- 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 375F. 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 popcorn 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.
I have bought crispy wheat snacks at convenience stores before. They seasoned some with a bbq seasoning and some with ranch seasoning. I’ve wondered how to go about make it myself so I am going to try this and see if its the same! Also, wondering if you spread them on a lightly greased cookie sheet and baked them if that would work?
We’re going on a road trip next week and the kids will love these as a snack! THANK YOU!
I use to purchase this product as a child in the 50′s and 60′s. One day the product was hard to find then couldn’t be found at all. I would ask for it and I have never found anyone who knew what I was talking about. So I’m going to try to make my own. It’s a great snack.
I would like to make some wheat nuts but I need a little help on what to get as far as the wheat product is concerned. Do they sell wheat berries at the store or is this a specialty item I have to get on line. Any help would be great.
I used to buy some of these snacks as a kid called “WHUTS” I loved them they were really good and came in several flavors. Bbq garlic salted. Have tried to find them. I really would like to find them. Fou d this recipe. Will try it.