How to Make Everything Bagel Seasoning

Everything Bagel Seasoning is not just for bagels – you can sprinkle it on everything! It is made with simple ingredients and is equally oniony, garlicky, salty, and of course, delicious.

This Everything Bagel Seasoning Recipe reminds me of eating everything bagels with cream cheese for breakfast on Saturday mornings as a kid. Real New York bagels are such a treat, and I miss them so much!

What is Everything Bagel Seasoning?

This Everything Bagel Seasoning blend is pretty much just the seasoning that you would expect to find on the top of a real everything bagel. It has poppy seeds, white sesame seeds, black sesame seeds, large flakes of salt, dried minced garlic or dehydrated garlic, and dried minced onion or dehydrated onion. You want to make sure that the onion, salt, and garlic are the huge flakes, so you get punched in the face with the big savory flavors.

🥘 Ingredients Needed

• Poppy Seeds
• Dried Minced Garlic or Garlic Flakes – Do not use garlic powder or granulated garlic.
• Dried Minced Onion or Onion Flakes – Do not onion powder or granulated onion.
• Flaked Sea Salt or Coarse Sea Salt – I like to use Maldon Sea Salt Flakes. You want to use a flaky sea salt that has large chunks; small bits of table salt will sink to the bottom and get lost in the mix.
• White Sesame Seeds
• Black Sesame Seeds

Equipment Needed

• Measuring Spoons
• A Small Bowl, a Small Mason Jar, or a Small Airtight Container

🥣 How to Make It

This seasoning blend is so easy to make.

Put all of your ingredients in a bowl or small mason jar and mix them all together. You can use it immediately!

🍳 How to Use It

What can you use Everything Bagel Seasoning on? Well, on everything.

The list will probably continually grow, but for now, here are some suggestions:

• Sprinkled on Top of Eggs:
  • Poached Eggs
  • Scrambled Eggs
  • Fried Eggs
  • Instant Pot Hard-Boiled Eggs
  • Even on Egg Salad
  • In a Frittata
  • On top of Baked Egg Bites or Eggs Baked in a Muffin Tin

• Sweet Potato Toast
• Avocado Toast
• Guacamole
• Smoked Salmon
• Salads and Sandwiches
• Hummus
• Roasted Veggies – We like it sprinkled on roasted carrots or brussels sprouts.
• Chicken Salad
• It’s a delicious Popcorn Topping.
• Homemade Bread, Homemade Bagels, and Homemade Pretzels
• Ok, Did I mention it’s a perfect topping for EVERYTHING? 😉

How to Store It

Store your homemade bagel seasoning mix in a sealed jar or airtight container in your spice cabinet (or another dark place like a pantry) at room temperature.

✏️ Helpful Tips

• Make sure you use ingredients that are similar in size – do not use table salt. It will get lost in the mix and sink to the bottom of your container – you will have no salt in some bites and a TON in others!
• I highly recommend using Maldon Flaked Sea Salt – the big chunks are SO good.
• Keep this on hand at all times. You never know when the bagel desire will strike.
• Everything Bagel Seasoning makes a great gift! We gave away Everything Bagel Seasoning with Bayou Blast as wedding favors with messages on the back of the bags that said, “Thank you for coming, it meant EVERYTHING to us,” and, “How sweet it is to be loved BAYOU.”

I love making my own seasoning, but this recipe uses a few ingredients that I can’t get in local grocery stores, so I ordered most of the spices needed to make this recipe on Amazon. It’s just as good as getting the seasoning mix from Trader Joe’s!

🧄 Other Great Seasoning Recipes

• Jamaican Jerk Seasoning Mix
• Homemade Taco Seasoning
• Bayou Blend Seasoning Recipe
• Homemade Apple Pie Spice Mix
• Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix

Have You Tried This Recipe?
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