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Slow Cooker Oriental Snack Mix

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  • Author: Stephanie Powers
  • Prep Time: 5
  • Cook Time: 180
  • Total Time: 185

Description

A sweet and salty oriental snack mix made in your slow cooker!


Ingredients

Scale
  • Box of Quaker oat squares
  • 3 oz can of chow mein noodles
  • 1 cup cashews or peanuts
  • 1/3 cup veg. oil
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tsp. garlic powder (not garlic salt!)
  • 1 tsp. onion powder

Instructions

  1. Add a slow cooker liner to your slow cooker.
  2. Add in cereal, cashews, and chow mein noodles.
  3. Combine remaining ingredients (vegetable oil, soy sauce, garlic powder, and onion powder) in small bowl.
  4. Quickly pour over cereal mixture in slow cooker.
  5. Gently stir to coat evenly.
  6. Cook on low for 3 hours, stirring at the 1 hour, 2 hour, and 2.5 hour mark to keep it from burning. (I like to use the liner to lift out all the mixture and gently shake it around in the bag so I have more room.)
  7. Remove from slow cooker and spread out on parchment or a cookie sheet to completely cool.
  8. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. (If it lasts that long…)

Notes

  • Gluten-free: This is definitely not gluten-free, but you could sub: gf soy sauce, a mix of rice/corn chex for the cereal, and pretzels for the chow mein noodles. I’d also add in a teaspoon of brown sugar to the oil to make up for the slight sweet you’d be missing from the Quaker oat squares.
  • Vegetarian/vegan: This is vegan if you use vegan soy sauce.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 12