Sweet and Spicy Pecans
photo by gailanng
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 29.58 ml unsalted butter
- 709.77 ml pecan halves
- 118.29 ml light brown sugar
- 4.92 ml paprika
- 9.85 ml chili powder
- 14.79 ml ground cumin
- 59.14 ml cider vinegar
- salt
directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F Melt the butter over medium high heat in a large skillet.
- Add the pecans and saute until toasted and brown, about 3 minutes.
- Add the brown sugar and cook, stirring very frequently, until caramelized.
- Stir in the paprika, chili powder and ground cumin.
- Stir to distribute evenly.
- Add the vinegar and cook until all the liquid has evaporated.
- Add salt to taste.
- Spread the pecans on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake in an oven until crisp, about 5 minutes.
- Cool completely on the cookie sheet.
- They will crisp up once as they cool.
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Reviews
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Made these a couple of times now, and I must say that they are DELICIOUS! I used a hugarian paprika that we get from a local goulash restaurant, and baked the pecans at 350' for five minutes instead of 375' (this was because the other recipe I was making called for a 350' oven) Cooking them slightly lower seems to have yeilded a nice pecan-caramalized, spicy, sweet, and just a little tender even after cooling. Last night I made these in a craving, but discovered part way through that I had only half of the cider vinegar needed. It was suggested that I use some of the cheap sake we had around the house, and so I did. Turned out good, but definitely is better with full cider. Thanks for posting! ~~Luna
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