Peanut Sauce

Name: Peanut Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: Indonesia
Ingredients: 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 100 g/4 oz/½ cup smooth peanut butter; 4 tablespoons soy sauce; 1 dried red chilli; 150 ml/5 fl oz/⅔ cup milk; sea salt to taste; juice of 1 lemon; 1 teaspoon brown sugar; 1 onion, finely chopped; 4 tablespoons groundnut/peanut oil

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

The New Vegetarian

By Colin Spencer

Published 1986

About

This is a classic Indonesian sauce which we associate with small kebabs called satay. It’s also good with crudités.

Ingredients

4 tablespoons groundnut/peanut oil
1 onion, finely chopped
3 garlic cl

Asia
Indonesia
Starter
Sauce
South East Asia
Vegetarian

Method

Heat the oil in a pan and cook the onion and garlic with the chilli until soft. Add the peanut butter, soy sauce, lemon juice, sugar and salt. Stir well and continue to cook until you have a smooth sauce. Take out the chilli and add the milk.