Best All-Purpose Chicken Seasoning

Are you looking for the best seasoning for chicken on the internet? You found it! This flavorful all-purpose chicken seasoning can be used to season breasts, legs, thighs, whole chickens, and more!

What does this chicken seasoning look like?

How do you know what to season you chicken with? Well, you could buy one of those pre-mixed chicken seasonings at the grocery store or you can make this homemade chicken seasoning!

Most chicken seasonings look like this homemade chicken seasoning. It is usually beige and red in color with dried green herbs like thyme or rosemary!

Why Homemade Seasoning?

We like to make our own homemade seasonings for most things! Our pork rub, fajita seasoning, and homemade chili seasoning are some of our favorites. Homemade seasoning recipes are the best because….

• You get to control how much salt you put in your spice blends! When you buy store bought blends they end to have a lot of salt and sometimes even fillers!
• Having control over spice level and sweetness of spice blends is so helpful! You can make it your own!
• Once you find a mix you like, you can make a double or a triple batch and have it on hand!

Chicken Seasoning Ingredients

This chicken seasoning is made with pretty common dried herbs and spices that are usually in our spice cabinet already. Here is everything you need.

• Garlic powder
• Chili powder
• Cumin
• Dried thyme
• Ground mustard
• Dried basil
• Ground pepper
• Red pepper flakes
• Sea salt
• Paprika
• Brown sugar

How to Season Chicken Breast

When seasoning chicken, the most important thing to remember is that you need more seasoning than you think! You want your whole chicken breast to be coated in dry rub seasoning. Don’t skimp!

types of chicken

You can use this dry rub to seasoning any cut of chicken! Here are some different chicken recipe options to choose from! You can incorporate this chicken seasoning into any of the recipe below.

• Whole chicken
• Chicken thighs
• Chicken Legs

Cooking Method

After you’ve decided what cut of chicken to use, you also have so many options for how you cook your chicken. Check out all the ways you can cook your chicken after you season it!

• Oven
• Sous Vide
• Instant Pot
• Slow Cooker

Homemade Seasoning Recipes

• Flavorful Turkey Seasoning
• Easy Pot Roast Seasoning
• Everything Bagel Seasoning