Seasoned Salt Calculator, Scaled to Your Batch

By , Ready Utilities

This seasoned salt calculator scales America's Test Kitchen's All-Purpose Seasoned Salt Blend, which combines kosher salt, pepper, granulated garlic, onion flakes, and red pepper flakes and makes about 1/3 cup.

Common batch sizes

Tap a batch size to load it into the calculator, and the exact amounts appear below.

Seasoned salt calculator

Scale by

Weight mode needs a USDA gram weight for every ingredient; kosher salt doesn't have one.

From 0.25 to 20. Use 0.5 for half a batch.

Salt

Grind changes how much salt fits in a spoon. Amounts match by weight.

Heat

Heat changes only the red pepper flakes. It's a taste preference, not part of the recipe.

Your batch

Kosher salt makes up about 70% of this blend by volume, which is why removing it entirely isn't offered as an option here; it would leave a different mix, not a milder version of this one. America's Test Kitchen suggests using it as a rub for raw chicken or pork, or sprinkled on steamed vegetables or raw avocado, tomato, and cucumber.

Heat setting is a preference. Taste as you go.

The base recipe

All-Purpose Seasoned Salt Blend

Adapted from All-Purpose Seasoned Salt Blend, America's Test Kitchen (Cook's Country)

Yield: Makes about 1/3 cup

  • 1/4 cup kosher salt
  • 1 tablespoon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • 1 teaspoon onion flakes
  • 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  1. Combine all the ingredients in a small bowl and stir until evenly mixed.

Scale this recipe

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Batch size chart

IngredientHalf batchBase batchDoubleTriple
kosher salt2 tbsp1/4 cup1/2 cup3/4 cup
pepper1 1/2 tsp (3.5 g)1 tbsp (6.9 g)2 tbsp (14 g)3 tbsp (21 g)
granulated garlic1/2 tsp1 tsp2 tsp1 tbsp
onion flakes1/2 tsp (0.8 g)1 tsp (1.7 g)2 tsp (3.3 g)1 tbsp (5.0 g)
red pepper flakes1/8 tsp1/4 tsp1/2 tsp3/4 tsp
Total volume2 tbsp + 2 3/4 tsp1/4 cup + 2 tbsp1/2 cup + 3 1/2 tbsp1 cup + 1 1/2 tbsp

All-Purpose Seasoned Salt Blend from America's Test Kitchen (Cook's Country), scaled with the site's kitchen rounding. Weights from USDA FoodData Central where USDA lists the exact form. Salt is shown as the recipe lists it.

How the scaling works

All-Purpose Seasoned Salt Blend totals 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp as published, across 5 ingredients. Every one is multiplied by the same number, so kosher salt stays 70% of the blend whatever size you make. Pick a multiplier directly, or enter the amount you want and the calculator works back to it from that 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp total.

The salt and heat controls change only those lines. Turning the red pepper flakes down does not make the paprika go up. Amounts under 3 teaspoons round to the nearest 1/8 teaspoon, and larger amounts round to the nearest 1/4 teaspoon in tablespoons.

Worked example: doubling the base recipe

IngredientBasex 2
kosher salt1/4 cup1/2 cup
pepper1 tablespoon2 tbsp
granulated garlic1 teaspoon2 tsp
onion flakes1 teaspoon2 tsp
red pepper flakes1/4 teaspoon1/2 tsp

How this was checked

This recipe is America's Test Kitchen's All-Purpose Seasoned Salt Blend by Nick Iverson, originally published in Cook's Country. Cedrick Reese checked the amounts against America's Test Kitchen's own recipe page for Ready Utilities. The recipe lists kosher salt without naming a brand, so the salt line is shown as a range between the two major brands rather than picking one. Other gram weights are from USDA FoodData Central; granulated garlic and red pepper flakes show no weight because USDA doesn't carry those forms.

Frequently asked questions

What is in seasoned salt?

America's Test Kitchen's recipe uses 1/4 cup kosher salt, 1 tablespoon pepper, 1 teaspoon each of granulated garlic and onion flakes, and 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes.

How long does homemade seasoned salt keep?

America's Test Kitchen says to store this blend for up to six weeks, which is typical for a salt-based mix kept in a sealed container.

What can I use seasoned salt on?

America's Test Kitchen suggests it as a rub for raw chicken or pork before cooking, and sprinkled on steamed vegetables or raw avocado, tomato, and cucumber.

Why can't I remove the salt entirely?

Kosher salt is about 70% of this blend by volume, so taking it out completely would leave a different mixture, not a lower-sodium version of this one. Use the Half setting to cut the salt without losing the blend's balance.