The Seasoning Dust

Name: The Seasoning Dust
Total time: 2 min
Yield: about 1/3 cup
Ingredients: 1 tbsp smoked paprika; 1½ tsp garlic powder; 1½ tsp onion powder; ¾ tsp kosher salt; 1 tsp black pepper; ½ tsp cayenne; ½ tsp celery salt

by Matt KennardPublished September 18, 2026

Two tablespoons go into the dredge and the rest goes over the chicken the second it comes out of the oil. Kept deliberately low on salt, because whatever it lands on has been in brine.

Yield: about ⅓ cup
Active: 2 min
Total: 2 min

No-cook Gluten-free Make-ahead

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Its own page because it is used twice in one recipe -- once in the dredge and once at the end -- and because two other recipes call for it. Taken from the jalapeno-pickle fried chicken bites, unchanged.

Ingredients

about 1/3 cup

1 tbsp smoked paprika
1½ tsp garlic powder
1½ tsp onion powder
¾ tsp kosher salt
1 tsp black pepper
½ tsp cayenne
½ tsp celery salt

Method

Prep evenly mixed

Whisk everything together.
Prep split two ways

Stir 2 tbsp into the dredge. Keep the rest for after frying.
Finish while the crust is hot

Sprinkle the reserved dust over the pieces the moment they come out of the oil, on a clean rack. Hot and slightly greasy is the only state a dry seasoning will stick to.

Goes with

Used in: Jalapeno-Pickle Fried Chicken Bites with Soy Garlic Honey Sauce, Sous Vide Fried Chicken (Gluten-Free Dredge), The Crunch Dredge

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The Seasoning Dust

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