Ground Chicken Seasoning

This Homemade Ground Chicken Seasoning blend adds the best flavor to ground chicken. With just a few spice cabinet staples you can whip up the perfect seasoning for ground chicken in just 5 minutes! Use it to make dinner, for meal prep, or for batch cooking. This seasoning will store for up to a year, so you can have it on hand whenever you need it.

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Homemade seasoning mixes are one of my secrets for adding a TON of flavor to food, with just a tiny bit of time and effort! This easy chicken seasoning mix is super quick to make and makes perfectly seasoned ground chicken in no time!

The best thing about homemade seasoning is that it takes about 5-10 minutes to make and then you can pop it in an airtight container and it will stay good for up to a year!

Because it lasts so long, I keep a variety of homemade seasonings on hand for convenience in addition to this recipe like my homemade fajita seasoning, carnitas seasoning, ranch seasoning mix, blackening seasoning, and taco seasoning.

You can easily make a single batch of homemade chicken seasoning, or if you enjoy it as much as me, you can make a double or triple batch in the same amount of time so you can always have it on hand.

How to use Chicken Seasoning

The thing that makes homemade Ground Chicken Seasoning so great, is that it can add so much flavor to a recipe with so little effort! I use it in SO many ways, both for seasoning dishes with ground chicken, and side dishes to go with ground chicken.

These are a few of my go-to uses- but if you have a favorite I missed, I would love to hear in the comments.

Main Dish Ideas

How to season ground chicken– I like to use this method when seasoning my ground chicken because it is so easy, and I think it comes out with the most flavor.

1. Cook ground chicken in a skillet over medium heat.
2. Drain any excess liquid.
3. Stir in stir in 1 tablespoon of ground chicken seasoning per pound of meat and 1-2 tablespoons (total) of water and continue to cook and stir for 2 minutes or until the seasoning evenly coats all of the ground chicken.

Now you have seasoned ground chicken! You can serve this over rice or potatoes on its own because it has such amazing flavor. Since it has such a great neutral flavor, you can also use the seasoned ground chicken in another recipe, which makes it perfect for meal prep, or freezer meals.

Whole Chicken– This easy chicken seasoning mix can also be used on a whole chicken. Combine 4 tablespoons of seasoning with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and rub on outside of the whole chicken. You can use the recipe for my Crockpot Rotisserie Chicken or Dutch Oven Chicken with this delicous seasoning.

How to use seasoning for chicken burgers– Combine 1 tablespoon of seasoning, 1/2 cup of bread crumbs, and one egg, per pound of meat, and work the seasoning in with your hands, then form into chicken burger patties.

These are a few examples of using seasoned ground chicken in a meal:

• Ground Chicken Stuffed Peppers
• Ginger Sesame Ground Chicken Stir Fry

Side Dish Ideas

• Side Salad– Make a vinaigrette by combining olive oil, vinegar, and seasoning mix and lemon juice. You can add the seasoned ground chicken on top for a hearty salad!
• Potatoes– This seasoning is so delicious on potatoes. You can do roasted potatoes, smashed potatoes, or even just toss potato wedges or french fries with the seasoning for an amazingly delicious upgrade to boring fries!
• Vegetables– Whether you want to roast vegetables, steam them, or sauté them in a pan, a sprinkle of this ground chicken seasoning will add so much flavor to the final dish and be the perfect compliment to the ground chicken main dish.

Ingredients + Substitutions

All spices and seasonings in this blend are dried. If you only have fresh on hand, I would recommend either drying them to be used in this seasoning blend, or grabbing the dried version the next time you are at the store. Fresh spices do not work for this recipe.

• Garlic powder
• Paprika
• Thyme leaves
• Salt
• Black pepper
• Onion powder

Make sure to see the recipe card at the bottom of this post for the full quantities and ingredients list.

Recipe Tips

1. Key Ingredients! We stick to some really classic flavors here so that this is an all purpose seasoning that can be used on ground chicken with any cuisine.
2. Mix to combine– There is no special magic here. To make this, you just dump it all together and mix it up. To make it even easier, you can use a mason jar or other container and dump, then shake. Then all you get messy is a couple of measuring spoons!
3. Grinding is optional– In the blend of spices that make up the ground chicken seasoning there are a variety of sizes, due to the ground spices combined with the leaves of the thyme. You can combine them, but as they sit, the seasoning blend can settle so that it is harder to grab an even scoop out with every spice evenly distributed. To solve this you can:
   • Shake or stir before each use – This is what I do
   • Grind- Run it through a grinder, food processor, or blender to get the spices to a smaller consistency so that they combine evenly.
4. Store in an airtight container in a cool dry place. When stored like this the Ground Chicken Seasoning should stay fresh for up to a year. Some also recommend putting it in the freezer to further extend the life but I have never found that necessary. I run out long before it would ever go bad.
5. Double, triple, or more! This recipe can easily be scaled up to make a big batch of Ground Chicken Seasoning. This will allow you to keep it on hand for longer periods of time, especially when you start throwing it in everything as your “secret ingredient” like I do!