Smoked Pistachios

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This is how you make a huge pistachio fan out of me. I love smoked nuts, but until now I’d never smoked pistachios before. Well, let me tell you folks! Good doesn’t even come close to describing how yummy these nuts were! I set out to smoke nuts to use in ice cream (I know, right? You know that’ll be awesome!). I doubt that half of them survived for my ice cream plans… I couldn’t help myself.

Smoked Pistachios

For the seasoning on my smoked pistachios I went with Sweet Red from AlbuKirky Seasonings. It has a nice sweet heat flavor to it, the perfect contrasting flavors for the nuts. I seasoned the nuts pretty liberally with it, too. Since the nuts aren’t shelled a lot of that flavor does end up on the shell. So by adding more I increased the amount of seasoning that made it’s way inside… and oh, was I ever rewarded for my efforts!

Also try my smoked peanuts in the shell and my smoked pecans. And nothing is amazing as smoked hazelnuts!

Smoked Pistachios
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Smoked Pistachios

This is how you make a huge pistachio fan out of me. I love smoked nuts, but until now I’d never smoked pistachios before. Well, let me tell you folks! Good doesn’t even come close to describing how yummy these nuts were!
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Keyword nuts, smoked
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Servings 2 pounds
Calories 2549kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Fire up your smoker for 250 F cooking. Use a light wood such as apple or peach.
  • Place the nuts in a large bowl and lightly (very lightly) drizzle with a little oil. For 1 pound of nuts I used less than 1/2 tablespoon of oil.
  • Toss the nuts to coat. Now, sprinkle them liberally with the seasoning. Now is not the time to be shy. Load up on it and toss to coat.
  • Transfer nuts to your smoker. I use a grill mat to keep the nuts from falling thru the grates. Smoke for 2 1/2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes or so.
  • Remove, shell and devour.

Nutrition

Calories: 2549kcal | Carbohydrates: 125g | Protein: 92g | Fat: 206g | Saturated Fat: 25g | Sodium: 5mg | Potassium: 4649mg | Fiber: 47g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 1882IU | Vitamin C: 25mg | Calcium: 476mg | Iron: 18mg

Nutritional values are approximate.

5 thoughts on “Smoked Pistachios”

    1. I use (for two lbs of nuts) 2 tsp of sea salt, two tsp of garlic powder, 1 tsp of a variety of mixed pepper corns (I use Flatiron Pepper Co). I grind all dry seasonings in a Ninja Magic Bullet. That is the base, otherwise, I use everything from homemade habanero pepper powder, whiskey, tequila, habanero sauce; you’re only limited by your imagination. Good luck.

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