Guide to Make Southern Boiled Peanuts

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, southern boiled peanuts. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Boiled peanuts are just raw peanuts that have been boiled in salted water for hours. Great with beer or a cold soda, these salty soft peanuts are totally addictive! It's easy to master this roadside staple at home—boiled peanuts take hardly any effort to make.

Southern Boiled Peanuts is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Southern Boiled Peanuts is something which I have loved my entire life.

Easiest Way to Prepare Southern Boiled Peanuts

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook southern boiled peanuts using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Southern Boiled Peanuts:

1. Get Hardware
2. Get 20 quart pot
3. Make ready Ingredients
4. Make ready 3 (1.5) pound bags of raw shell peanuts
5. Take 2 1/2 gallon of spring water, for the soak
6. Get 2 1/2 gallon of spring water, for the boil
7. Get 2 cups of sea salt
8. Prepare 2 smoked ham hocks
9. Make ready 2 jalapeno peppers, split
10. Prepare 1 can of beer, (your choice)

Raw denotes peanuts in a semi-mature state, having achieved full size but not being fully dried. Boiled raw peanuts in the shell take on the extreme flavors of dill pickles, jalapenos and New Orleans-style crab boil seasoning. Boiled peanuts are a traditional snack food in southern states. They are an acquired taste, but according to southerners, they are totally addictive.

Instructions

Steps to make Southern Boiled Peanuts:

1. Add the 3 bags of peanuts to the pot along with the presoak water. Cover with the lid and let sit over night. (24 hours)
2. Drain the peanuts and set them aside. Wash out the pot, removing any grit from the peanuts.
3. Add another 2.5 gallons of spring water. Add the salt, ham hocks, peppers, and beer to the pot. Bring to a boil.
4. Once the boil begins, add the peanuts back in and let them boil for 2 to 4 hours. After the first 2 hours, begin pulling out a peanut every 30 minutes and tasting. Once they get slightly al dente, turn off the heat.
5. Now here is the trick to making tasty boiled peanuts. Leave the peanuts in the brine while the pot cools. I was told that lets peanuts soak up extra flavor…..and it does.
6. Grab a another cold beer and enjoy.

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