Any of you Huddlers ever made your own boiled peanuts?

[Datawire]

Ok, so I have a Bayou Classic set up I use for different things, turkey fryer for Thanksgiving, chicken wings for game days and the occasional low country boil. This weekend I want to try my hand in the unknown.

 

What I now want to do is task myself with the painful and rewarding job of boiling peanuts in it. I plan on doing maybe five pounds as I will be sharing and freezing some for a future snack. I want them cajun/spicy style. I recently had some that just blew my socks off and I want to replicate what I had. However, I have no idea what ingredients were being used. I do know, crushed red pepper was among them. Delicious!

 

I'm not even a novice at this procedure and it will be my first time. I have done some cursory research and have a basic idea of the ingredients I will be using and the process in which I will be enduring. I wanted to reach out to any fellow huddlers that may have experience with this.

Anyone? Talk to me.

[Jimmy]

Boiled peanuts are so damn good. 

[Jangler]

this one time in Jimmy Carter's Summer Camp....

[cookinwithgas]

If I wanted my house to stink like boiled peanuts I'd just take a dump on the floor.

[Datawire]

You're all useless.

[cookinbrak]

On 5/20/2016 at 8:01 PM, thebigcat said:

yes and I use that old bay seasoning and toss the peanuts in a crock pot

Wait, crock pot? How long they gotta cook? On high or low?

 

18 minutes ago, Datawire said:

You're all useless.

For five lbs, just use a big pot on the stove. Easier to regulate the heat. Lots of salt, old bay, and a little cayenne.

On a side note, I found a place to buy chicken skin in bulk today.

[thefuzz]

Prepare the water...few gallons, cayenne, pepper flakes, salt, and cajun seasoning.

Soak peanuts for a couple hours in the water before boiling, it will cut down the time a little so you don't waste gas.

Boil for 2.5-4 hours depending on how you like them done.

Eat.

P.S. I have thrown all kinds of stuff in the water while they cook, from onions to carrots for some sweetness.  Almost hard to mess them up to be honest.

 

[Snake]

It's really idiot proof. If you can cook those other things you can boil peanuts.