Beau Monde Seasoning
All you need is just one minute to whip up a batch of homemade Beau Monde Seasoning! Ditch the store bought and easily make your own!
HOMEMADE SEASONING MIX IN A MINUTE
Have you heard of Beau Monde Seasoning? I think it might be a bit more popular in the south. It’s a really nice all-purpose seasoning that I have found works on so many things because of its particular blend of simple spices. Plus, when a seasoning blend is made with ingredients that you can pronounce (and know what they are), then I bet that’ll make it even more worth while. Plus, you probably already have these spices in your pantry right now!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Beau Monde Seasoning is a classic blend of seasonings like celery seed, onion powder, and garlic powder. This particular seasoning blends name is trademarked by the Spice Islands company. It’s a fantastic all purpose seasoning.
Great question! Since this homemade seasoning is so basic, you may be wondering what sets it apart from something like house seasoning. Typically, house seasoning is just salt, pepper, and garlic powder. But this blend has the addition of celery seed, onion powder and a touch of sugar.
So, the store bought version from Spice Islands uses dextrose (which adds a little sweetness). It’s pretty common in prepackaged and processed foods since it also acts as a preservative. It’s not necessarily a horrible thing but most folks don’t have dextrose hanging around in their pantry so I decided to use sugar instead.
This is a fantastic all purpose seasoning, it can go on so many things. Here are a few ways to use it:
– Use it in a dip.
– Mixed in with sour cream to add to any dish.
– Add a sprinkle to your soup recipes for a nice depth of flavor.
– Use it as a dry rub for chicken, beef or pork.
– Use it in a marinade by adding some oil.
– Use to season any chicken, pork, steak, and seafood dishes
– Sprinkle it in pasta salads, potato salads and cole slaw, (one of my personal favorite ways to use it!)
If properly stored, in an airtight container at room temperature out of the sun, this seasoning blend can last up to 3 years! Nice long shelf life. I usually just pop it into a small mason jar with a lid.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR THE FULL RECIPE)
- celery seed – this is an essential flavor in this recipe. If you leave it out then it’s no longer Beau Monde seasoning so don’t skip it.
- onion powder – you want to use the powder here and not the onion flakes. I suppose you could use the onion flakes if you wanted more texture but the flakes don’t give quite as strong an onion flavor as the powder in my opinion.
- salt – the original recipe just uses regular ole table salt. I suppose you could try this with kosher or sea salt if you are watching your sodium levels or want a slightly crunchier texture.
- garlic powder – garlic powder is just a great all around flavor to add to any seasoning mix so use your favorite brand in this.
- granulated sugar – there is barely any sugar at all in this recipe but there is a sweetener in the original seasoning mix so I made sure to include it here. It just adds the very smallest touch of sweetness and I think it actually brings out the other flavors in the seasoning. I have not tried this with any kind of sugar substitute but I’m sure it would probably work.
HOW TO MAKE BEAU MONDE SEASONING:
In a small bowl, stir together the celery seed, onion powder, salt, garlic powder, and sugar.
Store in an air-tight container at room temperature until ready to use.
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- Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice
- Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup
- Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup
- Taco Seasoning
- Homemade Ranch Dressing (+Video)
- Homemade Bisquick
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Beau Monde Seasoning
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons celery seed
- 2 Tablespoons onion powder
- 1 Tablespoon salt
- 2 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon granulated sugar
Instructions
- In a small bowl, stir together the celery seed, onion powder, salt, garlic powder, and sugar.
- Store in an air-tight container at room temperature until ready to use.
Notes
- Please refer to my FAQ’s and ingredient list above for other substitutions or for the answers to the most common questions.
- This seasoning can go on so many things from chicken, pork, steak, and seafood but also in pasta/potato salads, etc! It can be used n so many things. For more ideas, check the FAQ section of the post.
- Powdered seasonings mixes can last up to 3 years if stored in an air tight container at room temperature. I do not suggest freezing.
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.
Beau Monde® Seasoning is a registered trademark of Spice Islands.
I really want to try this and have been unable to find it.. my husband must watch his salt intake and I am wondering if anyone has tried reducing the amount of salt in the recipe?
