Spiced Orange Boiled Peanuts

Instructions

1. Rinse peanuts and scrub to remove dirt. Soak about an hour more to help remove any remaining dirt. Using a peeler, remove orange peel in strips and quarter orange. Strain peanuts, add to a fresh pot with orange, peels, coriander salt and sugar. Cover with water and bring to a boil stirring to dissolve. Taste mixture. It should be very flavor and balanced in salty and sweet. Gently boil peanuts, stirring occasionally, for about 4 to 5 hours adding more water as necessary to keep them covered.
2. Test a few for doneness. They should be soft like a bean with no crunch left. Cook longer if necessary. Let cool and store in the fridge up to ten days.
3. *Optional: you can strain and toss peanuts in a variety of different spice mixes. My favorite was a blend of lapsang souchong tea, orange peel, salt, sugar, pepper and ground coriander. They would also be good with a mix of kaffir lime leaf, salt and dried chiles. The peeled nuts are also great mixed into salads and asian dishes like lettuce cup pork or tofu.