Mo Snax, Mo Snax, and Mo Snax.
As the holidays rush upon us, I look forward to standing in the kitchen, awaiting this fresh delivery from the oven. And yes, every year, I manage to burn myself, grabbing a handful of this straight from the pan that just came out of the oven. That is if I can get close to the oven, as a small crowd is usually waiting in line.
This formula is so basic that I’ll not call it a recipe. Feel free to change the seasoning. At the various Bad Wolf events, I made pans of this in flavors from mild to absolute incendiary as table and bar snacks.
Once upon a time, back when the world was green, and I had a full head of brown hair, a local supermarket prepared its own version of this that included boiled and fried pasta shapes, which were then tossed with its own seasoning and thence mixed into the nuts and bolts. There has been pushing and shoving to get to the pasta shapes. I’ll put together a quick recipe on this as well.
And to prove that old dogs and old engineers can learn new tricks, one of my younger associates has started to take sleeves of butter crackers, yes, R*tz style, and toss them in a seasoned butter mix that can contain Parmesans, garlic, and coarse cracked black pepper, then roast them in a low oven until dry.
I’d take this further and use olive oil infused with chili peppers, like crushed dried Thai chilies or a very liberal dose of chili flakes, along with some herb mix like Italian seasoning. Toss the crackers and roast them in a low oven until dry.
From Wikipedia:
Chex Mix (stylized as Chex mix) is a type of snack mix that includes Chex breakfast cereal (sold by General Mills) as a major component.
There are many recipes (often printed on Chex cereal boxes) for homemade Chex Mix, also known as Chex Party Mix, which predates the commercial version by thirty years. Though contents vary, the mixes generally include an assortment of Chex cereals, chips, hard breadsticks, pretzels, nuts or bagel bites. There are also commercially sold pre-made varieties of Chex Mix sold by the maker of Chex Cereals.
Bombay mix is an Indian snack mix which consists of a variable mixture of spicy dried ingredients, such as sev, fried lentils, peanuts, chickpeas, chickpea flour ganthiya, corn, vegetable oil, puffed rice, fried onion and curry leaves. This is all flavored with salt and a blend of spices that may include coriander and mustard seeds. It is part of a category of snack food called Farsan.
A cracker is a flat, dry baked biscuit typically made with flour. Flavorings or seasonings, such as salt, herbs, seeds, or cheese, may be added to the dough or sprinkled on top before baking. Crackers are often branded as a nutritious and convenient way to consume a staple food or cereal grain.
Reproduction of 19th-century hardtack, in the Army (square) and Navy (round) styles
Crackers can be eaten on their own, but can also accompany other food items such as cheese or meat slices, fruits, dips, or soft spreads such as jam, butter, peanut butter, or mousse. Bland or mild crackers are sometimes used as a palate cleanser in food product testing or flavor testing, between samples. Crackers may also be crumbled and added to soup. The modern cracker is somewhat similar to nautical ship’s biscuits, military hardtack, chacknels, and sacramental bread. Other early versions of the cracker can be found in ancient flatbreads, such as lavash, pita, matzo, flatbrød, and crispbread. Asian analogues include papadum, senbei and num kreab.
On a totally unrelated note: Do British websites serve biscuits? Just asking for a friend…..
Nuts and Bolts
Ingredients
- 4 cups Rice Cereal The crispy square kind
- 4 cups Wheat Cereal The crispy square kind
- 4 cups Corn Cereal The crispy square kind
- 1 cup Roasted Peanuts Salted
- 3 cups stick pretzels
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tsp Seasoned Salt
- 1 tsp Onion powder
- 2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250
- Mix all the cereals nuts, pretzels in a large bowl
- Place the butter, worcester, ans seasonings in a small microwave bowl
- Microwave the butter mixture 30-60 seconds until melted, stir to combine
- add butter mixture to cereal and toss well, to coat the cereal mixture
- spread in a single layer to sheet pans lined with parchment paper
- Bake until crisp and slightly browned, stirring ~ 10-15 minutes
- Cool and serve
Notes
Nutrition
Fried Pasta
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Short Pasta Fusilli, Farfalle, small shell
- 1 tbsp Oil Olive or Garlic (https://www.roguechef.com/?p=2060)
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1 tsp Cajun Seasoning https://www.roguechef.com/?p=1652
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions
- Preheat air fryer to 400
- Drain pasta and let sit ~ 2-3 minutes
- Toss with oil and spices, cheese
- Lube air fryer basket
- Working batches to air fry the pasta ~ 5 minutes, give it a flip and fry until crispy / golden, ~ 3 minutes additional
- Allow to cool completely.
- Serve stand alone, as a texture component in a salad, or as an add in to another snack.
Notes
Nutrition
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