Mole-Spiced Nuts

Mole-Spiced Nuts
Mole-Spiced Nuts is a main course that serves 3. This recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 834 calories, 29g of protein, and 69g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 25 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and fodmap friendly diet. This recipe from Foodnetwork requires kosher salt, corn nuts, cayenne pepper, and guajillo chiles. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Newspaper Nuts: Indian Spiced Nuts with Coconut, Mole-Spiced Roasted Turkey, and Cocoa-coffee Spiced Chicken With Salsa Mole.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil.
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Mix the peanuts, pepitas, almonds and corn nuts in a large bowl.
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If using dried chiles, pull off the stems and scrape out the seeds. Tear the chiles into 2-inch pieces.
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Put the chiles, allspice, cumin, orange zest and cayenne in a spice grinder and pulse until the chiles are ground. (If using chile powder, mix the ingredients in a bowl.)
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Add to the nut mixture.
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Add the sugar, canola oil and 2 tablespoons salt. Stir with a fork to evenly coat.
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Pour the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet.
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Bake 4 minutes, then stir with a fork and continue baking until lightly golden, about 4 more minutes.
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Pour the nuts onto a clean baking sheet to cool.
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Transfer to a serving dish and enjoy.
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Photograph by Kang Kim
DifficultyMedium
Ready In25 m.
Servings3
Health Score38
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