Peanut Sauce

Smooth Peanut Sauce – quick, easy & yummy!

1/2 cup natural peanut butter (almond or cashew butter work too)
4 TBSP soy sauce
2 TBSP brown rice vinegar
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper (or more)
1/2 cup water

• Whisk all ingredients together.

Done! I Love a no-cook sauce 🙂

SIDE NOTES:

~ Our favorite way to eat this sauce is over noodles with a vegetable. Peas or broccoli work well. If using frozen peas, no need to thaw. Just add them to the pot w/ the noodles for the last minute or 2 of cook time. If using broccoli, chop up a few cloves of garlic & saute in oil for a few mins. Then add chopped broccoli & saute a few minutes longer – until crisp-tender & bright green, and mix in a few shakes of soy sauce. Of course, you can add any vegetable(s) you’d like. Other ways we enjoy peanut sauce is over a rice & veggie stir fry, over tempeh, or for dipping steamed vegetables. I’d imagine it works well w/ some chicken dishes too.

~ If serving kids, you might want to make their plates up before you mix in the cayenne.

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Here are 2 other versions that I go back & forth with, depending on what I’m pairing it with, and what ingredients I happen to have on hand.

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Crunchy Peanut Sauce

3 TBSP coconut oil (or sesame oil)
1 medium onion, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 tsp curry powder
1 & 1/2 cups coconut milk
1 & 1/2 TBSP soy sauce
1 & 1/2 TBSP natural sugar (or about 8 drops of liquid stevia)
3/4 tsp chili powder
1 & 1/2 TBSP lemongrass minced (optional)
3/4 cup crunchy, natural peanut butter

• Heat oil in a pot over medium-high heat.
• Cook onion & garlic until the onion is wilting, approx 2 mins.
• Add curry powder & cook for 30 secs.
• Add coconut milk, soy sauce, sugar, chili powder, lemongrass (or juice) & peanut butter.
• Cook over very low heat, stirring constantly for 5 mins.

~ A bit more elaborate, more the *real deal*, but still pretty easy.

~ My friend Lynn shared this recipe with me a long time ago (thanks!).

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Spicy Peanut Sauce

1/4 cup natural peanut butter
1 cup veggie broth
1 TBSP soy sauce
1 TBSP natural sugar (or about 6 drops of liquid stevia)
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
3 TBSP toasted sesame oil
1/4 cup chopped peanuts
1 TBSP chopped fresh cilantro (or more)

• Whisk together the peanut butter, broth, tamari, sugar, red pepper flakes & sesame oil.
• Drain pasta & toss with sauce.
• Add peanuts and cilantro.

~ Adapted from “Power Foods”

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