Chilli and lime roasted nuts
Chilli and lime roasted nuts
Ingredients
- 1 cup mixed raw nuts. (Nuts used in this recipe: 40g Brazil nuts, 40g cashew, 40g pecans, 40g macadamia)
- 2 tsp olive oil
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- ½ tsp salt
- 10g lime juice
- Zest of 1 lime
- 5g sugar
Method
- Preheat oven to 170°C.
- Whisk all ingredients, except nuts, in a large mixing bowl.
- Add in mixed nuts and stir until evenly coated.
- Spread nuts evenly on a baking tray.
- Bake until nuts are fragrant and brown. This may take up to 20 minutes, but keep a close eye on your nuts to prevent them from burning.
- Set aside to cool completely before storing in an airtight jar.
Tips
Nuts used in this recipe can be replaced with other types of nuts, depending on your preferences. Use nuts that are roughly the same size, or chop them up to be of similar sizes, so they take about the same amount of time to roast.Credit
Recipe developed by Sarah Leung and Amanda Wong for Nuts for Life.| Nutrients per serve | |
| Energy | 1,029kJ |
| Protein | 4g |
| Fat | 23.4g |
| Saturated fat | 3.5g |
| Carbohydrate | 4.8g |
| Sugars | 2.3g |
| Dietary fibre | 4.6g |
| Sodium | 199mg |
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