Make the most delicious and flavorful corned beef with this simple Corned Beef Seasoning recipe! This homemade spice packet is easy to mix up with 9 ingredients, in just 5 minutes. It's perfect for adding extra flavor to store-bought corned beef, or making your own homemade corned beef.
Add the coriander seeds, mustard seeds, peppercorns, anise seeds, fennel seeds, dill seeds and whole cloves to a skillet on the stove over medium heat.
Lightly toast the seeds for 1-2 minutes, until fragrant.
Add the toasted seeds to a spice grinder, along with the bay leaves and red pepper flakes. Pulse the spices in the grinder into a coarse texture. (See notes below if you don't have a spice grinder.)
Transfer the ground spices from the spice grinder to an airtight container, like a mason jar, and store in a cool, dark place, like the pantry, for up to 6 months.
Notes
If you don’t have a spice grinder, use a mortar and pestle to grind the spices after they’re toasted. If you don’t have a mortar and pestle, place the spices in a sturdy bowl, then use the end of a wooden handled spoon or spatula to break up the seeds and spices as much as possible. You can also use a small food processor and pulse the spices. You still want the spice mix to be coarse in texture, not finely ground like other spice mixes.
This recipe makes 8 tablespoons of corned beef seasoning. You will need 4 tablespoons of seasoning to make homemade corned beef. I recommend adding 1-2 tablespoons of the seasoning to a store-bought corned beef, in addition to the provided corned beef spice packet. If the corned beef didn’t come with a spice packet, you’ll want to use 2 teaspoons of seasoning per pound of corned beef.
If you’d like to make a double batch of the seasoning, simply click on the 2X button above. The ingredient amounts will automatically update to accommodate the new serving size.
The corned beef spice blend will stay good, stored in an airtight container in the pantry, for up to 6 months. After that the spice mix will not “go bad” but as spices sit longer, they begin to lose their flavor.