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Fried Cashews With Lime Zest and Chile

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Chili Lime Cashews in a bowl with two glasses of white wine.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Lillian Chou

My time spent running a tavern taught me that everybody loves warm and toasty nuts when they’re drinking. This is my take on a very popular bar snack in Thailand: freshly fried cashews tossed with salt, chiles, scallions, and fragrant lime zest. Simple but so good with an ice-cold beer. You can balance the amount of each seasoning to suit your taste, but the nuts should be salty first, with a balance of spicy-sweet-sharp-tart going on in the background.

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