How to Clean and Roast Pumpkin Seeds
How to easily clean and make roasted salted pumpkin seeds using your Halloween carving pumpkin.
Equipment
- Large Bowl
Ingredients
- 3 ½ cups pumpkin seeds (approximately)
- 4 cups water
- ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons of sea salt
Instructions
- Put 4 cups water and ½ cup of sea salt in a large bowl.
- Warm the water up in the microwave for 2-3 minutes.
- Stir until most of the salt has dissolved. You may still have a little salt on the bottom but that is fine.
- Add the pumpkin seeds and let soak for at least three hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Pour the pumpkin seeds into a large colander to drain.
- Spread the pumpkin seeds in a single layer on a cookie sheet.
- Sprinkle two tablespoons of sea salt all over the pumpkin seeds and stir to evenly coat.
- Place the cookie sheet in the oven and bake for 20-30 minutes depending on how large and how many pumpkin seeds you have. Every five minutes or so rotate the pan and using a spatula flip the seeds.
- Bake until all seeds are dry. The shell should still be a pale white color. Do not allow the shell to brown.
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Recipe Expert Tips
- Soaking the seeds before rinsing is the easiest way to clean pumpkin seeds.
- How to make salty roasted pumpkin seeds: There is a trick to getting really salty pumpkin seeds. Some people just sprinkle the salt on the pumpkin seeds after they have spread them out on a baking sheet.
- The best way to get really salty pumpkin seeds is to soak the seeds in highly salted water first before roasting them.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.25cupCalories: 78kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 4gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 3540mgPotassium: 114mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 2IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 10mgIron: 1mg
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