Celery Salt

Celery salt is a seasoning mix made of celery seed and salt. Here’s how to make your own and use it in recipes!

Here’s a simple seasoning blend that adds big flavor in savory recipes: Celery Salt! This simple blend of celery seeds and salt adds more than just the sum of its parts. The savory, earthy flavor it imparts to dishes makes it a favorite of ours to use in recipes! Here’s a bit more about the seasoning, how to use it, and how to make it at home!

What is celery salt?

Celery salt is a blend of celery seeds and salt used as a seasoning for meats, vegetables, drinks and more. It adds the earthy, grassy flavor notes of celery along with a salty punch. It’s a primary ingredient in Old Bay seasoning and a Bloody Mary, and it’s ideal for adding flavor to chicken, fish and vegetarian dishes.

How to make it homemade: a celery salt substitute!

Don’t have celery salt and don’t have time to find it at the store? You can make your own in a few minutes using celery seeds and salt. Most purchased blends use ratios between 1:1 and 2:1. We’ve found the ideal ratio is 1.5:1. Here’s how to make celery salt:

• Combine 1 tablespoon kosher salt and 1 ½ tablespoons celery seed.
• Grind the ingredients in a mortar and pestle or a spice grinder until fine and powdery.
• Store in a cool, dry place for up to 6 months.

Don’t have celery seeds? Other celery salt substitutes include plain salt, garlic salt or onion salt, but none have the district flavor that celery seeds bring.

Celery seed vs celery salt

Celery seeds are the seeds of the celery plant; they have a distinct flavor that tastes like the plant itself. Celery salt is made with celery seed and salt, so it contains added sodium.

If you’re following a recipe that calls for celery seed and it already contains salt, celery salt may not be a good substitute! If desired, you can scale back the salt level and use celery salt, but do so at your own risk: take care not to over-salt the dish.

Ways to use it!

There are many ways to use celery salt in recipes. Here are a few of the most popular uses for this tasty blend:

• Bloody Mary. Try a Classic Bloody Mary, which relies on this ingredient for its savory, herby flavor. Or, try a variation like the Bloody Maria, Red Snapper, Michelada or Caesar.
• Old Bay seasoning. Make homemade Old Bay Seasoning with celery salt.
• Coleslaw. It adds an intriguing flavor edge to Red Cabbage Slaw.
• Egg, potato, chicken, or tuna salad. It adds just the right savory notes to creamy cold salads! Try it in a Classic Potato Salad, Egg Salad, or Tuna Salad (and adjust the salt quantity accordingly).
• Seafood. Try it on Grilled Shrimp Skewers or Salmon Cakes.
• Chicken. It takes baked, roasted or grilled chicken to the next level.

How do you plan to use yours? Let us know in the comments below.

More celery recipes

Celery is a unique ingredient that’s not often the star player in recipes. But this back-up character helps recipes shine! Here are a few celery recipes if you’ve got extras of this ingredient on hand:

• Go for crunchy Celery Salad with Apples
• Blend up a Celery Smoothie
• Cook up a Mirepoix for a soup
• Try Celery Juice

01

Celery Salad with Apples

02

Celery Smoothie

03

Mirepoix

04

Celery Juice

This celery salt recipe is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free.

Print