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Texas Trash

Course Snack
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 stick unsalted butter (6 Tablespoons)
  • 1/4 cup hot pepper sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon oregano crumbled
  • 2 cup regular size Fritos corn chips
  • 2 cup Crispix cereal
  • 2 cup Ritz Bits mini cheese crackers
  • 2 cup Corn Nuts
  • 1 1/2 cup fish shaped pretzel crackers
  • 1 cup roasted pumpkin seeds
  • 1 cup roasted hulled peanuts
  • 2/3 cup shelled sunflower seeds

Instructions
 

  • Position a rack in the middle of the oven and pre-heat the oven to 250ºF. In a shallow 3 quart baking dish, melt together the butter, hot pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder and oregano.
  • In a large bowl stir together everything else. Add the Frito mixture to the melted butter mixture and toss to coat and put in a baking dish. Return the dish to the oven and bake stirring every 10 minutes for 1 hour. The Trash should be dry, lose and lightly browned.
  • Transfer to a storage container, cool and cover tightly. Store at room temperature. The texture and flavor of the Texas Trash will be at their best when it is consumed within 48 hours.