Instant Pot® Cajun Boiled Peanuts recipe

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Ingredients

8 cups water
1 pound raw Virginia peanuts in shells
⅓ cup salt
1 tablespoon Creole seasoning (such as Tony Chachere's®)
1 tablespoon liquid crab boil seasoning

Nutrition Info

162.1 calories
carbohydrate: 4.8 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 14 g
fiber: 2.5 g
protein: 7.4 g
saturatedFat: 1.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 2411 mg
sugar: 1.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place water, peanuts, salt, Creole seasoning, and liquid crab boil in a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and stir to combine. Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions, set timer for 180 minutes. Allow 25 minutes for pressure to build.

  2. Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 25 minutes. Unplug the cooker but keep the lid on. Let peanuts sit for 2 hours for maximum flavor.

Recipe Yield

1 pound

Recipe Note

I love boiled peanuts but in the past they've been a bit of hassle to make. They've got to be soaked in water overnight, then you have to wait for the giant pot of water to boil, the water evaporates so you have to add more water every hour, and then every time you do that you have to wait for the water to start boiling again. I knew there had to be a way to simplify the process and the Instant Pot® is the solution. While they still take time, the method is hands-off and they are still done quicker than the 8 hours alone it takes to soak them overnight using the stovetop method.

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