Name: Cajun Spice Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 tsp salt; 2 tsp garlic powder; 2 1/2 tsp paprika; 1 tsp ground black pepper; 1 tsp onion powder; 1 tsp cayenne pepper; 1 1/4 tsp dried oregano; 1 1/4 tsp dried thyme; 1/2 tsp red chilli flakes

by Morab Last updated on 07/09/2019

This is my favourite Cajun-style spice to make. It's quick and goes well with "braai" (barbecue) steaks, chicken, fish, anything that you want. - Morab

Ingredients

1 tsp salt
2 tsp garlic powder
2 1/2 tsp paprika
1 tsp ground black pepper
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 1/4 tsp dried oregano
1 1/4 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp red chilli flakes

Method

Step 1

Mix all ingredients together.
Step 2

Cajun steaks: Soak steaks in red wine vinegar for a few minutes, coat with cajun spice just before cooking.
Step 3

Cajun fish: Add the spice to lemon juice and marinate fish before pan grilling or pan frying
Step 4

Cajun chicken: Cut slits in chicken pieces, rub a little spice into the cuts, coat with more spice and white wine vinegar
Step 5

Add 2 teaspoons mayonnaise for every serving portion of chicken, rub over chicken and allow to rest in marinade. Leave overnight if desired.
Step 6

Cook as desired.

Recipe Notes

from Australia’s Best Recipes team

Go easy on the salt, the rest of the ingredients can be adapted for a herbal salt so you may want to decrease the salt amount, to your personal taste.