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I first discovered this eminently cravable snack food at a Mexican grocery store/taqueria. Cacahuates Estilo Japonés, or Japanese-style peanuts, usually come in clear blue bags. I've always been fascinated by the imagery on the small packages, which ranges from a geisha to a Mr. Peanut-type character dressed in a baseball uniform. The nuts themselves are sweet and salty all at once. They're coated with a thin shell, that's got a hint of soy sauce. That flavor may very well be this snack's only link to Japan. Hours of Googling, yielded plenty of places to buy them online, but no definitive answer as to whether they're actually from Japan. I did, however, turn up this really cool video blog. Check out the closeups!
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11-20-2006 @7:46PM James said... I guess people like attributing things to Japan than to China. In the Chinese markets, those peanuts in a thin hard shell has long been available. I guess Soy Sauce is also a Japanese concoction along with Gyozas, etc.
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11-20-2006 @7:57PM calamari said... I think your cacahuates are the result of Mexican marketers viewing "Japanese" as exotic. Those peanuts were all over my old neighborhood in San Francisco (and quite addictive!) in Spanish-language packaging, but I've never seen anything similar at Japantown or in any of the Asian shops in any neighborhood.
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11-21-2006 @9:24AM dhs said... I absolutely love these! I buy the ones made with chiles at our local Mexican market, they are much more flavorful than the ones pictured. Recently we were in Los Cabos and received these on our bed with the turn down service. Yummy... but not a great bedtime snack.
-dhs
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11-22-2006 @12:46PM Joe said... I first got into these after picking up a package at a supermarket in Cozumel. I haven't been able to find that brand in the US, but I recently realized that this style of snack is all over Asian markets, at least here in Chicago.
Of course, in those markets they aren't called "Japanese" -- if there's any name denoting their style, it's usually "cracker nuts". They also come in more variety of flavors than the "japones" that are sold in Mexican markets.
I recently enjoyed a can of Koh-Kae "peanuts with Thai tom yum spicy flavor." This manufacturer also makes a "coconut cream" variety which is pretty good, and a coffee flavor which I haven't tried yet. I also picked up a packet of Nagaraya garlic cracker nuts. Nagaraya makes several flavors, but this one has an unfortunate chemical taste.
If you're in Chicago, you can find these at Golden Pacific (5353 N Broadway St) and probably other groceries around Argyle.
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12-09-2006 @7:06AM zopilote said... This peanuts are contaminated,and rancid because they need to travel from Mexico to the USA and they have them in the sun long periods of time. But they are manifactured in the USA by a Company JC SNACKS in Californis/
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1-24-2007 @3:32PM zopilote said... This same peanuts are manifactured in the USAS by JCsnacks and they are even better
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