Big, bold flavor with just a few pantry staples? Yes, please! This Homemade Montreal Steak Seasoning is smoky, peppery, and perfect on everything from steak to veggies. Bonus: You probably already have the ingredients in your spice cabinet!
Making your own spice blends makes all the difference. Try this Chef's Blend spice mix next, I use it on everything!
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Your new go-to steak rub
Ready in 5 minutes, with bold flavor. It's a great balance of flavors. This copycat version is less expensive than store bought and tastes even better!
Customize it to your liking (less salt or more heat!), without any weird preservatives!
Use it on Tri-tip recipe, it's just delicious on beef! BBQ pork loin too! It's a match made in heaven and when it comes to seasoning your protein, this is the classic steak seasoning!
Be sure to have it on hand during grilling season and liberally sprinkle your favorite steaks just prior to grilling! It's perfect pop of flavor.
Who's with me?!!!
Ingredients for steak seasoning
For the exact measurements for the copycat Montreal Steak spice mix , please refer to the recipe card below.
Montreal steak seasoning video
Homemade Montreal Steak Seasoning Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons paprika or smoked paprika
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt coarse salt, or flaky sea salt
- 2 tablespoons coarse black pepper
- 1 tablespoon dried dill weed
- 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon coriander
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a small screw top jar, mix well
- Store sealed in the pantry or for longer shelf life in the freezer.
Notes
- Use fresh herbs and spices.
- Store in a sealable jar or bag, keep in the pantry or spice cabinet.
- For great prices on spices and seasoning, check the ethnic markets or aisles of the grocery store!
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Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. For complete directions, refer to the recipe card.
FAQ's
This is a Canadian steak seasoning. According to Wikipedia this flavorful seasoning mix originated in Canada and is used to bold flavor grilled meats.
This is a great choice for a dry rub. After bringing the steak or meat to room temperature, coat the beef lightly with oil and rub the spice mix into the protein.
Add just prior to grilling. If the steak seasoning sits on the protein for a long length of time the salt in the mix will dry out the meat.
I love that you can personalize the seasoning! Too spicy? Omit the red pepper flakes, want to lower the sodium? Omit the salt. You can totally make this your own!
Making your own spice mix will save money and time.
No preservatives!
Homemade Montreal Steak Spice tastes so much better than store-bought!
👍 Top tip
- To minimize the mess, add the steak seasoning recipe to a plastic bag, then add the protein and massage it into the meat!
If you're looking to grill steaks, use this rub.
Variations
I'm a big fan of making your own blend of spices; it's the best way to customize the flavors. When you make your own homemade version you can make a large or small batch of seasoning or customize the flavors.
If you like spicy, heat it up with a pinch of cayenne pepper. Too much salt, or you're watching your salt intake, use less! If you have whole spices, use a spice grinder. The options are yours!
More homemade seasoning blends and spice mixes
Here are some of my favorites!
- Homemade Dry Rub for Ribs and Chicken - this mix is a little sweet with just a hint of heat. It's perfect on chicken or pork.
- I love making my own Homemade Taco Seasoning because I spice it up just right. We're keeping the heat to a minimum in our house, but you can make it spicier by adding more red pepper flakes and chili powder
- Fajita Spice Mix - we have fajitas at least every other week and I go through jars of this stuff!
- For seafood and fish use this Homemade Old Bay Seasoning Recipe.
Serving suggestions
This is such a great seasoning! Here are some of my favorite ways to use it!
- it's perfect on bbq ribs on the grill - these are fall off the bone tender!
- season ground beef before grilling your burgers.
- Chili Lime Chicken - just add a sprinkle for even more flavor.
- season your Pan Roasted Vegetables - delish!
- sprinkle it over grilled asparagus, yum!!
- Sprinkle it over hashbrowns. We love that garlicky flavor.
- This is such a great steak seasoning. It's terrific on a filet mignon, boneless new york strip steaks, and fantastic on pork tenderloins! Rub with olive oil and sprinkle over the spice mix, and grill.
- Sprinkle on chicken breasts, pork chops, beef brisket - even yummy sprinkled on French fries!
The short answer is just about anything! I know you'll enjoy this recipe and customize it to your taste!
What I've learned
One of the things I love about homemade spice mixes like this DIY Steak Rub is that they make great gifts, whether that's for Father's Day, a holiday gift or birthday. Make your own steak seasoning and tuck it into a BBQ Grilling Basket!
Leah says
The recipe calls for 1 table spoon of minced garlic, but if I use garlic powder the ratio would be 1 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder, is that what you mean - or do you mean 1 table spoon of garlic powder?
Debra Clark says
I use dried minced garlic in this recipe Leah, but I understand your confusion and will clarify that in the recipe. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. However if you'd prefer to use garlic powder, then substitute with 1 teaspoon garlic powder. Because it's so concentrated, a little bit goes a long ways. Enjoy the recipe Leah!
Cindy says
Do you have a recipe for roasted veggies (photo above recipe) using the steak seasoning?
Debra Clark says
Yes, you can use the seasoning on this recipe. https://bowl-me-over.com/pan-roasted-vegetables/ Just eliminate the salt and pepper and substitute with the steak seasoning. Don't add it until the very end of cooking. Enjoy Cindy!
Noni says
The ingredients in the accompanying video for this recipe is different from what is listed in the printed recipe.
The video calls for 1 tablespoon (not teaspoon) onion powder and 1 tablespoon cumin (not coriander).
Which is correct?
Bowl Me Over says
I misspoke in the video Noni, my apologies! Go with the printed recipe. When I first started doing video I would get so flustered. I apologize for that. I'll correct it in the next few weeks. Thank you for bringing that to my attention.
Jennifer A Stewart says
I use this seasoning on just about everything!! And I love to add a little more cayenne when I am feeling extra spicy!
Bowl Me Over says
You spicy girl! I love homemade seasonings just for the reason that you can customize them!!
Michaela Kenkel says
The gorgeous photography of this seasoning lured me in. Then I made it for myself and the flavors will keep me coming back!!
Bowl Me Over says
Yay!! Glad you enjoyed it, thanks Michaela!
Sandra Shaffer says
The red peppers are a great addition to this seasoning mix. Brings a lot of flavor to grilled veggies without being overly spicy. This will be my go to spice all summer!
Bowl Me Over says
Wonderful, it's so easy to make! I know you'll really enjoy it!!
Madi says
This seasoning blend would be so good on literally everything! I can't wait to try it!
Bowl Me Over says
It's easy, you'll love it Madi!!
Julie Menghini says
Homemade seasonings are always the best. They're fresher, have less salt and you never run out. We seasoned our steaks with this seasoning on our family get-together last weekend and everyone wanted to know what I'd used! This will my new go-to!
Bowl Me Over says
Awesome!!! Thanks so much for sharing Julie!
debi at Life Currents says
We are having burgers tonight for dinner, and I bet this would be great on the burgers too! I think I have all these spices, except maybe coriander - I'll have to check on that one.
Bowl Me Over says
wonderful, I think you'll really enjoy the seasoning!
Michele says
This came together so quickly, I was out of my normal store bought stuff. Needless to say we liked it so much I won’t be buying that again! This was fantastic!
Bowl Me Over says
fantastic! I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed this recipe!
Vanessa says
I made this recipe for seasoning and didn't realize how spicy it was is there anything I can do to make it not so spicy?
Bowl Me Over says
Hey Vanessa - I'm sorry this is too spicy for your pallet! To make it less spicy I would add all of the ingredients except black pepper and red pepper flakes. Essentially you're doubling the recipe but eliminating the heat. Mix it up well and you should be set.