[I] have to find clever ways to NOT buy a bag of potato chips at the grocery store. By ‘clever’ I mean I just don’t go down the chip aisle. It’s my danger zone. I know that if I do, I’ll likely eat potato chips for lunch and dinner that day, and repeat that same process for probably three days straight.
I like salt and crunch. I really like potato chips. More than most. More than many.
I have to find creative ways to satiate my salt-tooth (like a sweet-tooth but different), and that means making my own gobble-able snack.
These salty tamari and maple roasted almonds are all the spicy, salt, sweet, and crunch I need. They’re not potato chips but… well, not even close but dang good, healthy and satisfying.
Did I mention that I really like potato chips? Just checking…
Simple things to start. Raw almonds, tamari which is a gluten-free soy sauce, pure maple syrup (the good stuff is preferred), and a good squeeze of sriracha pepper sauce for spice.
Salt and pepper, too. Always with those.
The tamari, maple, sriracha, and a dash of salt and pepper are stirred together in a small bowl. I also added a splash of olive oil because a little extra good fat never hurt anyone (probably not true, but still).
The almonds are roasted in the oven dry… just the almonds and the pan. This will help ensure that they’re crunchy and full of intense almond flavor when they come out of the oven the second time. Building layers of flavor like it’s our job.
Warm roasted almonds are stirred and covered in the sweet and spicy tamari sauce.
Double roasted, extra salty from tamari and sea salt, and extra spicy from sriracha and black pepper. Sweet, too… because I like a little sweet with my salt.
All of these flavorful nuts to cool before eating for maximum crunch and minimum mouth burns. These are things I learned the hard way.
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Maple Tamari Roasted Almonds
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 25
- Total Time: 35 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 pound raw almonds
- 3 tablespoons tamari or soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon sriracha sauce
- sea salt to taste
- fresh cracked black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Linea rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and spread the almonds in an even layer across the sheet.
- Roast almonds for 12 to 15 minutes, or until browned and fragrant.
- While the almonds roast, in a small bowl whisk together tamari, maple syrup, olive oil, and sriracha.
- Remove the toasted almonds from the oven and pour the tamari mixture over the warm almonds. Toss until all of the almonds are lightly coated in tamari. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper and return to the oven to roast for another 12 to 15 minutes, tossing once during baking.
- Remove from the oven, sprinkle with a bit more salt and pepper and allow to cool before serving.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
47 Responses
I’m asking myself that whether these roasted almonds will make me put on weigh. I’m not intending to upset you but I’m really afraid of being fat although they look amazing. Thanks for sharing
I love your recipes, the pictures to go along with the step by step instructions are great. I will try it soon.
Thanks for sharing your brilliant recipe.
This is one of those dish where you don’t feel like you’re missing out on anything because there are so many fab textures and flavours! :D
I love the flavor combo here but when I followed cooking instructions I ended up with three cups of burnt almonds. So sad. I know every oven is different. I will still eat them but just not for sharing.
I’m looking for this recipe and found it here. Really useful!! Thank you so much!
I made these today (minus the sriracha because I couldn’t find any locally…) and they were really, really good. Thank you for sharing the recipe with us!!
Any idea how long these will keep?
I made these over the weekend and found them totally addictive! I love how quick and easy they come together. I can get a batch done while I work on dinner and then have a tasty snack for the week. I might up the sriracha & maple syrup a bit next time and reduce the tamari a tad because I like it spicy.
Very nice. Roasted almonds are a delicious and more protein snack. who doesn’t love “Roasted almonds”. For this, I can feel much better about eating these than any other food.
mm. Mmm. MMMM!!! i need these.
Sriracha + Maple Syrup are a winning combination in my book! Thanks for the recipe.
This recipe looks pretty delicious. I am craving for this nutritious healthy v recipe . Can’t wait to try this I’m so excited and I want to share this to my friends for sure they will love it.
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yumm simple and delicious!!
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Wow…I need these in my life.
Ok– I am making the almonds right now. They have the magic sauce on them and are roasting now. I will tell you that as a Texan raised on salsa and hot pepper vinegar, I had to add at least four times as much siracha as the recipe states. Even now, I fear the hot may not be noticeable, but, no matter, these will be the perfect hostess gift for neighbors who invited me over for dinner.
Thank you and I will pass your recipe on.
