Badia Complete Seasoning Family Size, 1.75 lb, Pack of 2

The Cuban kitchen's everyday seasoning — salt, garlic, onion, oregano, black pepper, turmeric, and a touch of MSG built into one shaker. This is the blend that goes on practically everything in a Cuban home before it hits the pan, and the family-size pack reflects how it's actually used: heavily, daily, and on nearly every protein in the house.

Common Uses

Rubbed into bistec de palomilla and pollo asado before the skillet. Stirred into picadillo with the sofrito. Seasoning the pork for lechón asado and the marinade for ropa vieja. Sprinkled on tostones, yuca frita, and maduros straight out of the oil. Mixed into the rice for arroz con pollo, into ground beef for empanada filling, into the egg wash for Cuban-style breaded steak. Works equally well on grilled corn, roast potatoes, and scrambled eggs.

Cuisine Context

Complete Seasoning is to Cuban cooking what salt and pepper are to French — the default. It travels across Puerto Rican, Dominican, and broader Caribbean kitchens for the same reason: it compresses the standard sofrito aromatics into a dry form, so any cut of meat is one shake away from tasting like home.

Pro Tip

Season meat the night before, not the day of. The salt and garlic need hours to penetrate — a thick pork shoulder or whole chicken seasoned 12 hours ahead cooks into something completely different from one seasoned at the stove.

Ships from Doral, FL.