Spicy Smoked Nuts

[bockert]

Tried something new today. Since I ran across it the recipe for smoked nuts that is somewhere or another on the site is one of my favorites. Was smoking up a batch of mixed nuts for my daughters graduation and in the process of mixing in a bit of olive oil (I have found that makes the smoke grab the nuts a bit better) when my eye wandered over to the spice drawer. Not wanting to risk the whole batch I pulled out about 2 cups that already had the olive oil on them and mixed them with a liberal dash each of black pepper, garlic powder and chipotle powder. I smoked them with for about 2 hours at 225 using a little oak. The olive oil held most of the spice in place to start, it was well adheared when they came out of the smoker. They turned out exremely well and a much larger batch is planned to go with a camp fire and a little beer.

I am going to try variations of this and I am thinking maybe even so turbanido sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg might work well.

[Wheelz]

Is this the recipe you were looking for?

[bockert]

Hi Wheelz

Was not looking for the recipe, I use it all the time. My above comment was about a variation I tried and liked.

[keith13b]

Any specific type of nuts? Salted or unsalted?

[bockert]

Originally Posted by keith13b

Any specific type of nuts? Salted or unsalted?

I just used cheapy salted mixed nuts from the local discount store. I try to pick ones that do not have a high percentage of peanuts. I believe the brand I am using is Emperial, no peanuts and a few macadamia nuts mixed in. As I like cashews I sometimes mix in a can of cashews with the mixed nuts to up the proportion.