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Spice blend for homemade chili

Spice blend for homemade chili

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A homemade chili spice blend: dried chili peppers roasted until dry, combined with cumin, cilantro, and cloves, then ground into a fragrant powder.

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Recipe from Kittycataclysm (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Making your own chili powder is about choosing the heat level based on the dried chili peppers you have available. The result is a much more flavorful product than store-bought.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time5 min
  • Resting20 min
  • Total40 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methoddry fencing
  • Estimated cost$3.05 $0.25 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegan
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

12 people
  • $0.58
  • $0.46
  • $0.60
  • $0.72
  • $0.28
  • $0.41

Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Wear gloves, chop the hot peppers into small pieces, and remove the seeds (or leave them in for a spicier, slightly bitter flavour). ≈ 3 min
  2. Dry-roast the chili peppers, cumin, cilantro, allspice, and Jamaican hot peppers in a pan over low heat, stirring constantly, for about 2 minutes, until they are fragrant. If necessary, do this in batches.
  3. Let it cool completely, then mix with the other ingredients until a smooth powder forms. Wait for the powder to settle before opening the lid.
  4. Store in an airtight container. ≈ 3 min

The bill

Spice blend for homemade chili

  • 1 tablespoon of cumin seeds$0.58
  • 1 tablespoon of cilantro seeds$0.46
  • 1 tablespoon of ground paprika$0.60
  • 2 tablespoons of ground cloves or Jamaican hot pepper$0.72
  • 1 tablespoon of oregano$0.28
  • 1 teaspoon of ground cayenne pepper$0.41

Total$3.05

that's $0.25 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 3 to 8 dried hot peppers (adjust to taste: ancho, pasilla, mild mulato; New Mexico, medium cascabel; very hot chiltepin)
  • 1 tablespoon of cumin seeds
  • 1 tablespoon of cilantro seeds
  • 1 tablespoon of ground paprika
  • 2 tablespoons of ground cloves or Jamaican hot pepper
  • 1 tablespoon of oregano
  • 1 teaspoon of ground cayenne pepper

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