Spice up your kitchen with KENS 5’s bold snack recipes perfect for any gathering.
SAN ANTONIO — Get ready to add some Fiesta flair to your kitchen! 🎉🌶️
KENS 5 found a few bold, snack-worthy recipes that are perfect for a backyard get-together, game night or late-night munchies. From Maruchan Preparada and Hot Cheeto Fried Pickles to a refreshing Agua Fresca de Sandía and a Chamoy Cucumber Protein Bowl, there’s a little something for every craving.
Whether you’re building the ultimate snack spread or just want to try a few trending flavors, these recipes bring the spice, crunch and sweet-tangy kick.
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Maruchan Preparada Ingredients:
- Maruchan ramen cup
- Can of nacho cheese
- Can of corn
- Valentina
- Hot Cheetos
- Cotija cheese
Maruchan Preparada Directions:
- Cook your cup of noodles
- Heat up some nacho cheese
- Heat up a can of corn
- After you make the noodles, pour half with juice into separate bowl
- Spread nacho cheese all around cup of noodles
- Drizzle Valentina around the inside of noodle cup
- Pour corn on top of nacho cheese and Valentina
- Pour the remaining noodles and juice on top of the corn
- Put noodle cup on center of plate and pour hot Cheetos on the sides on the plate around the cup
- Add some corn on top of the hot Cheetos on the plate
- Pour some more nacho cheese on top of the noodles and the hot Cheetos
- Finish up by sprinkling some hot Cheeto dust on the cotija cheese
- Serve and enjoy!
The Maruchan Preparada recipe was originally found here.
Hot Cheeto Fried Pickles Ingredients:
- Hot Cheeto puffs
- Dill pickle spears
- Flour
- Egg wash
- Oil
- Ranch or dipping sauce
Hot Cheeto Fried Pickles Directions:
- Blend Hot Cheeto puffs into a fine dust and put on plate
- Dry pickle spears on plate with towel (get rid of excess juice)
- Prepare an egg wash
- Put flour on a plate
- Dip the pickles in flour, then egg wash then the hot Cheeto dust
- Fry the coated pickles in hot oil until crispy
- Pair with ranch or your favorite dipping sauce
The Hot Cheeto Fried Pickles recipe was originally found here.
Chamoy Cucumber Protein Bowl Ingredients:
- Cottage cheese
- Takis
- Cucumbers
- Valentina
- Chamoy
-
Elote seasoning
Chamoy Cucumber Protein Bowl Directions:
- Pour 1/2 cup of cottage cheese into bowl
- Add one serving of Takis
- Slice one cucumber and add to bowl
- Drizzle Valentina on top
- Add some sugar-free Chamoy
- Sprinkle Elote seasoning
- Eat your snack!
The Chamoy Cucumber Protein Bowl was originally found here.
Agua Fresca de Sandia (Watermelon Agua Fresca) Ingredients:
- 1 small watermelon
- Sugar (I used monk fruit)
- Chamoy
- Tajin seasoning
- Pitcher
- Glass/cup
Agua Fresca de Sandia Directions:
- Cut your watermelon into small pieces (keep a handful of pieces to the side, you will need them later)
- Add watermelon pieces to blender
- Add 2 cups of water to blender
- Add 1/2 cup of sugar or monk fruit to blender
- Add juice of 1 lime to blender
- Blend until smooth
- Add mixture into pitcher along with ice
- Add the small watermelon pieces to pitcher
- Add Chamoy and Tajin to rim of glass or cup
- Pour mixture into cup
- Garnish with piece of watermelon
- Drink!
Agua Fresca de Sandia recipe was originally found here.
