Chinese Peanut Sauce

Name: Chinese Peanut Sauce
Yield: Makes 300 ml
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons smooth or crunchy peanut butter, or 100 g roasted peanuts; 125 ml chicken stock; 4 tablespoons smooth or crunchy peanut butter, or 100 g roasted peanuts; 4 tablespoons smooth or crunchy peanut butter, or 100 g roasted peanuts; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 tablespoons light soy sauce; 3 teaspoons sugar; 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar; 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves; ¼ teaspoon chilli powder

Preparation info

Makes
300 ml

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Paul Gayler's Sauce Book

By Paul Gayler

Published 2015

About

Less spicy than the Indonesian version of the sauce, This is very good served with spring rolls or satays.

Ingredients

125 ml chicken stock
4 tablespoons smooth or crunchy peanut butter, or

Asia
China
Sauce
Spicy

Method

Put the stock in a pan and bring to the boil. Add the peanut butter or peanuts, soy sauce and garlic and simmer for 2–3 minutes.
Transfer to a blender and add the vinegar, sugar, chilli powder and coriander.
Blitz to a coarse sauce-like consistency.