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Peanut Sauce

Southeast Asian · 10 min · Easy · 6 portions

Peanut Sauce

Salty, sour, sweet and hot in roughly equal measure, loosened to a pourable cream. It takes five minutes and improves almost anything it lands on.

~180 cal per serving — Calories are approximate, per serving — a guide only.

gluten-free
Plan it:

Method

  1. 1

    Loosen the peanut butter

    ⏱ 2 min

    Whisk the peanut butter with about half the warm water. It will seize and look ruined first; keep going and it comes back smooth.

  2. 2

    Season it

    Whisk in the soy sauce, lime juice, maple syrup, ginger, garlic and chili flakes until glossy.

  3. 3

    Adjust

    Add the rest of the water a splash at a time until it pours off the spoon in a ribbon. Taste and push whichever of salt, sour or sweet is hiding.

Notes

Natural peanut butter needs more water and more maple than the sweetened kind. Taste as you go rather than trusting the quantities.

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