Preparation
10 minutes
Cooking
30 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Peanut sesame salt is an incredibly delicious and attractive dipping salt with the rich, fragrant taste of peanuts along with a mildly salty flavor. This is a delicious dish when combined with foods like: sticky rice, white rice, steamed cassava cake,.. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN and make it right away!
Ingredients for Peanut Sesame Salt Serves 6
Raw peanuts 200 gr White sesame 100 gr Coarse salt 2 tablespoons
How to choose fragrant, fatty peanuts
- You should choose peanuts with shiny, beautiful shells, evenly sized, and feel firm when held.
- Avoid peanuts that show signs of mold, unusual colors, or shriveled peanuts with wrinkled shells.
- Do not buy peanuts that have been stored for a long time; their shells are usually not shiny because they will smell oily when cooked.
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How to make Sesame Salt Peanuts
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Roasting Sesame
Add white sesame into a frying pan, stir evenly over low heat for about 10 minutes until fragrant and golden brown, then turn off the heat and let it cool.
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Roasting Salt
Roast the salt in a frying pan over medium heat for about 3 minutes until fragrant and crispy, then turn off the heat.
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Roasting and Shelling Peanuts
Place a pan on the stove, wait until the pan is hot, then add the peanuts, roast while stirring evenly over low heat for about 15 minutes until the peanuts are golden and cooked evenly, and the shells crack open, then turn off the heat. Let it cool and then use a sieve with large holes to shell the peanuts completely.
Note: To avoid the peanuts being sticky after roasting, you should wait for the pan to heat up before adding the peanuts to roast! -
Pounding the ingredients
Put the peeled peanuts into a ziplock bag and use a pestle to pound them finely. Next, add the salt and toasted sesame seeds into the ziplock bag, then pound them finely.
Note:
- To enjoy the rich and delicious flavor of the peanuts, you should not pound them too finely.
- If you do not like to use a pestle, you can use a multi-purpose blender to grind.
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Completion
Add the finely pounded peanuts and sesame salt into a bowl and mix them well together.
After the sesame salt and peanuts are mixed together, put them into a glass jar for storage. When eating, just take out a sufficient amount and close the lid tightly to prevent air exposure.
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Final Product
Salted sesame peanut (salted peanuts with sesame) after completion will have the aroma of roasted sesame and roasted peanuts. Eating it gives a feeling of richness, sweetness, and fragrance with a little saltiness that is easy to eat. This will be a very delicious dish suitable for vegetarians and those with gout who need to avoid meat.
How to Store Salted Sesame Peanut (Salted Peanut with Sesame)
- To be able to use salted sesame peanut (salted peanut with sesame) for a long time while ensuring quality, you should sterilize the jar and lid with boiling water and let it dry completely or store it in a tightly sealed plastic bag.
- However, you should only make a sufficient amount for use within 1 – 2 days; if left too long, the peanuts will become rancid and not taste good anymore.
- You can store salted sesame peanut (salted peanut with sesame) at room temperature, in a dry place, avoiding direct sunlight; it can be used for 3 – 5 days. Do not store in the refrigerator because the peanuts will lose their crispness, and during the process of taking it out for use, the salted sesame peanut (salted peanut with sesame) is likely to become watery.
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Finally, we have completed the super delicious and attractive peanut sesame salt. Wishing you success with this recipe!
*Refer to the images and recipe from the YouTube channel What to Eat Here?