Best wishes,
Virginia
I made these as the recipe suggested, but they got a little burned. I roasted them the second round for nine minutes and yet that was too long. Suggest watching them carefully! Will have to try again.
This definitely looks worth the effort!
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What a great substitute for chips. I love salty snacks.
These look delicious! I love roasting my own almonds. These are definitely better than potato chips.
Almonds are my go-to snack. This recipe sounds amazing especially with the hint of sriracha!
Chips are my Achilles heel..I’d eat the whole bag. These are a much better alternative. And I love the sauce!
Ohhh, me too. I can not resist salt and vinegar chips. And my favorite ones come in a bag that is my favorite color. I swear, they’re conspiring against me!
I make super salty popcorn from scratch in order to resist chips. it works…most of the time. But these almonds are even better! Protein!
I have been inhaling store-bought tamari almonds while i mull over a good recipe to make them myself – will have to give this a go!
YUM!! These look so good! I totally hear you with the salt tooth problems – potato chips always sound so incredible at 10pm… These look like a fantastic alternative!
Have you tried blistered shishito peppers with coarse salt? I find them almost as addicting as potato chips. Trader Joe’s sells them on the cheap.
This is a total movie munchie!! Love almonds but with California drought, trying to scale back on almonds. :)
Juju Sprinkles
Potato chips are my downfall – just the plain ones – no additional flavors. But they have to have enough salt. Also need to be our local brand – none of those national homogenous types for me.
Well, maybe these almonds could make a great substitute- certainly more nutritious. And they sound delicious. No more trips down the chips aisle?
i have the same salt-tooth issue. i’m fully able to ignore and avoid the chip aisle, but when the store has chips on the end-caps, game over.
these almonds look fantastic!
Oh yeah, those look delicious… Have to try them.
Roasted almonds are such a delicious and high protein snack! I love them.
Kari
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oh, my, YUM! Sriracha & maple together..like any good relationship.
Goodness sometimes I just feel like you just get me. I could take or leave chocolate but crisps are my downfall.
fritos are my kryptonite. I can’t stop eating them if I buy them, especially with crappy jarred queso dip. So good it hurts.
Should probably try these instead
These sound really good – too good. I know I’d be unable to stop eating them once I started. I’ll have to save the recipe for when I have a party to go to, so I can be sure I won’t eat the whole batch myself.
These would make a perfect snack! I always love ways to jazz up my favorite afternoon snack, almonds. I will have to try this for next week!
I have a chip thing too .. it’s crazy! I don’t buy them, because they don’t even make it to the cupboard!! These almonds sound gooooood – the perfect mix of crunch and flavours!!
Oooh! These look amazing. I may have to try them….I may use coconut oil for the olive oil. I love that it has a higher smoke point, AND is good for you…and the subtle coconut flavor it imparts! And who doesn’t love potato chips?? I don’t go for any flavor or type, except thick-cut, kettle-cooked BBQ.
Wow this looks like the.perfect.snack! And I love that I can feel much better about eating these than I can about downing a ton of potato chips (self control? What’s that?)
Can’t wait to try these! Yum!!
My oh my I have a salt and crunch addiction too,
sometimes you need the salt of adventure, and the texture of crunch – add some layers I say.
xx
:-) C’est difficile de résister aux chips. Le mieux, c’est vrai, est de ne pas en acheter … :-)
(Like your blog !)
Sounds much better than potato chips to me! These made me think of the cinnamon glazed almonds they sell at Disney World. Who knew almonds were so versatile?
I am such a snacker, love crunchy and salty snacks too! These almonds look delicious, love the flavor combinations!
Delicious! Our farmer’s market sells a sea salt and onion cashew that kind of reminds me of sour cream and onion Pringles… but better of course. ;)
I love the sweet, salty, spicy combination you got going on. I can’t wait to make this when I have guests over!
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Very nice, love this mix of flavours!! We really got into making roasted & spiced peanuts recently, but couldn’t solve one major problem: they always come out sticky big time because of the honey/syrup!
I’d love them to just properly dry out, but that somehow never happens. And we always end up of with a bowl-wide cluster of sticky nuts….
Thank you for sharing! Sweet and Salty is a classic combo, and nice on healthy almonds!
I have found that once nutmeats are roasted they tend to go rancid within a couple of weeks. Do you have the same issue?