Chile-Lime Peanuts

Ingredients

• 4 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 4 teaspoons kosher salt
• 3 tablespoons finely grated "lime":/ingredients/44 zest, packed (from about 4 medium limes)
• 4 arbol chiles, crushed
• 6 tablespoons peanut oil
• 20 whole unpeeled garlic cloves (about 2 whole heads)
• 2 pounds raw, shelled Spanish peanuts

Heat the oven to 400°F and arrange a rack in the middle. Toss together peanuts, garlic, peanut oil, and chiles until evenly coated. Spread ingredients out on a baking sheet in a single layer and roast, shaking and stirring halfway through, until nuts are toasted and beginning to crack open, abo...

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