- Cooked Whole Wheat Berries
- Oil for deep frying
- Salt
Cook up a batch of whole wheat berries
using your preferred method. They can be
boiled in water to cover for an hour, if you
don't already have some cooked. I usually
cook a cup at a time. Make sure the wheat is
well cleaned before you cook it. Drain the
cooked wheat in a fine mesh strainer in the
sink. Allow the wheat to sit in the strainer
for about half an hour, to make sure it is
as dry as possible.
Heat your oil up to 375°. Put in no more
than 1/4-cup of cooked wheat at a time
because the fat will bubble up something
fierce. Fry the wheat for about 2 minutes.
It won't pop the way pocorn does, but it
will puff up pleasantly. Remove the wheat
from the hot oil and place it on a brown
paper grocery bag or paper toweling to dry.
Repeat until all the wheat is cooked. Salt
the Wheat-Nuts and eat like sunflower seeds
or peanuts.
If the wheat is chewy instead of crispy, it
wasn't fried long enough. Put it back into
the oil (a little at a time) and fry it for
another minute or two, until it is crispy.
This stuff is addictive. Makes a great
alternative to unhealthy snacky foods.
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