When we went home last year we went to a nice dim sum place at Jalan Imbi and they served braised peanuts as snack as normally the Chinese restaurant will serve you salted peanuts or 'Keropok' . I really like their braised peanuts because is soft, sweet and salty. I got this recipe from 'Kuali' but I have to omit some of the ingredients since I don't have it. This dish is really good as snack or eats it with hot rice porridge.Ingredients :
(adapted from Kuali)
200 grm of peanuts - soak overnight
2 piece of tong kwai
some orange peel
1 star anise
1 cinnamon stick
1 tsp of chopped garlic
Seasoning
2 tbsp of light soy sauce
1 tbsp of oyster sauce
2 tsp of dark soy sauce
4 pcs of rock sugar
salt and pepper to taste
Enough water for braising
1) Rinse soak peanuts and drain well.2) Combined all the above ingredients in a pot with some water and bring to boil.
3) Reduce the heat and continue to simmer until peanuts are soft. It might take 1 1/2 - 2 hours.
4) Serve peanuts warm or at room temperature.
Note : The peanuts will cook faster and softer if you use pressure-cooker for 30 min. I added some hard boil egg to the braised peanuts.
There is a local market here in Richmond that selling boiled peanuts... They have the best boiled peanuts in town... I think I'm going to get some this weekend... I love boiled peanuts..
ReplyDeleteGert, your braised peanuts looks good too... Did you cook the peanuts with pressure cooker?
Dear Gertrude,
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Wah! I can imagine the smell of tong kwai, lovely. Will try a small portion first. Yours look very tempting. Next time, will belanja you tim sum when you're back. Diana Choo
Oh I love these peanut dish, lovely, can get them in a jar made in taiwan! lol!
ReplyDeleteThe eggs u added remind me of this dish, braised eggs with pork. I love that gravy especially with lots of star anise.
ReplyDeleteCat, me too prefer boil peanuts than the roasted kind. No, I didn't have a pressure cooker so I have to cook it for 1 1/2 hours.
ReplyDeleteDiana, thank you. Yeah, we should go for dimsim when I am home :)
BBO, I heard they do sell this in a jar or can. Where can I buy it ?
Pinky, braised eggs and pork.. yum yum. My mom's signature dish :)
hi, i have a question. i would like to try this recipe and was wondering if you peeled the peanuts before or after you boiled them?
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Carrie, I didn't peel the peanuts. I just boiled it as it is.
ReplyDeletehi!
ReplyDeleteI have been following your blog and loved all the dishes you post on here.
I cooked this braised peanuts over the weekend and put it up on my blog, i hope you don't mind. Thanks for recipe!
Julie, thank you and no I don't mind at all :)
ReplyDeletehi there.. u mentioned that you omitted something tat is not available and replaced it with something else.. can i know what have you changed? thanks
ReplyDeleteThe recipe from Kuali have 2 g liquorice stick (kam chou) and 3g chuen koong (not sure what is it) in it. I just omit these ingredients and didn't replace it with anything else.
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