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Stop Roasting Your Pumpkin Seeds & Try This Instead

Eliza Sullivan
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September 29, 2020
Eliza Sullivan
mbg Nutrition & Health Writer
By Eliza Sullivan
mbg Nutrition & Health Writer
Eliza Sullivan is a food writer and SEO editor at mindbodygreen. She writes about food, recipes, and nutrition—among other things. She studied journalism at Boston University.
roasted salt and vinegar pumpkin seeds
Image by Parrish Ritchie
September 29, 2020
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Pumpkin picking, and the subsequent pumpkin carving, are an iconic part of fall for many people, and with the pumpkin carving comes that experience of scooping out the pumpkin seeds. Sure, lots of people clean and toast their seeds to use in salads or as a snack, but here's an alternative. Grab your air fryer—if you have one—for a quick and easy update on roasted pumpkin seeds.

"These pumpkin seeds are the best I've had—they are so much crunchier than pumpkin seeds roasted in the oven," writes Parrish Ritchie in the new cookbook The Big Book of Air Fryer Recipes. We also love her suggestion of swapping white vinegar for balsamic vinegar in the recipe, to give the pumpkin seeds a subtle sweetness to go with the sour and salt.

While the recipe is written for making with pumpkin seeds you pick up in a store (so you can make them all year-round!), Ritchie does also share the update for making them from a fresh pumpkin: Simply add 5 extra minutes of cook time.

Salt & Vinegar Pumpkin Seeds

Makes 1 cup

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted pumpkin seeds
  • ¼ cup distilled white vinegar
  • 1 tsp. salt

Method

  1. In a medium bowl, mix together the pumpkin seed and vinegar. Let the seeds soak for about 5 minutes.
  2. Remove the seeds from the vinegar and place them in the air fryer basket.
  3. Sprinkle the salt over the pumpkin seeds and toss them to coat them in the salt.
  4. Air-fry the pumpkin seeds at 350°F for 10 minutes, shaking the basket occasionally. Let the pumpkin seeds cool before serving.
Reprinted with permission from The Big Book of Air Fryer Recipes by Parrish Ritchie, Page Street Publishing Co. © 2020. Photo credit: Parrish Ritchie.

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