This Best Homemade Steak Seasoning recipe is a bold, savory spice blend that transforms ordinary steaks into steakhouse-quality meals. Made with common pantry spices, this blend adds incredible flavor and a perfect crust to grilled or pan-seared steak. Once you make your own seasoning mix, you will never go back to store-bought blends again.
Recipe Essentials
- 🍽️ Course: Seasoning / Spice Blend
- ⏱️ Cooking Time: 5 minutes
- 🍴 Servings: About ½ cup seasoning (8-12 steaks)
- 🧄 Flavor Profile: Savory, peppery, smoky, garlicky
- 🍚 Best Served With: Steak, burgers, grilled chicken, roasted vegetables
- 🧊 Make Ahead?: Yes, stores up to 6 months
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Making your own amazing steak seasoning at home is incredibly simple and gives you full control over flavor. This blend balances salt, pepper, garlic, and smoky paprika to create a bold seasoning perfect for grilling or pan-searing so many things. Not just steaks.
Inspiration for this recipe came from my homemade meatloaf seasoning and pairs well with this steakhouse baked potato and air fryer filet mignon.
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Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Quick to prepare: The flavorful steak rub includes pantry staples and takes only five minutes to make.
- Versatile seasoning: This blend adds bold restaurant-style flavor to any steak and works well on burgers, chicken, and vegetables too.
- Budget friendly: Making this seasoning at home can result in a flavorful crust when cooked over high heat and costs less than store-bought blends.
Ingredients
This amazing steak seasoning uses simple spices that combine to create rich, balanced flavor.
- Coarse kosher salt: Enhances flavor and helps create a delicious crust on steak.
- Freshly cracked black pepper: Adds bold peppery heat and classic steak flavor.
- Garlic powder: Provides rich savory depth.
- Onion powder: Balances the garlic with mild sweetness.
- Smoked paprika: Adds smoky warmth and beautiful color.
- Crushed red pepper flakes: Optional heat that enhances the spice blend.
See the recipe card below for the exact quantities of each ingredient.
Variations
- Spicy steak rub: Add cayenne pepper, chipotle powder or more crushed red pepper flakes for additional heat.
- Coffee steak rub: Add a teaspoon of finely ground coffee for deeper flavor.
- Steakhouse herb rub: Mix a teaspoon of thyme and oregano or rosemary into the seasoning for more herb flavor.
How To Make Amazing Steak Seasoning
This homemade seasoning mix takes just minutes to prepare and can be stored for months.
In a small bowl, whisk together all spices.
Stir well until the mixture is evenly blended and no clumps remain.
Transfer the steak seasoning to an airtight spice jar or container.
Recipe Tips
- Store in airtight containers: Store in a labeled (dated to track freshness) airtight container in a cool, dry place for up to 6 months.
- Use coarse kosher salt: Provides the best texture for steak. Sea salt works great too.
- Use fresh cracked pepper: Fresh pepper delivers stronger flavor.
- Pat steak dry: Pat steak dry with paper towels to help seasoning adhere and improve crust formation.
- Rest Seasoned Steak: Sprinkle 1-1½ tablespoons of seasoning evenly over both sides and edges of the steak, pressing gently to adhere. Let rest at room temperature for 20-30 minutes before cooking so flavors can penetrate the meat.
- Versatile Seasoning: This spice blend works well on burgers, chicken and roasted vegetables as well.
- Make More: This recipe makes about ½ cup seasoning which is enough for 8-12 steaks. You can easily double or triple ingredients to have more on hand.
If you love recipes like this, you may also enjoy our prime rib rub and beef short rib rub.
Serving Suggestions
- Use as a dry rub for tri-tip, ribeye, New York strip, beef kabobs or searing steak bites
- Season roasted potatoes or vegetables
- Add to chicken, pork chops or burgers before cooking
Recipe FAQs
It works best as a dry rub.
Yes, but reduce the quantity since it is finer.
Yes, but coarse seasoning creates better crust.
Yes, adjust salt levels to your preference.
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Amazing Steak Seasoning
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons coarse kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons freshly cracked black pepper
- 4 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes optional
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together all spices.
- Stir well until the mixture is evenly blended and no clumps remain.
- Transfer the steak seasoning to an airtight spice jar or container.
Notes
- Store in airtight containers: Store in a labeled (dated to track freshness) airtight container in a cool, dry place for up to 6 months.
- Use coarse kosher salt: Provides the best texture for steak. Sea salt works great too.
- Use fresh cracked pepper: Fresh pepper delivers stronger flavor.
- Pat steak dry: Pat steak dry with paper towels to help seasoning adhere and improve crust formation.
- Rest Seasoned Steak: Sprinkle 1-1½ tablespoons of seasoning evenly over both sides and edges of the steak, pressing gently to adhere. Let rest at room temperature for 20-30 minutes before cooking so flavors can penetrate the meat.
- Versatile Seasoning: This spice blend works well on burgers, chicken and roasted vegetables as well.
- Make More: This recipe makes about ½ cup seasoning which is enough for 8-12 steaks. You can easily double or triple ingredients to have more on hand.
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