Peanut Sauce

Name: Peanut Sauce
Prep time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Makes 2 cups
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 3 small dried red chiles, stemmed and seeded, or cayenne or hot red pepper flakes to taste; 3 small dried red chiles, stemmed and seeded, or cayenne or hot red pepper flakes to taste; 3 small dried red chiles, stemmed and seeded, or cayenne or hot red pepper flakes to taste; 1 lemongrass stalk, white part only, thinly sliced; 2 teaspoons ground turmeric; 3 garlic cloves, peeled 2 shallots, peeled; 3 garlic cloves, peeled 2 shallots, peeled; 1 tablespoon peanut or neutral oil, like corn or grapeseed; 1 tablespoon peanut or neutral oil, like corn or grapeseed; 1 tablespoon peanut or neutral oil, like corn or grapeseed; 1 tablespoon peanut or neutral oil, like corn or grapeseed; 1 tablespoon palm sugar or brown sugar; 2 tablespoons nam pla; 1 cup coconut milk, homemade or canned; 1 tablespoon palm sugar or brown sugar; ½ cup chopped roasted peanuts or crunchy peanut butter; ½ cup chopped roasted peanuts or crunchy peanut butter; 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice; 1 teaspoon salt

Preparation info

Makes
2 cups

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

The Best Recipes in the World

By Mark Bittman

Published 2005

About

A complex, multipurpose sauce that is good enough to eat with a spoon; adjust the proportions to your taste once you get used to it. Serve it warm, with Grilled Satay, Fried Satay, Spring Rolls, or simply rice crackers, sold at many Asian and health food markets, or other crackers. See for information on Asian fish sauces like nam p

Ingredients

Asia
Thailand
Fish course
Sauce
Pescatarian
Microwave
Gluten-free
South East Asia

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