BRAISED PEANUT

Traditional braised peanut .I bought 1/2 kg of this shandong peanut import from china .decided to cook this braised peanut since my family love to eat.it yummy.

BRAISED PEANUT

Ingredients;

600g fresh uncooked peanut

1 tbsp alkaline water

1 cinnamon stick

2 star anise

6 clove garlic

1 inch tangerine peel (optional)

good black soy sauce.

1 tbsp salt  and sugar

Method;

shelled the peanut. put the peanut in a mixing bowl,add some water to wet the peanut,add in alkaline water to stir evenly.cover for 15 minutes and stir twice.pour boiled water and stir ( water must be 2 inches higher  than the surface of peanut )cover for another 15 minutes.drain and rinse with water. Boil 1 litre of water together with peanut, cinnamon,star anise,garlic,black soy sauce and tangerine peel in a pot cook until soft 

for an hour or two. ( bring to a boil first ,than lower the heat to med low to simmer,check water level,when the peanut is not soft,add some water and cook till the peanut is soft) when the peanut is soft,add 1 tbsp sugar ,cook till the sauce left some only.