Recipe: Perfect Cajun Boiled Peanuts (Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker)
Cajun Boiled Peanuts (Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker). Instant Pot Cajun Boiled Peanuts are a spicier version of the salty snack made famous in the south! If you love boiled peanuts, you have to try these Instant Pot Cajun boiled peanuts! They've got a hint of spicy kick to them, and they're SO easy to make!
Typically boiled peanuts are slow cooked in a large kettle for hours and hours to get them soft. Or they can be made in the crock pot. But cooking them in a pressure cooker greatly shortens the cooking time. You can have Cajun Boiled Peanuts (Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker) using 8 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Cajun Boiled Peanuts (Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker)
- It's 2.5 lbs of raw peanuts in the shell.
- It's 6 cups of chicken broth.
- Prepare 2 cups of water.
- You need 1/2 cup of Cajun seasoning.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of salt.
- It's 4 tbs of crab boil concentrate.
- You need 5 of large cloves garlic, roughly chopped.
- It's 2 of habaneros, sliced.
Place water, peanuts, salt, Creole seasoning, and liquid crab boil in a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and stir to combine. Instant Pot Boiled Peanuts - The quickest and easiest way make this tasty southern snack. Whether you like them spicy cajun, just plain salty or in between this is the recipe for you. Boiled peanuts are traditionally kettled cooked for hours to get the tender and delicious snack we love.
Cajun Boiled Peanuts (Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker) instructions
- Place all ingredients into an Instant Pot / Pressure Cooker and cook on High for 1 hr. and let pressure reduce naturally. Keep on “keep warm” for 8 hrs..
- After 8 hrs, open and check the peanuts for your desired consistency. I don’t like them too crunchy but also not mushy. I cooked them on high another 30 minutes and again let the pressure reduce naturally. Presto!.
How To Make Instant Pot Boiled Peanuts. Add all the seasoning and water. Set - Lock the lid into place and pressure cook on High. Remember, raw peanuts will take more time than green peanuts. Instant Pot Boiled Peanuts—a salty, addicting snack of soft peanuts is easy to make at home in your Instant Pot, slow cooker or on the stove.