Instant Pot Spicy Boiled Peanuts- A fantastically quick and easy way to make this loved southern snack. 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 Instant Pot Spicy Boiled Peanuts ready in about 2 hours. They get perfectly tender, spicy, and seasoned during that time. With a cold beer they make a great game day snack.
Boiled peanuts are an important part of southern food culture and they are the official state snack of my state- South Carolina. Most people either love them or hate them.
I find 75 minutes is the perfect time to pressure cook green peanuts, but you could go a little longer, especially if you like them really soft.
Type Of Peanuts
It’s important to use green peanuts if possible. They are fairly easy to find this time of year in the South. Green peanuts are peanuts that are harvested early. They still have some moisture in them, which allows them to cook faster. You can use peanuts labeled “raw” peanuts, which are dried peanuts, but they need to be cooked longer.
How To Serve
Instant Pot Spicy Boiled Peanuts taste great warm or cold. But they are definitely best when paired with beer. 🙂
Storage
Store boiled peanuts in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week. They can be eaten cold, at room temperature or warmed.
More Boiled Peanut Recipes
Instant Pot Spicy Boiled Peanuts
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds green peanuts
- 1/3 cup salt
- 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon Cajun or Creole seasoning
Instructions
- Place peanuts in the Instant Pot.
- Add salt, red pepper flakes, and seasoning.
- Add water to cover the peanuts.
- Place the steamer rack for the Instant Pot on top of the peanuts to help weight them down.
- Place lid on Instant Pot, check to see that the valve is in “sealing” position.
- Set to “Pressure Cook” for 75 minutes.
- Let do a natural pressure release for 30 minutes. Open the valve to release any remaining pressure and remove the lid.
Notes
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Originally posted August 22, 2018.
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I soaked the raw peanuts in the salt and spice water. The inside of the dome of the cooked peanuts is white. Could that be salt? Any other ideas?
Wow, I’ll definitely try this tomorrow.
Kevin
I cooked a 2lb batch in an 6qt intant pot and I could have easily fit another 1b. You could easily double the recipe just dont put the water level any higher than recommended. I did place the trivet on top just to keep the peanuts mostly submerged but since they are being cooked under pressure I don’t see any need for them all to be under water the entire time. They are going to cook evenly regardless. You would not want to double the amount of salt since they have plenty even though I only used 1/4 cup and filled the water to the highest level marked. I also used green peanuts and would say they were almost too soft.
Next time I will release pressure as soon a cycle completes so they have just a tiny bite to them.
Good luck
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1/3 cup kosher salt
1/4 cup onion pwdr
1/4 cup garlic powder
1/2 cup black pepper
1/2 cup red pepper flakes
I have 2 pounds of roasted peanuts in the shell. Can i still instant pot my peanuts for this recipe? If so, for how long?
I have the same situation. Did you end up trying?
It works, just need to cook on high for 2x the amount of time if not using green
No. Use raw peanuts otherwise you’re likely to end up with an overcooked pot of peanuts that will have have a ranchet/unnatural taste. The idea of boiling peanuts is to cook them with water.
It is not clear if we need to pressure cook in High or Medium for 75 mts?
I really can’t take the salt with my blood pressure. I was eating so many batches it was causing my blood pressure to burst and I had sudden nose bleeds. I do my setting at high pressure for 80 minutes as I am too impatient to wait for slow release and I push the tap to bleed it off. My recipe is 1/4 cup of salt with a quick cold bath rinse to flush excess salt out and I through in a nice tablespoon of minced garlic for some good flavor. It’s darn perfect for the tastes of a southern boy growing up eating bags of the stuff made roadside in big pots. Good memories.
Do they turn out soft or crunchy?
Soft
Can’t wait to try these but I have to say a pound and a half of peanuts simply isn’t enough for our family. Can you tell me how much to increase the cooking time if I were to double or even triple the recipe size?
Thanks in advance.
If you were to double or triple the size you wouldn’t be able to put them in your insta-pot. Just do a few batches before anyone gets home. It’s pretty quick considering what you’re doing.
Kevin
I cooked a 2lb batch in an 6qt intant pot and I could have easily fit another 1b. You could easily double the recipe just dont put the water level any higher than recommended. I did place the trivet on top just to keep the peanuts mostly submerged but since they are being cooked under pressure I don’t see any need for them all to be under water the entire time. They are going to cook evenly regardless. You would not want to double the amount of salt since they have plenty even though I only used 1/4 cup and filled the water to the highest level marked. I also used green peanuts and would say they were almost too soft.
Next time I will release pressure as soon a cycle completes so they have just a tiny bite to them.
Good luck
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Cool article, thanks to author for it!
This is my regular dish…
i tried it and wasnt happy with the taste. however i switched back to my crockpot and used half the peanuts and but the full recipe for the rest and omg good. i may add some garlic and see what happens
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Thanks for this great recipe. You probably understand how difficult to find good recipes of spicy boiled peanuts. I have been cooking for about 5 years using recipes that I find on the internet and I am not always lucky enough to find a recipe like this. I wanted to offer you to record a video guide with the preparation of this dish and post it on YouTube, given that your recipe is good, but it lacks clarity in preparing it so that others can easily repeat it. I saw a lot of instructions on how to cook various dishes there and mostly such videos have from 30 to 40 thousand views! Which suggests that their authors are using https://viplikes.net/ services to increase the number of views.
Cool article, thanks to author for it! Also he like https://teeest.com for gently.
Great recipe! Thanks
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