Salt-Free Taco Seasoning

Ingredients

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• 2 Tbsp chili powder
• 1 Tbsp ground cumin
• 1 Tbsp paprika (sweet or smoked)
• 1 Tbsp garlic powder
• 1 Tbsp onion powder
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• ½ tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
• ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper

Method

1. Whisk all the ingredients together in a small bowl.
2. Transfer to an airtight container.
3. Use 2 tablespoons per pound of beans, lentils, jackfruit, or other plant-based taco filling.
4. Store in a cool, dry place up to 6 months.

About the ingredients

chili powder Capsicum annuum

Chili powder: in US usage, a ground blend of dried chili peppers (Capsicum annuum) with cumin, oregano, garlic powder, and often salt; elsewhere it means pure ground dried chili. New World crop, central to post-Columbian global cuisine. Sun-dried and milled whole pods. Canonical WFPB (blends may add salt).

ground cumin Cuminum cyminum

Dried seeds of Cuminum cyminum, an apiaceous herb. Whole spice, mechanically harvested and dried; matrix intact whether whole or ground. Canonical whole-plant seed spice.

paprika (sweet or smoked) Capsicum annuum

Ground spice made from dried, milled red peppers (Capsicum annuum), ranging sweet to hot/smoked. Whole-fruit powder, no additions. Source of vitamin A (carotenoids), vitamin E, capsaicin. Minimally processed whole-food spice, WFPB canonical.

garlic powder Allium sativum

Garlic itself is canonical, but extract denotes a concentrated/isolated derivative outside the whole-food canon. Marketed as natural/healthy supplement, hence mistaken-as-WFPB flag.

onion powder Allium cepa

Bulb vegetable, eaten raw or cooked. Whole minimally-processed plant food; 'organic' refers to cultivation only. WFPB-canonical.

dried oregano Origanum vulgare

Mediterranean oregano = Origanum vulgare; Mexican oregano = Lippia graveolens (Verbenaceae). Name covers multiple species but all are whole-leaf herbs, so verdict unaffected.

cayenne pepper (optional) Capsicum annuum

New World chili pepper, typically dried and ground into a pungent red powder. The whole fruit (minus inedible stem) is used. Rich in capsaicin, vitamins A and C. Whole-food spice, no additives. WFPB-canonical.

freshly ground black pepper Piper nigrum

Dried unripe fruit (peppercorns) of the pepper vine, used whole or ground. A whole dried spice with nothing added or extracted. Canonical WFPB aromatic.