Best Fried Pecans Recipes

PAN-FRIED RAINBOW TROUT WITH PECANS AND BROWN BUTTER AND SWISS CHARD WITH SERRANO CHILE VINEGAR

Steps:

• Place rice flour in a medium bowl and season with salt and pepper. Mix eggs and milk in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper. Place cornmeal in a medium bowl and season with salt and pepper.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Open up and cut the trout, diagonally, into 2 fillets. Season both the flesh and skin sides of the fillet with salt and pepper, to taste, and then dip each fillet into rice flour, then egg mixture, then cornmeal. Repeat with remaining trout.
• Heat 3 tablespoons of the oil in a large skillet until almost smoking. Saute 4 fillets at a time until golden brown on both sides. Repeat with the remaining oil. Transfer to a large baking sheet and repeat with the remaining 2 trout. Place in the oven and bake for 5 to 6 minutes until just cooked through.
• Zest and juice both lemons, separately reserving the zest and the juice. Set aside.
• While the trout is baking, melt the butter in a nonstick saute pan over medium-high heat. Watching carefully and lowering the heat if necessary, allow the butter to foam and turn golden brown. Immediately add the lemon juice, zest and salt and pepper, to taste.
• While the butter is still foaming, add the pecans and parsley. Do not allow the butter to burn or it will be unusable.
• Place 2 fillets on each of 4 dinner plates and pour the Pecan-Brown Butter over the top. Serve alongside the Sauteed Swiss Chard with Red Onion and Serrano Chile Vinegar.
• Tear Swiss chard leaves from thick white stalks, discard the stalks and coarsely chop leaves, set aside.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook until golden brown and fat as rendered. Remove bacon to a plate with a slotted spoon. Add the onions and cook in the rendered fat until soft. Add the garlic and cook for an additional minute. Add the Swiss chard, season with salt and pepper and stir to coat the leaves in the fat. Cook until the leaves have completely wilted. Add the bacon back to the pan. Add the vinegar and continue cooking for 2 minutes. Serve with additional vinegar on the side.
• Bring chiles, vinegar, and a teaspoon of salt to a boil in a medium nonreactive saucepan. Remove from heat, pour into a bowl, cover and let steep for at least 2 hours or overnight at room temperature. Strain through a fine strainer into a bowl or glass jar.

FRIED PECANS

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in large saucepan over high heat. Add pecans. Return to a boil and boil 1 minute. Rinse under running hot water. Drain and put in large bowl. Add sugar and toss to coat.
• In a deep skillet, heat 1 inch of oil to 350F degrees over medium heat. With a slotted spoon, add 1/2 the pecans. Fry 4 to 5 minutes, until golden brown, stirring often.
• Remove pecans to a colander to drain. Sprinkle with salt and toss lightly to coat. Spread on wax paper to cool. Repeat until all are cooked.

OVEN-FRIED PORK CHOPS WITH ROASTED GREEN BEANS AND PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°; drain and rinse beans.
• Combine beans, 1 T olive and 3/4 t salt in a large bowl, tossing to coat.
• Spread beans in a single layer in a jelly-roll pan.
• Bake 18-20 minutes or until the beans are tender and slightly browned.
• Meanwhile, sprinkle pork chops with pepper and remaining 1/4 t salt.
• Stir together breadcrumbs and next 3 ingredients in a large shallow dish.
• Dredge pork chops in breadcrumb mixture.
• Cook chops in 1/4 cup hot vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat for 5-6 minutes on each side or until done.
• Stir pecans and butter into beans; bake 5-6 more minutes or until pecans are golden.
• Serve pork chops with green beans.

CHINESE FRIED PECANS RECIPE

Steps:

• In a 4 qt saucepan, heat water to boiling over high heat. Ad nuts and heat just to boiling. Cook 1 minute. Place nuts in colander and rinse well under hot running water. Drain well in colander. In lg bowl (using rubber spatula) gently stir warm/drained nuts with sugar until all sugar is dissolved. Heat oil until almost boiling. Use deep fryer if available. Using slotted spoon, add half the nuts to oil. Caution: when submerging the nuts in hot oil, go slowly so the oil doesn't boil over causing a raging fire! Cook nuts til golden. Remove nuts with slotted spoon and put them back into the colander (with some paper toweling underneath). Toss them about so they don't stick together. Sprinkle with salt and let cool on cookie sheet.

STIR-FRIED BEEF, BROCCOLI AND PECANS IN GARLIC SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine the garlic sauce ingredients in a jar; set aside.
• Toss the beef with the soy sauce and mirin in a medium bowl.
• Combine the garlic through red pepper flakes and 1½ tsp oil in a small bowl.
• Toast the pecans over medium-high heat 2-3 minutes until aromatic; transfer to a bowl and set aside.
• Heat 2 tsps oil in a skillet or wok; add beef w/ soy sauce marinade & sauté, stirring, 2-3 minutes until well browned; remove beef from the skillet.
• Heat 1½ tsps more oil in the skillet, add the broccoli with ½ cup water, cover and cook 1-2 minutes until broccoli turns bright green.
• Uncover and stir-fry 2-4 minutes until the liquid evaporates and broccoli is crisp-tender.
• Push aside the broccoli, add the garlic and ginger to the pan and cook 45 seconds, mashing with back of spoon to release fragrance.
• Stir together the broccoli and garlic, add the beef and toss to combine.
• Shake garlic sauce in its jar and add to the skillet.
• Remove the pan from the heat and toss to coat the beef and broccoli.
• Sprinkle with toasted pecans.
• Serve hot over rice.

FRIED PECANS

Steps:

• Boil pecans for 1 minute. Rinse under hot water, drain well. Toss nuts in bowl with sugar.
• Fry in 1 inch of oil (350 degrees F) 5-7 minutes or until golden brown. Stir 2-3 times.
• Drain in colander and sprinkle with salt. Spread on cookie sheet using non-stick foil to cool.