How to make peanuts soft in soup
December 17th, 2009 by WeryNice Editor - Register for printable Version
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(0 votes, average: 0 out of 5)Sometimes no matter how long you boil the peanuts, they still don’t turn out to be soft. Here are some tips you can try while cooking peanuts.
- Soak the peanuts in hot boiling water for 30 mins before cooking.
- Use a right pot size where you can have sufficient water depth in the pot. A rough guide is the depth of water is at least ½ to ¾ of the diameter of the pot. The reason is that the temperature of the water is lower at the surface compare to the bottom where the flame is burning the bottom of the pot. Hence you need sufficient dept of water to ensure the peanuts are cooking in the higher temperature water and not near the surface.
- Put a Chinese table spoon made of china in the pot during cooking. I don’t know why, my mom uses this method and I think possibly the spoon is able to keep the temperature of the water higher.
- You need patience. It will take 3 hours.
- You can use slow cooker and cook it overnight.
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December 17th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
do i still need to put a chinese table spoon into the pot if i’m using slow cooker?
December 17th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
I dont when I cook. But it is important to have enough water depth.