Boiled Peanuts

Name: Boiled Peanuts
Yield: Makes about 16 cups
Ingredients: 2 pounds raw, shell-on, peanuts; 2 gallons, water; 1 cup, salt

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2018

Boiled peanuts are a beloved roadside snack in the southern United States.

SERVESMakes about 16 cups

TIME6½ hours, plus 2 hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Boiled peanuts are a beloved roadside snack in the southern United States. For our recipe, we found that boiling fresh, shell-on (not roasted) peanuts in heavily seasoned water was the most successful cooking method for a reason: It worked ...

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