Walnuts are a healthy and appetizing product. Many delicious and savory dishes are indispensable without them, in which they are almost always used fried. We will learn how to cook fried walnuts in the microwave. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Walnuts are very popular. Due to their pleasant taste, they are a favorite delicacy for many. Moreover, they have many useful properties. There are several ways to prepare this product. It is fried in a pan, in the oven, in the microwave, with and without shells. They are delicious and raw, of course, but fried are more fatty and have a richer taste. If you know how to fry them properly, you can get a product with a pronounced aroma and special taste. Of the many ways to fry them today, we'll talk about how to roast walnuts in the microwave. Tasty, fast and inexpensive, and the cooking method itself does not take much time.
The nuance of roasting nuts in the microwave is that they are fried on the inside and turn out to be more crunchy than nuts fried in a pan, where they are fried outside. Roasted walnuts are very nutritious. They can be simply consumed as a snack, or used for further preparation of dishes, to which they will give a rich taste and aroma. Salads, desserts, pates, pies, soups, snacks and pastries are the minimum list of foods that use nutritious nuts.
Related article: How to cook pan-fried walnuts.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 539 kcal.
- Servings - Any Amount
- Cooking time - 30 minutes
Ingredients:
Walnuts - any amount
Step by step cooking of fried walnuts in the microwave, recipe with photo:
1. Use a special tool to split the walnut shells and remove the kernels. If you wish, you can pre-wash and dry them. This must be done if you bought peeled nuts. But it is better to buy them for frying in the shell. Peeled kernels may be rancid.
2. Place the nuts on a single layer flat plate that can be placed in the microwave.
3. Place the nuts in the microwave. To ensure that they are evenly browned, choose pieces of nuts that are the same size - preferably halves or quarters.
4. With a microwave oven of 850 kW, cook them for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally to cook evenly. Cooking time depends on several factors. First, it depends on the number of nuts loaded in one batch for roasting. Secondly, on the power and dimensions of the microwave. Thirdly, on the desired degree of readiness (roasting) of the nuts. Since the degree of doneness affects the taste of the resulting product.
The peculiarity of cooking fried walnuts in the microwave is that the nuts do not acquire a brown tint, but only a pleasant aroma.
See also a video recipe on how to fry nuts in the microwave.
