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Boiled Peanuts with Chile Salt

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Shelled boiled peanuts topped with chile salt and cilantro in a grey bowl.
Boiled Peanuts With Chile SaltPhoto by Marcus Nilsson

Fresh shell-on peanuts are available only at harvest time and are hard to find, but unroasted shell-on peanuts work just as well and can be found in many supermarkets and online.  

  

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