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Homemade Chili Powder
Make your own homemade chili powder from scratch in just 10 minutes! Easy, simple, and you'll be saying goodbye to store-bought forever.
Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings: 4 tablespoons
Calories: 30 kcal
Course:
Condiments
Cuisine:
Mexican
Ingredients
- 1 ounce dried guajillo chiles, stemmed and seeded
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon ground coriander
- ½ teaspoon Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Heat a dry skillet over medium-high heat. Toast the guajillo chiles for 1-2 minutes until toasted and fragrant, flipping them every 30 seconds so they don’t burn. Transfer to a bowl and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
- Blend the toasted chiles in batches in a spice grinder or small blender until it's a fine powder. Transfer the chili powder to a bowl.
- Add the garlic powder, oregano, cumin, coriander, cocoa powder, and ground cinnamon into the chili powder bowl and mix together until fully combined.
- Use immediately or store in an airtight container at room temperature.
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Notes
- Remove the seeds. Make sure to remove all the seeds from the dried chilies to keep it at a mild heat. Once the seeds are ground into a powder it's hard to mellow out the heat.
- Use the right cocoa powder. Dutch-processed cocoa powder has an earthy and darker flavor compared to natural cocoa powder, which in general is more sweet. I don’t recommend substituting natural cocoa powder, so this ingredient can be left out if you don’t have it.
- Batch it. This chili powder recipe can last up to 6 months at room temperature when sealed, and up to a year if refrigerated, making it great for batching.
- Cool the toasted peppers completely before grinding them. They crisp up as they cool, making it easier to grind into a powder.
- Recipe adapted from Minimalist Baker.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1tablespoon
Calories
30kcal
(2%)
Carbohydrates
6g
(2%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
0.1g
(1%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.1g
Sodium
8mg
(0%)
Potassium
162mg
(5%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
1893IU
(38%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
20mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4tablespoons
Amount Per Serving
Calories 30
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1tablespoon | |
| Calories | 30kcal | 2% |
| Carbohydrates | 6g | 2% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Sodium | 8mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 162mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 1893IU | 38% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 20mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.