In fact, there are two ways to do "cold peanuts", one is to fry them dry and the other is to boil them wet. We usually stir-fry peanuts with salt or sugar, and the other is with spices such as salt and pepper. This kind of peanut tastes crisp, salty, sweet and spicy, and it is very good as a snack with wine. In wet mixing, peanuts are usually pickled in water, soaked or cooked in soy sauce, and added with their favorite flavor seasoning.
Today, I only use boiled water. There are two other ways to do this. One way is to soak peanuts in water first and then cook them. In this way, the cooking time is short, which can save some time, but the taste and taste are not easy to master. Because the water is soaked in advance, the cooking time is short and it is not very tasty. The other is that peanuts are boiled directly in the pot without soaking. The disadvantage of this method is that it takes a long time to cook, and it takes a long time to soak in water after cooking, which requires us to stagger the normal cooking time. The advantage is that peanuts can fully absorb the flavor of seasoning because they are soaked in seasoning water for a long time, so they are delicious. Today, I just chose the latter method and feel that I like it better. You can try it if you like. Here are the specific methods.
-Lettuce mixed with peanuts-
Ingredients: dried peanuts 1 kg, lettuce.
Boiled seasoning: 3 grams of salt, more than 0/0 slices of pepper/kloc-0, 2 slices of fragrant leaves, and aniseed 1 piece.
Seasoning: 10g soy sauce, 3g balsamic vinegar, 2g chicken essence, 2 millet peppers, 2 string peppers, 3 cloves of garlic, 1 coriander, 2g sugar, 2 spoonfuls of Chili oil.
-Manufacturing methods and steps-
Step 1: Wash the peanuts twice, put them directly into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, and add salt, pepper, fragrant leaves and aniseed. What needs to be explained here is that there should be more water, because peanuts are bigger, so we need a lot of water. Generally speaking, we'd better have 5 times as much water as peanuts.
Step 2: Cover the lid and let's boil over high heat, and then cook over low heat for about 15 minutes. If you like to be as soft as an old man, we'd better cook for about 20 minutes, so that the boiled peanuts will taste softer. Then we turn off the fire bubble for about 1 month and a half to 2 hours.
Step 3: When soaking peanuts, we can watch TV and play games. After watching two episodes of TV series, I began to prepare side dishes and seasonings. First, we peel the lettuce, clean it, break it into strips, and then cut it into cubes, which are slightly larger than the soaked peanuts. Then we put a spoonful of salt, mix well with chopsticks for 5 minutes, and marinate the water.
Step 4: When pickling lettuce, we take out the soaked peanuts, pick up the seasoning inside, drain the water and put it in a big bowl for later use. Just drain the water a little, not too dry, the soup tastes better.
Step 5: Cut the cleaned millet pepper and green pepper into rings, chop the garlic into minced garlic, and cut the coriander into small pieces and put them on a plate for later use.
Step 6: After the lettuce is pickled, take it out, put it directly into a big bowl filled with peanuts without squeezing, and then add minced garlic, millet spicy, pepper and coriander in turn for later use.
Step 7: Then we start seasoning, add 10g soy sauce, 3g balsamic vinegar, 2g white sugar, and 2 spoonfuls of Chili oil in turn, and finally fully stir with our revolutionary hands and serve!
Product map: The delicious "lettuce mixed with peanuts" is ready. Let it stand 10 minutes before eating. The smell is too strong.
Cooking skills—
Many people think that "mixing cold dishes" has no technical content. After all, they are all cooked ingredients, just mix them together. But in fact, it takes a lot of skill to make cold dishes delicious. Cold dishes are not very delicious without good seasoning and side dishes. Like the "lettuce mixed with peanuts" we made today, we have some knowledge, so we should pay attention to it when making it.
(1) Whether peanuts are soaked or boiled, I personally think that both methods can be used, but I prefer the latter, which is more delicious and easier to control.
(2) The time for boiling peanuts should be about 15-20 minutes. If the time is short, peanuts will lose their flavor if they are not cooked. If the time is too long, peanuts will be cooked too soft, taste bad, and nutrition will be lost.
(3) After cooking, stew with 1 for half an hour to two hours to make the peanuts full and tasty.
(4) Lettuce pickled with salt can remove astringency, and lettuce pickled with salt tastes more crisp and tender.
(5) After the peanuts are mixed, let them stand for a while before eating, which will be more delicious.