Traditional Southern hot boiled peanuts.  Raw peanuts boiled in salt water for a salty, shell-shucking-worthy snack.

Boiled Peanuts

salt

water

Old Bay Seasoning, smoked paprika, shrimp boil mix, or even star anise

"I am making them now! I’m from a small town in Northeastern North Carolina I grew up with them!\r\nHarder to come by nowadays. There are still a few places. It not hard to get them here. I hope you all enjoy yours as much as I will"

"I think you turn a perfectly good peanut into a bean.\r\nRON"

"i was raised eating boiled peanuts and I prefer using salt only for seasoning.  Being raised in Southeastern North Carolina it was common when walking down the street during the summer to hear \"Boiled  peanuts!  Ten cents a bag, three for a quarter!\"   I guess I'm showing my age!!  Usually  the person with the peanuts for sale were young boys around ten or eleven years old.  Their mothers had boiled and packaged them in small brown paper bags flipped over and over to seal.  This made them look as though they had little brown ears!   The bags were put in half bushel baskets to be taken to town and placed on corners along with the young salesmen.  It didn't usually take long for them to be picked up to refill their baskets and have a bite of lunch.   They often stayed and waited for their lunches and a new inventory of peanuts, fearing that they may lose their perfect, shady corner.  The people in my small town could hardly walk by without giving in to the temptation  of buying, three bags or more!\r\nThose were truly the \"Good ole' Days\" that bring back such precious memories of being a child of the late 50's and early 60's in a small town of the South!"

"Finding green peanuts anywhere is impossible! And I'm in Florida where a lot are grown!"

Thoroughly rinse raw unshelled peanuts in water.

Put water, salt, seasoning, peanuts in a large stockpot. Bring to a low boil. Cover and reduce the heat just enough to maintain a low boil. Boil for 2 to 3 hours or longer (some boil their peanuts all day), until peanuts reach desired level of softness.

Drain. Eat up within a couple of days. Boiled peanuts don't save as well as dry.

"Cook time took over 7 hours using this recipe and they still tasted unsalted. Yes, they were green peanuts not raw. Recommend Soaking the peanuts overnight in salted water before boiling."

boiled peanuts

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Total: 2 hours, 35 minutes

Author : Elise Bauer

Ingredients

Instructions

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