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How to make onion powder-garlic powder- or chili powder at home
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Garlic, Onion, & Chili Powder

Katie WellsMay 27, 2011Updated: Jan 3, 2020
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If you’ve ever bought spices from the store, you probably noticed that they often contain ingredients like “anti-caking agent” or “natural flavor” (aka MSG). Many often contain trace amounts of soy or other fillers, and sometimes these don’t even have to be listed on the ingredients.

Mystery fillers aside, these spices also often sit on the shelf, in plastic bottles, for a long time. By the time you bring them home, they have lost much of their flavor (and did I mention they might contain soy, MSG, or other additives!)

As with many aspects of natural living, simple is often cheaper, easier, and more healthy. Making your own garlic, onion, and chili powders (or a blend of all three) can be one of the easiest and tastiest changes you can make. These are also a great addition to homemade spice blends!

The gist of making these homemade seasonings is to simply dehydrate pieces of garlic, onion, or pepper in a dehydrator or on the lowest setting of the oven until the pieces are dry and brittle. Then, just powder them in a coffee grinder or blender and store.

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How to make onion powder-garlic powder- or chili powder at home

Garlic, Onion, & Chili Powder Recipe

Katie Wells
Make your own garlic, onion, or chili powders with this simple recipe and avoid any artificial ingredients.
5 from 5 votes
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Prep Time 20 mins
Total Time 12 hrs 20 mins
Course Spice
Calories 9 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • fresh onions garlic cloves, or chili peppers of choice

Instructions
 

  • Gather a few onions, several heads of garlic, or 8-10 peppers. 
  • Make sure all vegetables are clean, and peel onions and garlic cloves.
  • Slice onions and garlic into thin slices and put on a sheet in the dehydrator or on lowest setting in the oven. Slice peppers in half and remove seeds and place on dehydrator sheet or on baking sheet in oven on lowest setting.
  • Dehydrate until they are completely dry and not leathery. They should be brittle enough to break by hand. Check every few hours and remove any pieces that are done.
  • When all are done drying, put into coffee grinder, food processor, or blender. If you want individual spices, blend separately.
  • Once they are finely powdered, leave them in the food processor or blender with the lid on for at least 10 minutes to let it settle. This is important! Trust me... I learned the hard way! Opening it too soon will lead to a rapid sinus cleanse 🙂
  • Store in glass jars and enjoy!

Notes

  • Use a mix of sweet and spicy peppers to make chili powder. If you like spicier chili powder, use spicier peppers.
  • You can mix onion, garlic, and chili powders with salt, pepper, and paprika to make an all purpose seasoned salt

Nutrition

Serving: 1tsp seasoning blendCalories: 9kcalCarbohydrates: 1.8gProtein: 0.4gFat: 0.2gSodium: 9mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 0.6g
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Onion Powder, Garlic Powder and Chili Powder can be easily prepared at home for an inexpensive and healthy alternative to store versions.

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About Katie Wells

Katie Wells, CTNC, MCHC, Founder of Wellness Mama and Wellnesse, has a background in research, journalism, and nutrition. As a wife and mom of six, she turned to research and took health into her own hands to find answers to her health problems. WellnessMama.com is the culmination of her thousands of hours of research and all posts are medically reviewed and verified by the Wellness Mama research team. Katie is also the author of the bestselling books The Wellness Mama Cookbook and The Wellness Mama 5-Step Lifestyle Detox.

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Discussion (46 Comments)

  1. Valerie Jacks

    May 19, 2012 at 9:41 AM

    I have never done spices on my own, but one time I was in a real pinch and put regular granulated white sugar in my coffee grinder and made powdered sugar. It was quick and easy and I have to admit I was surprised that it worked! But now I can buy my white sugar in bulk and then I can make my own powdered sugar and save some money

    Reply
  2. Angi

    May 18, 2012 at 9:37 PM

    I already grow and dry a lot of my spices like rosemary, basil, lavender, etc. but I never thought to make onion or garlic powder. If it’s dehydrated it should last quite a while, right? What a great idea. And my own chili powder… hmmmm 🙂 

    Reply
  3. Angel

    May 18, 2012 at 7:26 PM

    What a great idea! I can’t wait to try this 🙂

    Reply
  4. Nancy Long

    May 18, 2012 at 7:20 PM

    I am definatley going to do this !! I have not thought about making my own ..but its now gonna happen 🙂 Thank You

    Reply
  5. Bec Bertrand

    December 6, 2011 at 10:20 PM

    THank you for all this information! 

    Reply
  6. Grace

    July 9, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    can you specify want kind of peppers? Are the jalapeno, poblano etc? I would really like to make my own chili powder. That is similar to the store but without the fillers.

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      July 10, 2011 at 1:01 AM

      it depends on how spicy you want it. anaheim and chili peppers make a
      less spicy powder, where habenero or jalepeno make more spicy ones.
      you can even use sweet peppers and get the taste without the heat.

      Reply
  7. Don

    June 2, 2011 at 2:19 AM

    Another thing about store bought spices is that they are often irridated and they don’t have to tell you that so I always ask but good luck trying to get a right answer. Trader Joe’s told me they don’t irridate theirs but the best way for sure is to buy organic ones or make your own. Great ideas thanks so much for them. Blessings!!!

    Reply
    • Narco

      November 21, 2014 at 11:07 PM

      what is irridate?

      Reply
      • Katie - Wellness Mama

        November 21, 2014 at 11:36 PM

        Basically use radiation to kill bacteria

        Reply
      • chile

        January 2, 2015 at 6:55 PM

        The word is irradiate, not irridate. It is perfectly safe. There is nothing radioactive in it. You get far, far more radiation from the sun or an x-ray. Some CT scans can give you a dose of radiation as large as spending a year in the sun. I repeat – irradiated food has NOTHING radioactive left in it.

        Reply
        • Janne

          July 18, 2015 at 1:03 AM

          Irradiation damages the quality of food.
          · Irradiation damages food by breaking up molecules and creating free radicals. The free radicals kill some bacteria, but they also bounce around in the food, damage vitamins and enzymes, and combine with existing chemicals (like pesticides) in the food to form new chemicals, called unique radiolytic products (URPs).
          · Some of these URPs are known toxins (benzene, formaldehyde, lipid peroxides) and some are unique to irradiated foods. Scientists have not studied the long-term effect of these new chemicals in our diet. Therefore, we cannot assume they are safe.

          https://youtu.be/Jsx-X_pNzGI

          Reply
  8. Barbara Grant

    May 30, 2011 at 7:51 PM

    I have made both onion powder and garlic powder.  Better by far in taste that store – bought.

    Reply
  9. Stephanie

    May 29, 2011 at 1:31 AM

    Can’t  wait to try this!

    Reply
    • Keonna Beard

      November 29, 2015 at 2:42 AM

      5 stars
      thank you for posting these recipes for people like me who like to cook and experience new things.

      Reply
  10. Betsy Warren

    May 27, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    I enjoy learning how to make things from scratch  – it never occurred to me to even make my own spices.  Thank you!

    Reply
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