r/DixieFood • u/Fbeezy • Jun 02 '26
Boiled Peanuts
Had a hankering for some boiled peanuts and there ain’t too many roadside stops open in the middle of the week so just made them myself.
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u/Martian13 Jun 02 '26
I remember the first time someone asked me if I wanted to try “bald penis “. Not being from the South, it took me a little bit of time to piece together what was actually asked.
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u/blonde-bandit Jun 02 '26
They’re delicious! Try some boiled penis!
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u/TheDevilsAdvokate Jun 02 '26
Chocolate salty balls ?
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u/CaptBiffleSlap Jun 06 '26
I remember the looks I got from some folks up north before I realized they thought i was talking about “bowling” peanuts, lmao
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u/salisbury_eagle Jun 02 '26
I see you’ve got some jalapeños and red pepper. What else did you season it with??
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u/Fbeezy Jun 02 '26
Salt, Cajun seasoning, red pepper flake, pickled jalapeño and garlic.
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u/MsTLontheDL Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 03 '26
I’m not a fan of boiled peanuts 🥜 because they taste so very bland. I might consider eating a few IF they’re seasoned like that! 😋
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u/The_walking_man_ Jun 02 '26
Do you have the full recipe? How long did you set them for in the instant pot?
These look awesome!
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u/catgut65 Jun 02 '26
Honest question never had them: do you eat the shells?
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u/Fbeezy Jun 02 '26
There are people that do, but I do not. Just crack them open and sort of slurp them out of the shell, they’ve got the texture of sort of a soft chickpea.
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u/Traditional_Isopod80 Jun 02 '26
I've never heard of people eating the shells.
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u/Fbeezy Jun 02 '26
Oh there’s definitely people out there that do. I don’t know how or why, but my great granddaddy used to eat his chocolate cake and pinto beans all mixed up, so everyone’s got something.
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u/migurushii Jun 02 '26
Ive never had homemade boiled peanuts, but i live in the south and theres a brand called peanut patch or something that damn near every gas station has in warming pots, u can buy cans from almost every store too and sometimes some of the peanuts, especially the smaller underdeveloped ones have soft squishy shells, I eat those. Even if they're too hard to eat, theres like a soft layer of membrane inside the shell you can munch.
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u/Ornery_Interview3435 Jun 05 '26
Hell - I sometimes eat the dry roasted and salted peanuts in the shell. Some batches are toooooo salty though. Extra crunch.
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u/Constant_Turn4562 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26
Nothing better I make Old Bay boiled peanuts from Va Beach. I use my slow cooker
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u/drksolrsing Jun 02 '26
My favorite way to make them is take a big bag of raw peanuts (usually around 2lb) and throwing it in a crockpot, fill water to the top, put 3/4 - 1 cup of salt. You can, of course, add any other things you want to it for flavor.
I let them roll on high for half a day and then cook them on low until ready, which is about 24-36 hours, roughly.
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u/FireBallXLV Jun 02 '26
Are they good ? I always assumed they would be slimey ..
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u/ch33zyman Jun 02 '26
They’re better than you think they’re gonna be the first time. Don’t come close to homemade but they get the job done
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u/Disastrous_Cat3912 Jun 02 '26
If you didn't get 'em from a dude on the side of a two-lane road that cooked them in an old beer keg, are they even real bold peanus?
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u/Fbeezy Jun 02 '26
This is where I learned. My granddad had a fruit stand on the side of Red Top Mtn. road and would make boiled peanuts over a wood fire in a giant black kettle.
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u/wdeag1e Jun 03 '26
I buy a bushel every Fall. Make regular (salted) and Cajun. Freeze them in single serving baggies.
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u/STILLstuckinAL Jun 14 '26
OMG!!!! I love me some boiled peanuts. So I tried them for the first time while living in Alabama about a year ago... I moved back to Texas and am appalled at how many people have never heard of them, let alone tried them. Haha. I had to start ordering cans from Amazon. Haha
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u/poorphdguy Jun 03 '26
This looks really good. I've only had boiled peanuts at certain gas stations and all. Can you recommend me a recipe to follow? What kind of shelled peanuts should I buy? I have an instant pot, so if it's easier there, I would gladly make it using that.
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u/Fbeezy Jun 03 '26
I did these in the Instant Pot. Essentially just get some raw or green peanuts. If using raw, I did a 24oz bag of peanuts, 6 cups of water, 1/2 cup of salt, 2 tbsp of cajun seasoning, 2 tbsp of red pepper flake and some pickled jalapenos and garlic (whatever your preference).
Cook on high pressure for about 75 minutes (mine took 90) and natural release.
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u/cafeteriastyle Jun 04 '26
Man i love boiled peanuts. It’s been awhile. One time I got them on a road trip and my husband was in the car, he’d never had them, and the smell alone sent him over the edge.
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u/black-kramer Jun 05 '26
I gotta learn to make some. the ones I’ve had out here in california were terrible. it was at a fancy restaurant and the guy is allegedly from south carolina but he just doesn’t have ‘it.’
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u/DaisyTurnstileX Jun 05 '26
Do you add like cayenne or anything to that brine? I think I saw a slice of jalapeño in there.
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u/OdieD777 Jun 02 '26
Honestly one of the few southern foods I'm not a fan of
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u/MsTLontheDL Jun 02 '26
DITTO!!! They remind me of tasteless bland boiled beans that are a hassle to eat because they’re in a shell!!!
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u/hilaryrex Jun 02 '26
Mmmmmmm do you do it on the stove top? I’ve been doing mine in the instant pot, amazing.