Spicy Salt Roasted Peanuts Food

SOUTHERN SPICY ROASTED PEANUTS

Steps:

• Line a large baking sheet with foil.
• In a bowl, toss together the peanuts, Worcestershire sauce and liquid smoke.
• Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes, stirring now and then.
• Preheat the oven to 325^F.
• Have the oven rack positioned in the center of the oven.
• In a large heavy skillet, melt the butter over medium low heat.
• Cool a little then add the vinegar, hot pepper sauce, salt, and cayenne pepper.
• Return the skillet to the heat and add the peanuts and marinade.
• Stir to coat evenly, about 30 seconds.
• Spread the peanuts on the baking sheet and bake until deep golden brown, stirring now and then, for about 20 minutes.
• Cool on a rack uncovered for at least 6 hours to dry.
• Store at room temperature in an air tight container.

SPICED ROASTED PEANUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a large rimmed baking sheet with oil. Rinse and drain peanuts. Whisk together paprika, salt, pepper, coriander, cumin, and garlic powder in a bowl. Add peanuts and oil and toss to coat. Transfer to prepared baking sheet.
• Bake, stirring once, until fragrant and roasted, 34 to 36 minutes.

SPICY PEANUTS

Steps:

• In a large heavy skillet, heat oil and pepper flakes over medium heat for 1 minute. Add peanuts and garlic. Cook and stir for 3-5 minutes or until lightly browned. Drain on paper towels. , Transfer to a large bowl. Sprinkle with chili powder and salt; toss to coat. Cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

CHILI-SPICED PEANUTS

Steps:

• In a nonstick pan over high heat, toast peanuts for 2 to 3 minutes, shaking pan or stirring often until nuts begin to smell toasty. Pour into a bowl and set aside.
• Decrease heat under pan to medium and sprinkle sugar, cayenne pepper and salt evenly into it. Melt mixture slowly, stirring a bit with a heat-proof silicone spatula. When sugar has melted, add peanuts to pan and coat well. Mixture might clump a bit.
• Pour nuts onto parchment paper. As soon as mixture is cool enough to handle, break apart any clumps of peanuts. Serve with wedges of lime. Squeeze lime over nuts right before eating.

SPICED PEANUTS

Steps:

• Place peanuts in a small bowl; drizzle with oil and toss to coat. Combine sugar and seasonings; sprinkle over nuts and toss to coat., Transfer to an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 300° for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring occasionally. , Spread on waxed paper to cool. Store in an airtight container.

HOT AND SPICY PEANUTS

Steps:

• In a skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Stir in the peanuts, chili powder, and red pepper.
• Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until peanuts are warm. Drain well on paper towels.
• Sprinkle garlic salt over peanuts and toss to combine. Cool completely.
• May be stored in a tightly covered container at room temperature.

ROASTED AND SALTED PEANUTS IN THE SHELL

Steps:

• Heat the water to boiling. I use our electric water boiler which holds 7 cups, so need to do it in two batches. In a large, 5-6 quart, heat safe container, dissolve the salt in the water. Add the peanuts, stirring so that everyone is submerged and coated with the brine. Take a plate or pie pan and set it on top of the floating peanuts to make sure they stay that way. Stir them once every hour over the next 5 hours.
• After 5-6 hours, pour off the water using a colander or strainer and rinse slightly. You'll be amazed at how much dirt has come off of them, but they are a natural product grown in the soil. And in my case, the produce market is somewhat "open air" and the bins are not covered, so the birds like to sort through them for loose nuts. You'll want to get the dirt off, but if you over rinse, you'll also remove too much of the salt.
• On two half-sheet pans, it might take more if you have smaller cooking sheets, place a baking cooling rack in side. I use ones that have both the vertical and horizontal wires. Divide the peanuts between the racks and allow them to dry. Depending on the relative humidity of the house, this could take the better part of 2-3 days. Stir occasionally. You might be able to speed this up with a food dehydrator or placing them in front of a fan.
• When the nuts are dry, remove the baking racks from the pans. Put the racks in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Roast for 25-30 minutes, stirring at the 15 minute mark. Check them at 25 and again at 30, depending on how roasted you like them. I have a smallish oven, so do them on two racks, and also switch racks at the 15 minute mark. The nuts roast best when they are in a single layer.
• If you want to roast them without salt, you must still wash the nuts, but as they are not soaked in the brine, they will take less time to dry out.
• If you wanted to make "hot" or spicy nuts, some liquid hot sauce into the brine would work, but I've not had that request, so can't tell you how much to use.
• This amount of brine could actually handle another pound of peanuts, but 2 pounds is about all we can eat in a reasonable amount of time.
• Also, 1/3 cup of peanuts, out of the shell is considered 1 serving. I have no idea how many peanuts in the shell would give you 1/3 cup!