Boiled Peanuts
Boiled Peanuts are a great salty yet sweet snack for spring or summer time picnics. Since these are wet, slurpy and messy snacks, it’s great for eating outdoors or backyard. Popular in southern part of the world, like India and Australia, it’s also popular in southern states of USA, like Louisiana, South Carolina and others.
Author: Admin
Cuisine: Indian
Recipe type: Snacks
Serves: 5
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Ingredients
- 2 lb peanuts in shells (raw/not roasted)
- 7 T salt (add to taste)
- 3 q water (more can be added)
Instructions
- Clean and wash the fresh raw peanuts in shells, make sure when you buy the bag, they are not the roasted kind. Take a pressure cooker or large pot and soak the peanuts in water and add salt according to taste. Let it cook till they are soft. The definition to soft here is-it not crispy, but not mushy either. The perfect boiled nuts are just soft. Pressure cooking will save a lot of time, as against boiling them in the pot. If you don’t have a pressure cooker, use a large pot which has a lid with a small vent.
- Remove from the pot or cooker just before it’s served. The warm watery nuts are more enjoyable.
- Important Tip: If the peanuts are not fresh and shells look hard the salt does not get well absorbed. Hence you need to make a small crack in each shell using the strength of your fingers.
Notes
*In India, the popular way to eat boiled peanuts is buying from the street vendors near parks and beaches or sitting in your garden with tea and boiled peanuts with family or friends passing a lazy afternoon.
* In America Boiled peanuts and Cajun style spicy Peanuts are often sold in the small farmers market like stores or stores near Rest Area’s by the Highways in southern states. So when you are driving in your rental car across states in the southern states of the USA, be sure to pick a bag. They are a great snack. Yes it can be messy, but remember you are driving a rental!
* Lastly, if you so love this snack but want to avoid making it often, make it in bulk and freeze them in freezer bags. Boiled nuts can be frozen for long periods of time. To freshen it you may steam it or microwave it before eating.
Serving Size
Serving size: 5
