We love spicy peanut sauce and I have never been successful before to make a restaurant-quality peanut sauce. When I was reading the ingredients for this sauce I saw that it had coconut milk in it. That was something I have never used to make a sauce before and I wanted t give it a try. I am so glad I tried the peanut sauce because this was the perfect one that I was looking for and I kept licking it so much that I had to keep it out of my eyesight. I had made Chinese New Year dumplings for one of the earlier blogging marathon themes and this was one of the side sauces I had made for the dish. It not only paired perfectly with the dumplings but was also great as a sauce for quick noodles. I diluted the leftover dipping sauce a little bit and then used it as a sauce for quick vegetable noodles the next night. I also made Thai sweet chili sauce along with peanut sauce for the dumplings which I will be blogging about soon. Preparation time – 5 minutesCooking time – 5 minutesDifficulty level – easy
Ingredients to make Spicy Peanut sauce – Makes ½ cup
Smooth peanut butter – 3 tbsp Chunky peanut butter – 1 tablespoon (can be substituted with smooth) Coconut milk – ¼ cup (more if you prefer thinner sauce) Soy sauce – 2 tsp Brown sugar – 2 tsp Crushed red pepper – ½ tsp Lime juice – 1 tablespoon (freshly squeezed) Crushed peanuts – for garnish
Procedure to make Spicy Peanut sauce
Combine all the ingredients (except the crushed peanuts) in a small saucepan.
Cook it on low heat, stirring continuously. Let the mixture come to a simmer and then turn off the flame.
Transfer the peanut dipping sauce to a serving bowl and garnish with crushed peanuts.
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