Tomorrow is National Peanut Day, the perfect day to celebrate the versatility of the peanut. Peanuts can accent your meals, milkshakes, and more. They are popular in the recipes of many cultures.
Peanuts is that they don’t have to be relegated to simply desserts, bar food, and butter. They can be found as appetizers, with entrees, and as desserts. Who can resist the wonderful peanut sauce that comes with Vietnamese spring rolls? How about an authentic Indian peanut stew?
The basic recipe for peanut butter is shelled and skinned roasted peanuts put into a commercial blender until smooth. Here is Alton Brown’s peanut butter recipe. For a touch of sweetness, add a touch of honey into the mix.
Peanut butter can be taken to the next level by being incorporated into a sauce for Vietnamese spring rolls. Nothing can compare to the smooth creaminess of the peanuts, hoisin sauce, and sriracha with the bold flavor of the basil in the roll. There’s a knack to rolling the perfect spring roll, but once you have it, it makes an amazing treat.
Chances are, you’ve got most of the ingredients for an Indian peanut stew on hand. It takes a touch of peanut butter, some brown rice, and some spices. You’ll be set after that. Here’s the recipe for Indian Peanut Stew from Allrecipes.
Let’s take a walk over to desserts. Peanuts offer a garnish to your favorite milkshakes and banana splits. They can be used in brownies, cookies, and cakes. You can make a peanut butter sauce with honey and drizzle it over ice cream. Here is some inspiration for you.
15 Peanut Butter Dessert Recipes from Bon Appetit
27 Truly Magnificent Peanut Butter Desserts from Buzzfeed
Peanuts can be used in your commercial oven, on your commercial range top, dipped and put into the deep fryer, boiled in an aluminum stockpot, and eaten plain. No wonder there are at least two days (September 13 and January 24 (National Peanut Butter Day)) devoted to them.
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