Tapatio Flavored Roasted Sunflower Seeds

When people ask me about bar snacks, I can’t help but think of a bowl of peanuts or sunflower seeds on a bar top.  Salty little noshing to snack on, creating a building of salt, to make customers reach for a cold beer to wash them down.  These Tapatio Flavored Roasted Sunflower Seeds are brined in Tapatio Hot Sauce, giving them a little extra heat and depth, that builds after each seed, getting to a nice comfortable heat.

These sunflower seeds are highly addictive, so this recipe yields 2 pounds of finished seeds.

Tapatio Flavored Roasted Sunflower Seeds

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• CourseAppetizer, Cocktail Party, Hors d'oeuvres
• CuisineAmerican, Beer Cuisine, Vegan, Vegetarian
• Food SectionSeed
• Cooking MethodRoasting

Servings	Prep Time
2 pound	10 minute

Cook Time	Passive Time
30 - 40 minute	48 hour

Servings Prep Time 2 pound 10 minute

Cook Time Passive Time 30 - 40 minute 48 hour

Tapatio Flavored Roasted Sunflower Seeds Votes: 3 Rating: 4 You: Rate this recipe! Print Recipe CourseAppetizer, Cocktail Party, Hors d'oeuvres CuisineAmerican, Beer Cuisine, Vegan, Vegetarian Food SectionSeed Cooking MethodRoasting Servings Prep Time 2 pound 10 minute Cook Time Passive Time 30 - 40 minute 48 hour Servings Prep Time 2 pound 10 minute Cook Time Passive Time 30 - 40 minute 48 hour

Ingredients

• 2 quart water
• 1/2 cup salt, kosher
• 6 ounce Tapatio Hot Sauce, or your favorite brand of hot sauce
• 2 pound sunflower seeds, in shell, raw

Servings: pound

Units:MetricUS Imperial

Instructions

• In a 4 quart container with a lid, add the water, salt and Tapatio Hot Sauce. Using a whisk, combine the ingredients until the salt has dissolved in the brine.
• Take the sunflower seeds and spread them out into a rimmed sheet tray to pick them over of any debris, other than the seeds. Remove all debris and any damaged seeds.
• Add the sunflower seeds to the Tapatio brine and mix them into the brine, coating all the seeds, making sure they are all wet, no dry clumps. Place a plate/lid on top of the seeds, that fits the gallon size container. This will help keep all the seeds submerged. Over the next 48 hours, stir the seeds ever 6 - 8 hours, to make sure the seeds have contact with the Tapatio brine.
• After two days, drain the Tapatio Brine from the seeds and lightly dry them with a paper towel. Preheat the oven to 300°F/149°C. Spread your seeds on two sheet trays (with rims) and let them roast for 30 - 40 minutes in the oven. You can stir them around after 20 minutes or so, if you'd like. You'll want to watch for the seeds to become a little brown and looking crisp - or you can pull them out of the oven when they are dry and lightly toasted.

  
• Let the sunflower seeds cool completely. Store them into an air tight jars until ready to consume.