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A wooden spoon rests on chopped herbs and coarse salt—perfect essentials for learning how to make & use celery salt—on a rustic wooden surface.
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How to Make Celery Salt

Celery salt is an easy, flavorful blend of ground celery seeds and salt that elevates everything from meat marinades to roasted veggies. Learn how to make your own at home with simple steps and tips for using it in soups, dressings, snacks, and more.
Course: Meal Prep, Seasoning
Cuisine: American
Keyword: customizable, from the garden, homemade, make-ahead, meal-prep, multi-use
Author: Angela Judd

Equipment

Ingredients

  • Celery
  • Salt table, Himalayan pink, or sea salt work well

Instructions

Prepare Your Celery:

  • Prepare the celery by washing and thoroughly drying the stalks and leaves.
    A woven basket filled with fresh celery stalks and leafy celery tops—perfect for learning how to make & use celery salt in your favorite recipes.

Process Your Celery:

  • Freeze Dry: This is my favorite method. Cut the stalks and leaves into uniform pieces. Follow your machine’s instructions to process them. Make sure they are completely dry and easily snap in half.
    Left: Chopped celery pieces on a dehydrator tray—perfect for learning how to make & use celery salt. Right: Chopped spinach leaves on a dehydrator tray.
  • Dehydrating: You can also use a dehydrator to dry your celery, however it can remove some of the nutritional value of the vegetable.
    Chopped green celery stalks on a metal surface, perfect for learning how to make & use celery salt in your favorite recipes.
  • Oven: If you don’t have access to a dehydrator or freeze-dryer, you can spread the celery out on a pan and cook it on the lowest temperature setting until it is completely dried out.
    Close-up of fresh green leafy herbs with jagged edges, overlapping in a dense pile—perfect for learning how to make & use celery salt in your kitchen creations.

Assemble Your Celery Salt:

  • Turn the dried celery into a powder by pulsing it in the blender or using a spice grinder.
    Blender filled with chopped celery pieces on a kitchen countertop near an electrical outlet, perfect for learning how to make & use celery salt in your favorite recipes.
  • Combine the celery powder with salt by using the ratio 4 parts celery to 1 part salt. The celery powder-to-salt ratio should be 4 parts celery to 1 part salt. For example, if you use one cup of celery flakes, you need 1/4 cup salt.
    A spoon mixes green dried herbs and white granulated sugar in a bowl, perfect for those learning how to make & use celery salt in homemade seasoning blends.
  • Mix well, then transfer the mixture into an airtight jar and store it in a cool, dark place for up to 6 months.
    A glass jar filled with dried green herbs and a small wooden scoop on top, on a wooden surface—perfect for learning how to make & use celery salt in your favorite dishes.

Notes

  • Celery leaves and stalks process differently so make sure to keep them on separate pans when drying.
  • Salt: You can use regular table salt or choose something more flavorful, like sea salt or Himalayan pink salt.
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