Spice Substitutions
A guide to substituting spices in recipes, providing alternatives for common spices like allspice, aniseed, cardamom, chili powder, cloves, cumin, ginger, mace, nutmeg, and saffron.
Ingredients
- allspice
- cinnamon
- cassia
- nutmeg
- mace
- cloves
- aniseed
- fennel seed
- anise extract
- cardamom
- ginger
- chili powder
- bottled hot pepper sauce
- oregano
- cumin
- cloves
- allspice
- cinnamon
- nutmeg
- cumin
- chili powder
- ginger
- allspice
- cinnamon
- mace
- nutmeg
- mace
- allspice
- cinnamon
- ginger
- mace
- nutmeg
- cinnamon
- ginger
- mace
- saffron
- turmeric
Nutrition (per serving, estimated)
Estimated based off 25 of 37 identified ingredients (per 100 g food data, scaled by amount).
Vitamins & minerals
- Calcium: 259 mg
- Iron: 6.22 mg
- Magnesium: 65.6 mg
- Phosphorus: 71.3 mg
- Potassium: 529 mg
- Zinc: 1.16 mg
Let's Prepare
Collect
Gather these ingredients — no prep needed yet.
- allspice
- cinnamon
- cassia
- nutmeg
- mace
- cloves
- aniseed
- fennel seed
- anise extract
- cardamom
- ginger
- chili powder
- bottled hot pepper sauce
- oregano
- cumin
- cloves
- allspice
- cinnamon
- nutmeg
- cumin
- chili powder
- ginger
- allspice
- cinnamon
- mace
- nutmeg
- mace
- allspice
- cinnamon
- ginger
- mace
- nutmeg
- cinnamon
- ginger
- mace
- saffron
- turmeric
Let's Cook
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Step 1.
For allspice, substitute with cinnamon, cassia, a dash of nutmeg or mace, or a dash of cloves.
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Step 2.
For aniseed, substitute with fennel seed or a few drops of anise extract.
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Step 3.
For cardamom, substitute with ginger.
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Step 4.
For chili powder, substitute with a dash of bottled hot pepper sauce plus a combination of oregano and cumin.
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Step 5.
For cloves, substitute with allspice, cinnamon, or nutmeg.
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Step 6.
For cumin, substitute with chili powder.
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Step 7.
For ginger, substitute with allspice, cinnamon, mace, or nutmeg.
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Step 8.
For mace, substitute with allspice, cinnamon, ginger, or nutmeg.
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Step 9.
For nutmeg, substitute with cinnamon, ginger, or mace.
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Step 10.
For saffron, substitute with a dash of turmeric for color.