Chilli-Roasted Cashews
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
Description
This super-addictive snack is not for the faint of tastebuds, all that chili creates some serious heat.
Ingredients
- 100 grams uncooked cashew nuts
- 1/2 tbsp light tasting vegetable oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp chilli powder
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 160 degrees centigrade.
- Distribute the cashew nuts evenly on a baking tray.
- Roast the cashews for 8 minutes.
- In a large mixing bowl place the oil, salt, black pepper and chilli powder. Mix well to create a paste.
- When the cashews are ready, add them to the mixing bowl and stir well to ensure they are all fully coated in the paste.
- Now return them to the baking tray and roast for a further 2 minutes.
- Let the cashews cool as they will have a slightly soft texture if eaten when warm.
- Serve with beer (or cocktails for the more sophisticated).
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Category: Snack
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 50g
- Calories: 290
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why does this recipe roast the cashews in two separate stages?
The two-stage method — 8 minutes plain at 160°C, then 2 more minutes after coating — ensures the nuts are fully toasted through before the spice paste goes on. Applying the oil-and-chilli paste to raw cashews would cause the coating to burn before the nuts are cooked; the brief second roast after coating just sets and crisps the spice layer.
The recipe says to let the cashews cool before eating — do they really change texture?
Yes — the instructions explicitly warn that the cashews have a slightly soft texture when eaten warm. As they cool, the coating dries and the nuts firm up to that familiar crunchy snack texture. Give them at least 10–15 minutes on the baking tray before serving.
This is a really great beer snack, will be a companion all football season!
Ohh, fun recipe, turned out delicious!
This is a pretty good beer snack!
Great tip, thank you!!
I just found my favourite new snack. Thanks!
These will go so fantastically well with a cold beer for the next game.
This was delicious! How long can these be kept?
I don’t recommend this recipe
Once you mix the oil, salt, black pepper and chilli powder you get a very small and thick paste that doesn’t stick to any cashew nut
Superb nice snacks, i was waiting for this. In market chilly cashew are very costly. Thanks ????????????????
Thanks The Kitchen Porter! Glad you like them.
This was a great idea. Super-addictive indeed!