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These Sweet and Spicy Roasted Pecans are so full of flavor; they are guaranteed to spice up anything you place on the table next to them!
Second, you really HAVE to make them! You just have to, and you'll thank me for it, I promise!
Well, maybe just one more thing; don't be surprised when, as soon as you/your family/your friends take the first nibble, the rest of the nuts go flying out of the bowl!
I'm not saying I told you so or anything like that, but... By the way, these Sweet and Spicy Roasted Pecans would pair very well with our Parmesan Crisps with Thyme and Sea Salt for a great appetizer combo!
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Sweet and Spicy Roasted Pecans
Ingredients
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 2 teaspoons Sriracha, available in the Asian section at most larger grocers
- 1 tablepoon water
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 pound pecan halves
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh rosemary
- sea salt, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300˚F. Line a sheet pan with foil and spray with cooking spray or rub with oil to coat.
- Combine honey, melted butter, Sriracha, water and salt in a large bowl and stir to combine. Add pecans and stir to coat well.
- Pour onto prepared sheet pan and spread to an even layer. Place in oven for 10 minutes. Stir to redistribute nuts and return to oven. Repeat this at least 3 times, for a total baking time of about 40-60 minutes. Every oven is different so watch pecans carefully towards the end. You want them to be a beautiful deep golden brown, but not black (been there, done that!). I highly recommend using a timer. Once they reach the deep golden brown point, remove from oven and sprinkle lightly with a bit of sea salt and the fresh rosemary. Stir to distribute all the goodness :). Allow to cool on foil completely, then transfer to an airtight container.
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Has anyone tried Substituting the honey with Monk sugar.? I am on the keto diet
You could try it although the honey is partially used to coat the pecans.
Absolutely love your creative idea with sweet and spicy roasted pecans! Can I post it on my blog? Thanks for sharing!
Hi Julia, yes you can! Just don't share the recipe, please. Use a link to The Café, thanks. https://thecafesucrefarine.com/sweet-and-spicy-roasted-pecans/ for the recipe.
You're welcome to use one of our images if you'd like.
Chris, I'm thinking of making these for some Christmas gifts. How long do they keep?
Hi Kristin, if I was giving these as gifts, I might just add the rosemary about 5 minutes before removing from oven. That would give it a chance to dry out a bit which would help them to stay fresh longer. I think that way they'd be fine for a week or so, If it was going to be longer than that, Id freeze them. Hope you are well:)
I love snacking on roasted pecans--love the sweet and spicy flavors here, too. 🙂
I'm thanking you right now for these gorgeous pics (you and Scott). It would have never occurred to me to use rosemary. Very creative Chris!
This is the perfect combination of flavors! I need to make these very soon. Thanks for sharing the recipe and have a great weekend!!!
Chris, salty, spicy and sweet roasted nuts - that sounds absolutely fabulous! I often prepare roasted almonds because pecans are all but impossible to find in stores around here. I should give this recipe a try over the weekend and bring the roasted nuts to a birthparty that I am invited to, along with some fresh rosemary from the garden! Your recipes make me happy!
Have a very Happy Mother´s Day weekend! Alles Gute zum Muttertag!
Yum, love the sweet and spicy pecans here and the touch of rosemary is great!
They look amazing Chris!!! I bet they go flying out of the bowl 😉 I like to put fresh rosemary in toasted nuts but with the sweet and spicy flavors complementing the rosemary -now that sounds positively addictive to me 😉
These look too good to share! (I'd make two batches, one for "everyone else" and one for myself.) 😀
Simply gorgeous - I can't image how amazing these taste!
You are so cute! Love the sound of these and I wanted to be sure to tell you these would ship nicely if you need my address. SO many recipes, so little time! This is going on the list as we are big Sriracha fans.
Sweet, spicy, and salty - what more could you ask for? They look amazing.
I've never tried rosemary with nuts! Sounds nice.
I actually don't like nuts but candied (okay, these aren't exactly candied but they kind of are)? YES! My stomach becomes an endless pit when there are candied nuts around. And fresh rosemary is so pretty! I need to get another plant. Too bad I keep killing them pretty quickly. 🙁
I just bought a huge bag of pecan halves that I didn't know what to do with. Now I do, thanks! This looks great!
They look wonderful:) Love nut recipes.
This is something I'd gobble up to quickly. now I want to make it just to add to a salad (Lizzy has me thinking!:)
There is one thing for sure Chris, you know how to talk to me 🙂 I will add everything I need to my shopping list and will do it this week-end. Love the mix of sriracha, pecans, honey...and rosemary, yummy is all I have to say! Can't wait to taste it, until then I can only imagine 😉
Spiced nuts of any kind are wonderful, and pecans are particularly nice. The rosemary is such a nice addition (and makes for a pretty picture!). Good stuff - thanks.
Wow, what a great and unexpected flavor combo for pecans! They're plentiful here in Texas so next time I get my hands on some, I'll be trying this!
Phil would LOVE these, he buys mixtures like this at Target.
I love rosemary with nuts - I did it with almonds and Christmas time and it was wonderful. This with the sriracha certainly sounds addicting!
YUUUUMMMMM!!!!
I have plenty of rosemary in my garden so will just have to find sriracha (never heard of it!). I might give it a go with macadamia nuts though because I have masses of them. Thanks Chris!
Oh wow....... Have a good day. Diane
I just bought some Sriracha. This looks like a good recipe to give it a test drive.
I am not going to make this because I know I wouldn't stop eating them until they were all gone. Gosh..but these are so irresistible!
These sound great! I love the sweet and spicy combination.
These sound terrific! I just did some spicy mixed nuts not long ago, I will have to try your version next 🙂
Oh, man. These look irresistible! I would TRY to save some to sprinkle on a salad, but they just might disappear too quickly for that 🙂
Absolutely love these, Chris! What an irresistible combo of flavors!
Trader Joe's in new york has sriracha chili sauce now. Great stuff. Can't wait to try this recipe. Thanks Chris.
How many pecans for this recipe? I don't see the pecans listed so just looking for a rough idea on the amount needed. Looks like a wonderful recipe.
Oh, thanks Tracy, sometimes I'm such a nit-wit! Knowing the amount of pecans would help, wouldn't it? 🙂 It's all fixed now, thanks to you!
I think I will prepare these but with almonds (don,t have pecans)! I'm sure it will be a hit... Flavoured nuts are a huge hit around here every time... But with honey and srriracha... Love it Chris!
I love how aromatic and contrasting in flavors these pecans are...A real bowl of goodness for sure!!!