I talk about the salt above in the recipe. Obviously when you remove salt from any recipe, you remove part of what adds flavor but you gotta do what you gotta do if you have to reduce your salt intake 🙂
Hi Brandie, I found you because I’m a “Beau Monde” lover and it’s getting harder to find it! I found out about Beau Monde in the mid 90’s while visiting an elderly auntie. She was making her famous macaroni salad while I was watching her and taking notes. She said it was her “secret ingredient”! I currently have a half bottle left and may have to give your recipe a try soon. Looking at the Spice Islands ingredients, I noticed it doesn’t have garlic powder listed, like your recipe. I’m curious if you found this to be a good addition? Thanks so much, Peggy
It definitely adds so much flavor. You can leave it out if you want or experiment but we all agreed the garlic powder just adds so much great flavor without overpowering 🙂
Could you use dried celery flakes & crush them instead of using celery seed in the dip?
Hmmm that’s a good question. I haven’t personally tried it to be honest & I’m just not as familiar with the flakes as I am the seed.
It turned out great for my dip. I couldn’t find it in any store. This is a definite saver!!
Have you or anyone tried using celery salt in place of the celery seed and salt? Celery seed is hard to come by in my part of the world sadly
Hey John! Hopefully we’ll get someone else to comment here. I tend to find celery salt is more salt than celery.
I agree, you have to be careful. Even with the instructions you get online for substitutions, there is definitely more salt than celery seed in celery salt so I would say just be careful or do like I do and just order it online.
This is great stuff. Much less expensive than the “commercial brand” and as far as I can tell just as tasty, if not more so. Love it. I also love the dip one of your other commenteers suggested. I am a fan of all things dill(y). Kerry
I have seen other recipes for this spice compound and I have to say they did not resemble the one I have in my spice rack. This looks way more true to what beau monde is supposed to be. I’m happy to have it. Thank you.
I use Beau Monde for a dip, the mayo/sour cream base with minced onion, parsley and put it in a pumpernickel rye bread bowl. Use the bread that was removed as a dipper. SO good! But the seasoning is over $10 a bottle on Amazon now. Can’t wait to try this recipe
$10?! Wow!! Well this version will be much cheaper and will make more! Hope you love it!
I came hunting for what beau monde is used for and found this site! What luck! Cannot wait to give it a try. Love from Northern California!
This was so good and WAY better than the bottled stuff. Thank you!
I thought I would never see this seasoning again! I can’t get it where I live and so I made this recipe and it is exactly the right flavor!
QUESTION: Should the celery seed be grounded up first?
Nope. Celery seed is very small. It’s not necessary 🙂
I can’t wait to try this! I always buy it because we use it primarily in our favorite dill dip.
2 Cups Hellman’s Mayonnaise, 2 cups sour cream, 2 TBS. dry minced onions, 2 TBS dried dill weed and 1 TBS of Beau Monde seasoning. My MIL gave me this recipe, I made it for a potluck at work and gave the recipe to friends, my husband later told me it was a secret family recipe! (It wasn’t!) LOL. If you make this dip, we always use UN-salted pretzels, my favorite is baby carrots to dip into it.
I hope you love it Stephanie!! I absolutely love it in dips!!
Thanks so much for sharing Stephanie!! I’m all about those “secret” family recipes Ha!
Best dip ever!
For the dip recipe mentioned by Stephanie L, I substitute Greek plain yogurt for sr cream. It’s much healthier
Doesn’t the original spices used to make this blend have preservatives in them?
It uses dextrose which is a sweetener & preservative. Not dangerous but I think some people just don’t want any preservatives in anything. I share this recipe not because I hate preservatives but because it’s cheaper to make myself. 🙂
Thanks for this recipe. I live in the Pacific NW and no one around here has any idea what Beau Monde is. What How can you make ham salad without Beau?!!
I always wondered if this seasoning was just a regional thing or not so now I know! I couldn’t do without it! Ha!
never heard of this but going to throw it together what do u use this one for please.
You can really use it for just about anything but I give some great suggestions up in the FAQ section if you need some inspiration! 🙂
My number one use for it is veggie dip. Mix it into sour cream, mayo, yogurt (whatever base you like) with a bunch of dill weed. That’s it. Delicious on all veggies.
Thank you for this Brandie! I’m sure you know the exorbitant prices for spices and spice mixtures these days!
Yes! You are so right! I just don’t get it either because you can usually make them yourself for half the price (and you get more!) And it really is so easy to throw together in a minute or two 🙂