1. What is a Chilli Peanut Brittle ?
2. Quick and Easy Chilli Peanut Brittle
3. How to make a Chilli Peanut Brittle ?
4. Expert Tips
5. Recipe Card  

What is a Chilli Peanut Brittle ?

​​Peanut brittle is a candy made with caramelised sugar set into bars and snapped into large chunks, embedded with peanuts with some or the other flavouring. The version we're making today is Thai sweet chilli flavour, with the regular peanut and sugar. You might have heard of the Indian version of the peanut brittle, we call gachak or chikki.

Quick and Easy Chilli Peanut Brittle

Upgrade your usual tea-time snack with this sweet and savoury peanut brittle. It's crispy, it's chunky with peanuts and has the most amazing flavour obtained from the chilli sauce. Try out this simple recipe that gets done in just around 15 minutes and results in such an amazing snack.  

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How to make a Chilli Peanut Brittle ?

1) In a non-stick fry pan, add granulated sugar and water. To that add your whole peanuts and let it reduce.

2) To the peanuts and sugar mix, add sweet chilli sauce and incorporate it completely. Heat it till it reduces to a thicker consistency.

3) Take the pan off the heat and add baking soda to it, start mixing it immediately as it starts to bubble

4) Once it has stopped reacting, transfer it into a non-stick cookie tray and top it with some chilli flakes. Chill it till it is solid.

5) Once chilled, demould it and slice it into even rectangles or squares.

Expert Tips

1. Make sure the peanuts are without their peels.
2. Don't make the sugar syrup too thick or the mixture might not spread evenly.
3. The quantity of the sweet chilli sauce can be increased according to your taste.

Recipe Card

Chilli Peanut Brittle

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Category

Sweet Snacks

Servings

3

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

7 minutes

Calories

280

A classic sugar/candy snack that has found its way in every corner of the world with its own twist. This particular one has a spicy kick to counter the sweetness of the caramel

Author:

Varun Arora

Ingredients

• Sugar - 2 cups

• Peanuts - 1 cup

• Baking soda - 1 tsp

• Butter - 2 tbsp

• Chilli Flakes - 1 tsp

• Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce - 20 ml

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Directions

1. In a saucepan, add sugar along with 50 ml water and start cooking on a medium heat

2. Add peanuts, chilli flakes and sweet chilli sauce to it while stirring

3. Keep stirring continuously till the sugar starts to bubble and turns golden in colour

4. When it reaches a golden caramel colour (hard crack), take it off the heat

5. While it's still hot, add butter and baking soda that will trigger rapid expansion making it light and bubbly

6. Spread it out evenly in a greased baking tray and let it cool

7. Break it into small pieces and serve

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