Spicy Thai Nuts Recipes

SPICY CASHEWS RECIPE - THAI CHILI MIX

Steps:

• Add cashew nuts into a cold pan. Place on the stove top, add medium to high heat frying oil such as sustainable palm oil and heat.
• Stir the cashew nuts as the oil heats up to stop them burning.
• When the cashews are sizzling and a golden brown colour drain them out onto a kitchen paper towel to let them cool down. Pat the top surface to reduce any surface oil.
• Chop the spring (green) onion tops and spur chili into small pieces.
• Wash surfaces of the kaffir lime leaves, tear the spine out. Roll the leaves up and finely julienne.
• Add back to the pan the mostly cooled down cashews, chopped chili, kaffir lime leaf and green onion tops. Sprinkle over a half teaspoon of table salt and mix together.
• Serve out on a nice plate and garnish with mint leaves.

THAI SPICED CASHEW NUTS

Steps:

• Turn the oven to 150°C or 302°F and roast the cashews for 10 minutes. This step is mainly to dry them out a bit as sometimes cashews are quite moist. Alternatively, you could also use pre-roasted cashews with no salt or anything added. Just make sure to keep an even closer look at them when roasting to make sure they don't burn.
• Blend the lime leaves in a spice grinder or chop very finely with a super sharp knife.
• Mix together all the ingredients in a bowl and spread out onto a baking tray lined with good quality parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
• Turn the oven up to 165°C or 338°F and bake for about 25 minutes or until deep golden brown while giving the nuts a mix every 5 minutes or so. This is to make sure they brown evenly.
• When you are happy with the colour, remove and let them cool down completely before storing in an airtight container in a cool dry place.

SPICY THAI NUTS

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 250°F. Mix chili sauce and oil in medium bowl. Add nuts; toss to coat well. Add sea salt; toss to coat well.
• SPREAD nuts in single layer on large baking sheet sprayed with no stick cooking spray.
• BAKE 1 hour or until nuts are golden, stirring occasionally.
• Sweet & Spicy Thai Nuts: Add 1 tablespoon brown or granulated sugar with sea salt; toss to coat well.

THAI CASHEW CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a resealable plastic bag, mix the soy sauce, fish sauce, hot pepper sauce, garlic, and ginger. Place the chicken in the bag, seal, and marinate at least 2 hours in the refrigerator.
• In a medium saucepan, bring the jasmine rice and 2 cups water to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 20 minutes.
• Heat the sesame oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in the brown sugar until dissolved. Stir in the onion, and cook about 5 minutes, until tender. Reserving the marinade mixture, place the chicken into the skillet, and cook about 10 minutes, until browned.
• Stir the reserved marinade and 3/4 cup water into the skillet, and bring to a boil. Continue to cook and stir 10 minutes, or until the chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear. Thoroughly blend in the peanut butter. Serve over the jasmine rice with a sprinkling of cashews.