If you have ever wondered how Red Lobster achieves that perfect balance of bold Cajun flavors without overwhelming heat, this copycat recipe reveals their secret. This versatile seasoning blend captures the exact taste profile that made Red Lobster’s Cajun dishes famous, delivering delicious flavor in your own kitchen.
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Why this recipe works
This Red Lobster copycat spice mix nails the exact flavor profile that makes their Cajun dishes so memorable. After careful analysis of their signature seasoning blend, I developed a mix that replicates the perfect balance between Old Bay’s seafood and Tony Chachere’s seasoning blend.
Red Lobster Cajun spice mix
This spice mix can be best described as something between Old Bay and Tony Chachere’s seasoning. If you haven’t had the pleasure of trying out a cajun seasoning mix yet, this one is perfect.
Ingredients you need to make the seasoning
- Cayenne pepper – Provides controlled heat and characteristic Cajun warmth
- Garlic powder – Adds essential savory depth and aromatic foundation
- Onion powder – Contributes sweet, pungent notes that complement the garlic
- Dry mustard – Brings subtle sharpness and complexity to the blend
- Paprika – Provides beautiful color and mild, sweet pepper flavor
- Cumin – Adds earthy, smoky undertones that define Southwestern influences
- Dried thyme – Contributes herbal freshness and Mediterranean notes
- Dried oregano – Provides aromatic depth with slight floral undertones
- Salt and pepper – Enhance all other flavors while providing a basic seasoning foundation
Love Cajun food? Take a look at these recipes:
- Red Lobster Cajun Shrimp
- Cajun Cafe Bourbon Chicken
- Popeyes Cajun Rice
- New Orleans Style Shrimp and Grits
Red Lobster Cajun Spice Mix Easy Copycat Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together and store in an airtight container. This is better if you can blend with a mortar and pestle or in a spice blender.
I will try this new spice, for sure. I will try it out on chicken..Thank you
Red Lobster sells the sea food seasoning that they use for this dish, bought some today at WaMart, yummy!
I have seen that recently, I think that is a fairly new product. I hope you don’t mind my version 😉
This looks great! Nice combination.
Thank you.
I would love to see a tutorial on how to replicate a commercial spice mix such as McCormick’s Perfect Pinch Vegetable. I make most of my own prepackaged mixes already, I have the best recipe for Taco Seasoning and it cost about 1/4 the cost of mix at the store. I have not been able to find a recipe but am unsure how to replicate this mix.
Thank you for your suggestion.
Ever since I had a baked potato at “Redm Lobster” I have bee trying to find the recipe.
If you haven’t had their potato it is a hard skin with a coating of “Kosher Sale”
I think.
If you ever find this recipe I would appreciate receiving it.
Thanks, Norm Siefert
Did you mean to say “Red Lobsters makes a [[[not]]] flavorful and not too spicy cajun seasoning” ??
Thoma,
You are right, I meant to say it was flavorful, and not too spicy.
Thanks!
Stephanie