For the two years or so, one of my favorite snacks is this……
These "spicy" peanuts are quite addictive. They aren't super spicy, but also have that "ma" (numbing) thing going on with whole Sichuan Peppercorns used along with dried chilies. It's a nice salty, spicy, and numbing snack. Inevitably I started calling these "numb nutz". I even started giving these away to folks, often telling them, "this snack reminded me of you". A little inside joke.
Anyway, I was wondering what would happen if I actually used these peanuts in a dish. I had a couple of cups of corn and used 1 cup of "numb nutz", doing a quick high heat stir fry. This was actually not bad……
The Missus has me cooking with "la rou" a lot these days. Her favorite prep is simply spinach stir fried using the Big Kahuna with La Rou and Garlic.
I topped it with some shaved gobo. It's Her current favorite; though I think the shaved Brussel sprouts with La Rou might be gaining ground. Heck, I've even done an edamame – orange bell pepper stir fry, that was more of a beer snack….it would probably go well with some numb nutz……
Just playing in the kitchen I guess….
And who you callin' numb nutz?
lol
Those nutz are pretty good. Kirbie gifted me a bag a few years ago since she liked the bag you gave her. I’ve since bought more bags for ourselves and as food gifts.
Glad you found this amusing Kat!
These, ummmm, “nutz” are really a great snack CC!
Hahah I also recently discovered “deez nuts” 😛 They’re pretty addictive hehe. Interesting ways of incorporating them into cooking! Usually I finish the bag before I can think of anything further to do with them…
Lol Jinxi….they are addicting!
The gf and I did hotpot over the weekend and saw these at Ranch 99. Picked up a couple bags to munch on during prep + had the idea of mashing them up with a little soy/rice vinegar/sesame oil to do a numbing peanut sauce for dipping. Fortunately/unfortunately they didn’t last that long with my gf and I devouring the bags with cold beer well before it was hot pot time. Lol – good thing there’s always next time!
It really is good with beer Derek!