Traditional Roasted Spicy Peanuts Recipe
My traditional roasted spicy peanuts recipe will make you the deliciously addictive spiced nuts that are usually offered as a drinking snack during a bia hoi session in Hanoi.
Servings: 500 Grams
Calories: 2951kcal
Ingredients
- 500 grams shelled raw peanuts peanut 'skins' still on
- ½ tbsp vegetable oil
- ½ tsp sea salt or more to taste
- ½ tbsp of five spice powder
- ½ tsp sugar
- 2 small chillies deseeded and chopped finely
- 6 kaffir lime leaves centre torn out and sliced finely
Instructions
- Heat a large wok over high heat.
- Add the peanuts, stir constantly, and reduce the heat to medium-low after around a couple of minutes.
- Once the peanuts start to colour (after about 5 minutes), turn the heat to low.
- Keep stirring and add the oil slowly.
- Add the five spice powder, salt and the sugar and stir well.
- Add the chillies.
- The nuts are fully roasted when they are bright red. A little bit of brown is good too. Add the kaffir lime leaves.
- Remove the nuts from the wok and place on an oven tray lined with greaseproof paper and allow to cool.
- Serve with some Vietnamese beer!
Nutrition
Serving: 500g | Calories: 2951kcal | Carbohydrates: 110.3g | Protein: 139.4g | Fat: 244.6g | Saturated Fat: 41g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 203.6g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 98mg | Fiber: 46.9g | Sugar: 4.4g