Spanish Spiced Peanuts - How to Make Spanish Spicy Peanuts Recipe | Cacahuetes can sal picante
Spanish Spiced Peanuts - How to Make Spanish Spicy Peanuts Recipe | Cacahuetes can sal picante for your house party? Serve these for a party in addition to salted almonds. They are a tasty treat and take just about 5 minutes to make.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes crushed
- 1 can Spanish peanuts (skin on)
- 1 can Salted peanuts (skin on)
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a large heavy skillet, heat oil and pepper flakes over medium heat for 1 minute.
- Add the peanuts with skin on.
- 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.
- Serve or Store in an airtight container.
Notes
- If you are using raw peanuts, you may have to heat them for a few more minutes, mix and check after every minute.
- Let the ready Spanish spiced peanuts cool for a few minutes, it becomes crispy upon cooling.
- You can use almonds and cashews as well to make tapa like cacahuetes can sal picante.
- Cambodia has its own style of spicy peanuts, which often include sugar, chilli and kaffir lime leaves.
- Mexican version of such peanuts is a chilli lime-flavoured, crunchy, spicy snack.
- In India, these delicious spicy peanuts are shared between friends over a round of drinks. These make the perfect light snack (kind of like an Indian tapa!)