eyes or lips later.2 tablespoon Garlic salt, 2 tablespoon Paprika, 2 tablespoon Italian seasoning, 1 tablespoon Onion powder, 1½ teaspoon Black pepper, ¾ teaspoon Cayenne pepper
- Using a spoon or a mini whisk, blend all the spice ingredients together.
- Transfer the freshly blended French fry seasoning into an airtight container or spice jar. A mini funnel makes filling spice jars easy.
- Store the filled jar in a dry cupboard.PRO TIP: A few dry beans or grains of rice at the bottom of the spice jar will help keep the spices from clumping during storage. Homemade spice blends are all natural, they don't have any anti caking additives.
Notes
- Spicy - Use Hot Hungarian Paprika or increase the Cayenne.
- Smoky - Add some Smoked Mesquite powder to the blend.
- Sweet & Savory - Adding a few teaspoons of sugar will give you a delicious sweet and savory flavor profile.
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