Boiled Peanuts

appetizers
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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Select fully mature, green peanuts, clean and wash

  2. Soak in fresh water for one hour

  3. Discard water, cover with fresh water and soak for another hour

  4. Repeat this soaking process one more time, for a total soaking time of three hours, using fresh water each time

  5. Then parboil the peanuts for 10 minutes in fresh water and drain

  6. Pack the hot peanuts into hot jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace

  7. Fill jar to 1/2 inch from the top with boiling brine (1 cup salt per gallon of water)

  8. Remove air bubbles

  9. Wipe jar rims

  10. Adjust lids

Notes

Pints 45 min 11lb Quarts 50mins 11lb

(15lbs for above sea level)

Or, to make without pressure canning, boil with salted water for 4-6hrs on the stove at medium-high heat, adding water as necessary