Q&A for How to Boil Peanuts

You can fill a rinsed-out bread bag or zip lock bags two-thirds full with boiled peanuts and then cover them with some of the brine you boiled them in. Then seal the bag with a twist tie or the zipper. Place them in the freezer with the mouth of the bag up until the water freezes. If you're freezing a big batch, it's a good idea to have several different sizes of bags so you can thaw out exactly how much you want. To thaw, the bag can be put into a pot of boiling water or placed in a bowl and nuked in a microwave.

No, usually raw peanuts are referred to as "dry" peanuts. Green peanuts are fresh peanuts from the farm and will not be "dry."

I would not dry out boiled peanuts. If you have any left over, put them in a Ziploc bag and add a little of the liquid to keep them from drying out. You can store them in the refrigerator for a few days, or in the freezer. If you're from the South, you do not dry them out!

I do. I cook them on high pressure like I'm cooking a roast for about an hour for dry peanuts. For green peanuts, do half the time.

Green peanuts (just harvested) require one to three hours of boiling, but are only available in July and August. Dried peanuts that are sold year-round require about 10 hours of boiling, or about 24 hours on high in a crock pot.

If you get green peanuts, yes. But if you buy dry raw peanuts, you will need to soak them.

Ice cream salt is not intended for consumption. Read the package. There are rock salts that can be eaten safely.

You don't need to dry boiled peanuts. Most people eat them right after they are boiled while they are still warm and juicy!

Yes and no. You don't want salted peanuts in the shell because they have been roasted, and you can't use roasted peanuts for boiling. If peanuts are labeled "unsalted," they are probably roasted as well. Make sure that the peanuts you use are either "green" or labeled "raw" (which means dried but not cooked). These peanuts won't be salted, and you can add the amount of salt you want.

Yes! You can leave green or dried peanuts to soak in water overnight. It is a good idea to add a little salt to the water while they soak!

No, you boil them in their shell. I soak mine for 8 hours in brine and then throw them in my Instapot.