Spicy Peanuts
Szechuan style snack, spicy peanuts
- Prep time
- 3 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups raw peanuts
- oil for frying the peanuts
- 5-7 dried chili pepper ( ,sliced and remove the seeds)
- 1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorn ( ,whole seed)
- 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
- 1 teaspoon ground Sichuan peppercorn powder
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- Salt to taste ( ,recommend 1.5 teaspoon)
Instructions
- 1
Soak the peanuts with water overnight until you can easily remove the skins.
- 2
Then drain the peanuts slightly and rub the peanuts with both hands forcefully. The skins will be separated. Then peal the remaining skins.
- 3
Transfer the peanuts into an air-tight bag and freeze for 3-4 hours or overnight.
- 4
Place peanuts into a pan and add enough oil to cover. Heat over medium fire until the peanuts start to sizzle and floating on the surface. Transfer out and drain off the oil.
- 5
Re-add around 1/2 tablespoon of oil and fry Sichuan peppercorn and chili pepper shreds until aromatic. Place the peanuts in. Mix with salt, sugar, five spice powder, Sichuan pepper, salt and white pepper.
- 6
Transfer them to an air-tight container, covered and store for 2-3 days until the mala flavor is well absorbed.