Comments on: Boiled Peanuts

By: queeniebee5

queeniebee5 — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 01:22:49 +0000

Most days here in Cebu province fresh peanuts are available in the local tabo. My husband rinses and usually boils them for about thirty minutes in salted water. We eat them all the time as they can be addicting. Boiled peanuts taste far better than raw in my opinion, and safer/cleaner for me because I know I shouldn’t, but I open the shells with my teeth:)

By: cithe

cithe — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 05:15:03 +0000

Really love the soft boiled peanuts served at Century Seafood Restaurant. It smells like they’re adding some 5 spice powder and cinnamon. Anyone knows how to cook it? Thanks.

By: ami

ami — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 03:28:15 +0000

I like it better when the peanuts gets reboiled the following day. More flavorful.

By: Francis

Francis — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:37:58 +0000

I love boiled peanuts! It’s my merienda whenever I’m at home in Isabela. It costs P20/Caltex (repurposed oil can container :D). I can finish 1 Caltex in one sitting!

By: Kasseopeia

Kasseopeia — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 06:16:15 +0000

My parents are from the North (GI’s) and I was born and raised in CDO – but I got these boiled peanuts in both places and in most places in between. I grew up with them, and trips to the beach are not complete without them.

MIllet: pressure cooker! Why didn’t I think of that?!? I’d usually boil for 1hr +/- 15 mins. How long does it take in the pressure cooker?

By: P

Tue, 01 Mar 2016 12:26:27 +0000

No one seems to be able to come up with a figure of how long to boil them for. An hour? More? Given the dire warning of what happens if you underboil them, a general ballpark figure would be good.

By: Betchay

Betchay — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 04:11:42 +0000

Eating boiled peanuts also brings me back to my childhood. Maybe because it was the “in” snack during that time.

By: millet

millet — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 07:17:09 +0000

my family loves boiled peanuts, and my Mom loves them mushy, so she boils them up for a few minutes in the pressure cooker.

By: Agnes Guzman

Agnes Guzman — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 03:03:25 +0000

In my hometown up North, we boil our freshly harvested peanuts (in my case without salt) up to at least 1-hour. I love boiled green peanuts and I can even consume up to one liter in just one sitting! It keeps my system moving. =)

For leftover boiled peanuts, we sun dry it for long term storage.

By: betty q.

betty q. — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 04:25:01 +0000

Marilen…i buy about 2 pounds of fresh peanuts, wash, then put in a big pot. I add about 3tbsp. Kosher salt, 6 heaping tbsp. Sugar, about 4 to 5 star anise, 1 pouch or packet of Imperial seasoning pouch (Asian stores). Then fill pot with water, a plate on top of the peanuts. Then I adjust salt/sugar adding more water if I need to halfway thru the cooking process and remove the plate. When done, I let the peanuts cool in the liquid so it absorbs the taste. If you eat it right away, walang lasa!

I have taught my Canadian gardener friends how to eat our peanuts! They found the texture interesting but taste wise, they found it addicting and I got them hooked to boiled peanuts with a Chinese flair!