RECIPES YOU MUST TRY USING PECANS. 

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Pecan is a sweet flavored crunchy tree nut from the Hickory nuts. These nuts are considered more affluent than the others and are often thrown into a luxury mix of dry fruits or tossed with sugar and spices to be baked as a snack or dessert. 

Pecans are often cultivated in South America, Midwest and Texas. However, Mexico is the leading pecan producer, followed by the United States, wherein Georgia and Texas lead the chart. 

This type of nut can be eaten raw, fresh, roasted, and they have a sweet, nutty and buttery flavour, making it diverse and can be used in various recipes. 

If you are reading about pecan for the first time, you might be confused about how to pronounce pecan; these nuts are pronounced as puh-khans, not pee-cans. 

For the longest time, people have only been making pie and candies with pecans but owing to their diverse taste, there are so many recipes that you can try out with pecan. 

Here are some of the recipes you can try making with pecans. 

Candied Pecans

Candied pecans are addictive and the perfect snack for those sugar cravings. In this recipe, the sweet and buttery flavour of the nuts is enhanced by the caramel coating. Moreover, many people prefer to sprinkle a dash of flaky sea salt to have a contrasting taste. 

Turtle Cookies

Turtle cookies are rich, chocolaty, soft and chewy cookies filled with pecans and chocolate chips to make them a bit crunchy. The best way to make those cookies is to put toppings such as pecan or chocolate chips on top right before you put them in the oven for baking. 

Pecan pie 

You can make this dessert for your family gatherings and occasions like Thanksgiving.

If you make the pecan pie nicely, the inside of the pie would be soft gooey, with the outside having a crunchy texture. Depending upon your preference, you can add bourbon or chocolate chips to your recipe for pecan pie. 

Pecan crusted salmon

To crust a salmon, you can use simple breadcrumbs or cornflakes, but you can go a different route and choose to coat it with pecan. Unlike breadcrumbs, pecans would give the salmon a rich texture and make it feel more buttery. Moreover, as you cook them, these nuts release their oil, making your salmon taste much better. 

Pecan Salad

When making a salad, it might often taste a bit bland and add a new flavour to your salads; you can choose pecans. Try adding pecan to an apple and cranberry salad. The crispiness from apples, the chewiness of the cranberry, and the pecans’ crunch would truly go well together. 

Butter pecan chicken 

Unlike other meats, chicken pairs well with many ingredients as you can boil it, fry it, and bake it with strawberries or even apricot jam. However, to make a pecan chicken recipe, you need to cook the chicken until it is almost ready and then include your pecan, chicken broth, butter and brown sugar, thyme, honey and parsley to the chicken. 

So, let the sauce cook in the pan before adding your chicken back into the pan and coating it with it. 

Pecan stuffed mushrooms

Pecan stuffed mushrooms will give you the best of earth mushrooms and tender pecans in one bite. 

You can remove the stem of the mushrooms and stuff roasted pecans into the upside-down mushroom head. 

These make for perfect finger foods, and you can even pair them with a glass of white wine. 

Pecan butter

Pecan butter is very common, and you can even find them in pre-packaged jars. But, you can also make your pecan butter at home. Since pecans naturally have some oil, they can easily be mixed with butter. 

However, ensure that you toast the pecans well before mixing them with butter, as it will help release the pecan’s flavor. 

Once you have made a batch, you can use it over toasted bread for a perfect breakfast. 

Pecan and veggies mini frittatas 

So, the next time you are making a normal frittata, add a generous amount of roasted pecan on top of your frittatas to make them savory. The added veggies and pecans over the frittatas make it a perfect breakfast meal filled with protein and nutrients. 

So, the next time you are in the grocery store, ask them for some pecans to include in your recipes. Moreover, now that you know how to pronounce pecan you can ask for them guilt-free. On the other hand, you can order them from online marketplaces and make any of these recipes.