Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Hot Peanuts

My favorite local Asian-American market on North Main Street in Woonsocket, opposite Jaime Sullivan's butcher shop, sells bags of raw peanuts in the shell. The other night I was reading my Chinese cookbook and Ken Hom suggests roasting the peanuts for ten minutes in a 350 degree oven. So I roasted them in the shell. I had just enough to cover the bottom of my dutch oven. Of course I lost track of time even with my kitchen timer! But they came out great.

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Rachel Nguyen said...

The vietnamese version is to steam them in the shell in salted water, cool them and peel and eat them as a kind of bean.

Totally different flavor and really yummy.