Real Texas Chili Pepper Saltines

by Ramona Werst on December 17, 2009

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Real Texas Chili Pepper Saltines

This recipe is an easy and quick recipe to make. It’s a very addicting snack too! If you are calorie counting (You’re not supposed to during Holiday Season) then you should limit your snack to only 4 crackers. These are just like Lay’s Potato Chips, you just can’t eat just one!

This is a short video of me making these scrumptious!

Ingredients

1 1/3 cup oil (can be any light oil)

2 tablespoons crushed Red Pepper

1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder

1 package dry Ranch Dressing Mix

3 sleeves salted Saltine Crackers

Directions

Real Texas Chili Pepper Saltines

Put crackers in a large plastic bag and set aside. You can use regular saltine crackers, I prefer to use the salted crackers, but if you are cutting down on sodium, then you can use the unsalted crackers.

Real Texas Chili Pepper Saltines

In a bowl, mix oil, (I use Peanut Oil, and sometimes Olive Oil, the different oils add a little different flavor) red pepper, garlic powder, and ranch dressing. I use a large glass measuring cup so I can pour easier over the crackers.

Real Texas Chili Pepper Saltines

Pour oil mixture over crackers and turn bag carefully several times.

You don’t want to break the crackers, so turn gently.

 

Real Texas Chili Pepper Saltines

I then several more times, turn the bag over so that all the oil is absorbed by the crackers.

Store in airtight ziplock bags.

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WarthogNo Gravatar December 18, 2009 at 11:20 am

Oyster crackers are a little more expensive but we prefer to use them with this recipe. Give them a try.

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Dale SellmanNo Gravatar December 18, 2009 at 1:04 pm

Hi, sounds good, but , you dont bake them? What keeps them from becoming soggy and falling apart?

Dale

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WarthogNo Gravatar December 18, 2009 at 3:45 pm

We don’t bake them when we make them—but, as I said we use the Oyster crackers. Around here they don’t have time to get soggy before they’re all gone.

Also, we store them in a Tupperware container with tight lid.

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CheriseNo Gravatar April 8, 2011 at 11:59 am

If you use fat free crackers, they never get soggy! Yay!

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A.j. DrewNo Gravatar March 11, 2015 at 6:28 pm

Stepped it up by using Trinidad Moruga Scorpion peppers for the red chili. Great idea for a snack, thank you.

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D.S.No Gravatar September 10, 2018 at 7:36 pm

I made them and they are very good, but shouldn’t they be refrigerated?

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RamonaNo Gravatar September 14, 2018 at 5:20 pm

No need to refrigerate…it would congeal the oil…a little…

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