Spiced Macadamia Nuts
Back in the summer I hosted a canning party for a small group of girls, and a few of them brought along snacks to sustain us as we toiled over the boiling water and jars in front of us. Cheese, crackers, cookies, dips…..and these nuts.
That was the first day I met my fellow food blogger and Twitter pal, Leah, face to face. She was responsible for these macadamias and as soon as I popped one in my mouth, I knew we’d be friends!
If you enjoy Indian-inspired flavors, these are incredibly addictive. I honestly don’t know if I’ve ever had a nut I enjoyed this much. For real.
Great to nibble on while drinking cocktails, scatter little bowls of them around your next party and watch them disappear. I know that’s what I’m going to do!
Spiced Macadamia Nuts
Makes 2 cups. From Party Nuts via So How’s it Taste.
Ingredients:
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
2 cups macadamia nuts
1 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp curry powder
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
Directions:
Preheat oven to 250 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Place the oil and nuts in a medium-sized bowl and toss until well coated. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well to coat evenly. Transfer the nuts to the prepared sheet and arrange in a single layer. Bake until lightly browned, stirring occasionally, 25 to 30 minutes.
Remove from oven, immediately loosen the nuts with a spatula, and set aside to cool before serving.
I love macadamia nuts, and don’t eat or buy them nearly enough! This sounds like a great way to enjoy them!
I know, they are sooo good. I probably hadn’t bought any in years until I bought 2 jars to make this recipe. I’m trying to save this batch for a party in 2 days but I can’t seem to quit eating them myself!
Mmm, these are so good. Friendship because of food, gotta love it! Thanks for the shout out, too!
these look delic! gotta try my hand at them soon.
These sound so good…I love making flavored nuts….any chance you’re doing a repeat of the canning party in 2011?
Just made these and agree…hard to keep from eating them myself. The macadamias balance the spiciness perfectly. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
I was just sitting here contemplating whether to put macadamias on my grocery list for this week. I want some SOOOO bad, but I’m afraid I’ll gobble them all up too fast! Glad you enjoyed :-)
For any of you Brits reading this, I think the temperature shown in this recipe is farenheit! So it should be 100 on our ovens! Oh well better start over!
In London UK
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Just did 4 kilos of raw almonds with this recipe for Christmas gifts. Taste amazing and will try other nuts too. Thanks.
So glad to know it works well with almonds too! I was just chatting with a friend about this recipe a couple of days ago and she said she wanted to try it with pecans. I’ll be making a few batches next week so might do some with each kind of nut!
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Hello
Would love it if you could confirm oven temp in C or F: thanks. Easy recipe and tasty no doubt
Just bought macadamia nuts dry roasted with sea salt. Can I use the same to make this recipe ? or what modifications I need to make ?
Thanks for your help in advance.
Yes, absolutely! Hope you enjoy as much as we do!
For those of us who don’t eat sugar, I bet granulated monkfruit would make a great substitute.
I just left the sugar out altogether and they are still on point!
This recipe is so fantastic, and I make these so often (minus the sugar), that I started preparing the spice blend in bulk in advance to save time! 2 cups of nuts and 2 tbsp of spice blend and I’m good to go! Excellent!