Perfect Pumpkin Seeds

Name: Perfect Pumpkin Seeds
Prep time: 8 h 35 min
Cook time: 8 h 35 min
Total time: 8 h 35 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp bacon grease; 2 Tbsps cayenne pepper, or to taste; 1 Tbsp garlic salt; 1 Tbsps liquid smoke flavoring; 1 Tbsp hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®); 355 milliliters raw cleaned whole pumpkin seeds; 6 servings salt to taste; 118 milliliters Worcestershire sauce

Perfect Pumpkin Seeds is a gluten free, dairy free, and whole 30 side dish. One portion of this dish contains around 5g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 132 calories. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. If you have bacon grease, salt, garlic salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 8 hours and 35 minutes.

Instructions

Place the pumpkin seeds in a container with a lid, and mix in the Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce, bacon grease, and liquid smoke flavoring. Cover the container, and allow to stand overnight.

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Liquid Smoke

Hot Sauce

Pumpkin Seeds

Bacon Drippings

Preheat the oven's broiler, and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source.

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Remove the seeds from the flavorings with a slotted spoon, and transfer into a bowl.

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Seeds

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Slotted Spoon

Bowl

Mix the cayenne pepper and garlic salt into the seeds, and stir to coat well.

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Cayenne Pepper

Garlic Salt

Seeds

Spread the seeds over a baking sheet in a single layer.

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Spread

Seeds

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Sprinkle with additional salt.

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Salt

Roast the seeds under the broiler until toasted and golden brown, about 8 minutes; turn the seeds over twice during broiling. Cool to room temperature.

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Seeds

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Broiler