Another New Food: Boiled Peanuts in the Instant Pot!

 Since we have come to South Carolina we have seen signs for Boiled Peanuts everywhere we turn.  Even here in the complex where we live there are some signs for them.  I had not had them until last week when a dear friend made some and shared them with me.  That was probably NOT a good thing!!!  I loved them.  Totally delicious.

The interesting thing about boiled peanuts is that you can then know for sure that they are in the legume family.  Try them.  You will find this out. I won't tell you why.

Because I am pretty lazy/don't spend as much time attending to the food I am making and thus let things burn or run dry, I thought I would look for Instant Pot Boiled Peanuts.  You can put things in theIP and walk away knowing they will not burn nor will they blow up. There are tons of recipes on YouTube.

For my attempt, I got perhaps a pound of "green peanuts" at a fruit stand and washed them well in the sink.  After putting them in the Instant Pot I added about 1/4 cup salt then put the metal steamer basket on top of the beans wrong side up so it would keep the beans submerged in the brine and added enough water to come up over the steamer.  I set them cooking for 58 minutes on HIGH then let them sit for another two or three hours so they had lots of brine time.

These are a few boiled peanut in a colander in the sink after cooking.

These are the empty peanut shells.  I did not show you how big a pile there were!  And I won't.  You will think I am a pig.  Sadly, or maybe happily, Dear One did not care for them.  Thus...I will probably not be making them often, if at all.  But I will enjoy a few when someone offers them.  That is for sure!

Having said I will eat them,  I will be careful.  Many times when I have seen them advertised, they are listed as Cajun or Creole or Spicy...have to watch out for those!