If you were born before the 90’s you’ll remember this delicious Salt and Vinegar Wheat Crunch snack.
They were hung with the Corn Nuts and Spitz at the end of the aisles in grocery and convenience stores.
A little foil packaging just glistening under the neon lights calling you to eat them.
They came in many flavors such as salt and vinegar, regular and ranch and each and every flavor was just as yummy as the next.
If you aren’t craving them yet I suggest you try out this recipe because once you make them once you won’t be able to stop!
So try this Salt and Vinegar Wheat Crunch Recipe.
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Salt and Vinegar Wheat Crunch Recipe
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Ingredients:
1 cup organic wheat berries (I used rye)
8 cups water
Oil for frying
Salt or your choice of seasonings for flavouring
Popcorn flavours work great and can be found at any grocery store.
Wheat berries can be found at nearly any health food store or bulk food store
Directions:
First cook the wheat berries to make them soft.
Place the wheat berries into the water in a large pot on the stove.
Bring to a boil then turn down the temperature and simmer for one hour.
Taste.
If you feel they need to be a big softer than cook until desired tenderness is reached.
Drain the water from the wheat berries and allow to drain.
Next pour your wheat nuts onto paper towel or a hand towel and another on top to really dry them.
Pour into a bowl.
Heat oil on the stove on medium temperature.
When you place a wheat berry into the pot it will start to bubble when it’s ready, alternatively you can place the edge of a wooden spoon into the oil and it will also bubble when the oil is ready.
Now The Berries
Place the wheat berries into the oil 1/2 cup at a time.
If you’re pot is small, use 1/4 cup.
The wheat berries will cause the oil to bubble up and you want to be sure you have room for this without the oil spilling over.
Cook for 4-5 minutes or until the wheat berries come out crunchy like a corn nut or chip.
Place on paper towel and pat down, place into bowl.
Finally, add seasoning and mix through your wheat crunch. Enjoy!
Keep in a sealable container.
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Wow, I don’t remember them, but they do look yummy. Do popcorn flavors come in salt and vinegar? I’ve seen popcorn flavors but never bought them.
Hi Jennie!
They do have salt and vinegar popcorn flavorings! You’ll be amazed at the selection. Everything from cheddar, dill pickle, caramel (would be so yummy on these!) and many more 🙂
Why do you recommend organic wheat? We’re wheat growers (conventional) I’m just going to use the stuff we grow 🙂
Yummy! I can’t wait to try these! #HomeMattersParty
Please tell me what they were called we used to eat them all the time as kids and I can’t remember the name of them or the brand .
I remember eating these as a kid i couldn’t remember the name of them
I was wondering can you do a freeze dry version?
Yes you freeze dry wheat crunch – check out this video – https://youtu.be/UxMNMxEVVhg