How to Make a Peanut Sauce

This is a hot and sweet peanut sauce that can be used as a salad dressing, dipping sauce or poured for Japanese noodles.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 3/4 cup Honey Roasted peanuts.
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
• 2 green onions (scallions) chopped.
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper.
• 2 fresh red chilies, chopped and seeded or 2 dried red chilies re-hydrated in warm water for 1 hour, chopped and seeded.
• 2 tablespoons tamarind sauce,
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce.
• 1/2 cup canned coconut milk.

1. Using a food processor process the honey roasted peanuts until they are the consistency of chunky peanut butter, leave in the processor and set aside.

2. If dried red chilies are used, place the chilies in a bowl. Pour in enough boiling water to submerge the chilies under the water. Place a second small bowl or other heavy object on the chilies to hold them under the hot water. Let sit for 1/2 to 1 hour until the chilies are re-hydrated.

3. In a Wok, heat vegetable oil and stir-fry the green onions, garlic and red chilies until soft.

4. Add the soy sauce, coconut milk, cayenne pepper and tamarind. Simmer for about 2 minutes.

5. Pour content of Wok into the food processor with the processed peanuts and process until fully mixed and thickened.

6. Serve sauce over salads, as a vegetable dip, on oriental flat bread roll-ups or as a sauce over stir-fry.

Tips & Warnings

• Substitute chunky peanut butter and 1 table spoon of honey if you do not have a food processor and mix by hand with a fork.
• Do not over cook the garlic, it will become bitter as it burns.

[nancys123]

on 9/4/2009 Great recipe. 5* and recommend

[oxymora]

on 8/22/2009 I love peanut sauce but have never found a recipe I love. This sounds like it could be really good. Thanks.