How to make peanut candy at home is very simple in just 3 short steps. Can you believe this? Let Dung Ha Dry Agricultural Products bring to your kitchen details of 2 ways to make delicious and crispy peanut candies at home like the manufacturer. Making peanut candies at home is both delicious, cost-effective and especially always ensuring food hygiene and safety in each operation. Let’s find out together.
What is peanut candy?
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How to make peanut candy at home with crispy white sugar like the manufacturer
Preparation ingredients
- 500g red peanuts
- 200ml pure water
- 200g white sugar
- 100g malt
- 40g ginger, minced
- 50ml lemon juice
- 100g white sesame
Step 1: Prepare ingredients
- Put 100g of white sesame in the pan and put the white sesame pan on the stove
- Turn on the stove and proceed to roasting white sesame seeds on low heat for 25 minutes
- Stir the white sesame seeds well to avoid burning white sesame
- Roasted white sesame seeds, turn off the heat, pour into a bowl, let cool
- Divide white sesame into 2 equal parts (1 part put in candy, 1 part put into candy mold)
- Continuing to use the pan, add the whole red peanuts to the pan
- Put the peanut pan on the stove and roast the peanuts until golden brown on medium heat for 30 minutes
- Pour the peanuts into the basket, cover the peanuts with a clean towel to cool and incubate the peanuts
- Next, squeeze the peanuts with your hands to remove the entire peanut shell
Step 2: Make sugar water
- Put 200ml of purified water in a pot and bring to a boil
- When the water is boiling, you put 200g of white sugar in the pot and melt the sugar
- The sugar is boiling and has melted, you add all the minced ginger
- Boil sugar and minced ginger for about 7 minutes
- Put 50ml of lemon juice in the pot
- Holding the handle of the pot, gently shake the lemon juice to dissolve the sugar and ginger
- Continue to boil the mixture for another 5 minutes on low heat
- Next, you pour all 100g of malt into the pot and boil until it turns to the color of fried wings
- Prepare a cup of pure water
- Using a spoon, scoop a little sugar that is boiling in the pot, drop it into a bowl of pure water to check
- If sugar does not dissolve in water, it means it has met the requirements
Note: In the process of cooking candy, you absolutely must not stir with chopsticks. Let all the ingredients come to a natural boil over low heat.
Step 3: Cook peanut candy
- Pour all the roasted peanuts above into the pot of malt sugar
- Stir well with medium heat so that the malt sugar goes into the peanuts
- Sprinkle 50g of roasted white sesame above into the pot of peanuts, stir well
Step 4: Create a peanut candy shape
- Pour the finished product into a pre-prepared candy mold that has been sprinkled with white sesame before
- Using a wooden pestle, roll the candy out into the mold
- Let the peanuts rest for about 5 minutes to solidify into a block
- Spread the cooking oil evenly on the knife
- Proceed to cut peanut candy into small pieces just enough to eat and enjoy
How to make peanut candy at home without malt is still as delicious as the manufacturer
Preparation ingredients
- 200g red peanuts
- 100g white sesame
- 200g white sugar
- 50ml lemon juice
- 20g margarine
- 150ml pure water
Step 1: Prepare ingredients
- Put 100g of white sesame in the pan and put the sesame pan on the stove
- Turn on the stove with medium heat and roast the sesame until golden brown for 10 minutes
- Stir-fry sesame seeds evenly to avoid burning sesame
- Sesame is ripe, satisfactory, turn off the heat and pour the sesame into a bowl, let it cool
- Put white sesame into 2 equal bowls (1 bowl for candy, 1 bowl for candy mold)
- Continuing to use the pan, put all 200g of red peanuts in the pan
- Put the peanut pan on the stove and proceed to roast the red beans for 30 minutes
- Roast peanuts evenly so that peanuts are cooked evenly, not scorched
- When the peanuts are golden, you pour them into the basket, cover with a clean towel to incubate and cool the peanuts for 7 minutes
- Next, rub the peanuts vigorously with your hands so that the peanuts peel off
Step 2: Cook peanut candy
- Put 150ml of purified water in a pot and bring to a boil
- When the water is boiling, pour all 200g of white sugar into the pot and melt the sugar
- When the sugar is melted, put 50ml of lemon juice in the pot
- Hold the pot handle, shake gently to melt all the ingredients and combine
- Continue to heat the sugar with low heat until the sugar turns to the color of fried wings
- Prepare a bowl of purified water
- Using a spoon, scoop some sugar and drop it into a bowl of pure water
- If sugar does not dissolve in water, it means it has met the requirements
Note: In the process of cooking candy, you absolutely must not stir with chopsticks. Stirring with chopsticks will cause the sugar to thicken, and the peanut candy will lose its taste. Let all the ingredients come to a natural boil over low heat.
Step 3: Cook peanut candy
- Pour all the roasted peanuts above into the pot of sugar water
- Stir well to mix the sugar water with the peanuts
- Next, you put 20g of margarine in the pot and stir well
- Sprinkle 50g of roasted white sesame above into the peanut pot, stir well
- Sugar coating the peanuts and forming a smooth dough is satisfactory
Step 4: Create a peanut candy shape
- Line a layer of parchment paper underneath the cake pan
- Spread 50g of roasted white sesame evenly all over the parchment paper
- Turn off the stove, pour the peanut candy into the candy mold prepared earlier that has been sprinkled with white sesame
- Using a rolling pin, spread the peanut candy evenly all over the face of the candy mold
- Leave the peanut candy for about 5-7 minutes to solidify into a block
- Apply the oil mixture around the knife
- Proceed to cut peanut candy into small pieces just enough to eat and enjoy
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How to make peanut candy at home, what should be noted?
- Choose fresh ingredients: Peanuts must be roasted until golden brown, not burned. White sesame is also roasted until golden brown, not burnt,
- Cook sugar to just enough glue: Sugar must be cooked to a certain viscosity. Not too thick and not too liquid. The calibration line must be able to be spun into yarn. If the sugar is liquid, the candy is not crispy and melts easily. If the sugar is too thick, the candy will be very hard,
- Add peanuts and white sesame to the sugar water when the water boils: Peanuts and white sesame must be cooked with boiled sugar water. If you add peanuts and white sesame too soon, the candy will be hard. If added too late, the candy loses its flavor.
- Sprinkle white sesame when the candy is still hot: Sesame must be boiled with the candy, it will blend into the peanut candy.
- It is necessary to store peanut candies properly after making them to avoid watery candy. It is best to store peanut candies in an airtight container and place in the refrigerator.
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How many calories in peanut candy?
If you are a person who is following a healthy diet to lose weight, then surely you want to know the answer to the question of how many calories in peanut candy? This is such a great question that nutritionists don’t want to ignore such a good question.
- 485kcal
- 19g lipids
- 4.1g saturated fat
- 12mg cholesterol
- 445mg sodium
- 71 grams of carbs
- 168mg potassium
- 2.5 grams of fiber
- 51g sugar
- 8g protein
- 1.2mg iron
- 0.1mg vitamin B6
- 42mg magnesium
- 27mg calcium
- 100g peanut candy provides about 485 calories for the body.
Eating peanut candy makes you gain weight and obesity?
- Eat peanut candy in the morning or afternoon. Absolutely do not eat in the evening and late at night.
- Do not eat too many peanut candies during the week. The best dosage is 3 pieces/week.
- When you accidentally eat too much peanut candy, you need to apply measures to burn calories immediately such as: jogging, cycling, swimming, …
Conclude
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