Strange peanuts

A great snack from Sichuan, using chili powder and Sichuan pepper to give the unique 'ma' and spicy hot taste.

strange peanuts ingredients

150 gm dry roasted salty peanuts

50gm brown sugar

10gm fermented bean paste/miso

chili powder and Sichuan pepper powder to your taste 2-5gm

1. In a thick bottom wok, melt sugar with equal quantity of water, add fermented bean paste and boil at medium heat until thick and syrupy.

2. Add chili powder, Sichuan pepper powder and peanut, then turn off heat.

3. In the still hot wok, keep tuning over the mixture, the syrup will gradually dry up and glues the peanuts together. Continue stirring to break up peanuts and the mixture becomes a sandy coating outside each peanut.

4. Cool down on a large plate before serving, can keep in a airtight box for weeks. 

5. Boil water in the wok to clean the syrupy residue.