Maple-Soy Snack Mix
Recipe from Food & Wine

Savory snack mixes are typically flavored with soy sauce, Worcestershire, and butter. Grace Parisi prepares her crunchy mix with a little maple syrup for sweetness and Thai curry paste for heat.


Maple-Soy Snack Mix
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Servings: Makes 27 cups
Prep Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 45 mins

 
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Ingredients
  • 12 cups
    Rice Chex cereal (12 ounces)
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  • 1 1/2 pounds
    roasted mixed salted nuts, such as almonds, cashews, pistachios, and peanuts (6 cups)
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  • 3 cups
    Asian rice cracker mix (7 ounces)
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  • 3 cups
    sesame sticks (8 ounces)
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  • 3 cups
    pretzel nuggets or mini pretzels (8 ounces)
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  • 2 sticks
    unsalted butter
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  • 1/2 cup
    grade B pure maple syrup
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  • 1/3 cup
    soy sauce
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  • 1 tablespoon
    Thai red curry paste or sambal oelek
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    Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
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Directions
1.
Preheat the oven to 275 degrees. In a large bowl, combine the cereal with the nuts, rice cracker mix, sesame sticks, and pretzels.
2.
In a medium saucepan, combine the butter, maple syrup, soy sauce, and curry paste and bring to a simmer, whisking to dissolve the curry paste. Pour the mixture over the snack mix and toss to coat completely. Season generously with salt and pepper and spread on 3 large rimmed baking sheets. Bake for 35 minutes, stirring 2 or 3 times and shifting the sheets, until nearly dry and toasted. Let cool completely, stirring occasionally. Serve in bowls.

MAKE AHEAD
The snack mix can be stored in airtight containers at room temperature for up to 2 weeks. Recrisp if necessary.

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