Why This Ingredient Is Special
Creamy Peanut Sauce: Stir the peanut butter smooth with half the water first. Work in the remaining ingredients and add enough water until the sauce slowly runs off the spoon. For warm dishes, heat…
Ingredients
- peanut butter120 g
- warm water120 ml
- soy sauce40 ml
- lemon or lime juice25 ml
- honey20 g
- 1 small garlic clove
- optional chili flakes
Method
- Stir the peanut butter smooth with half the water first.
- Work in the remaining ingredients and add enough water until the sauce slowly runs off the spoon.
- For warm dishes, heat only gently.
Substitutions
Replace peanut butter 1:1 with tahini or sunflower seed butter. Replace soy sauce with 30 ml water plus 1/2 tsp salt; you'll lose a bit of depth. Honey can be replaced with sugar or maple syrup.
Storage
5 days refrigerated; it thickens as it sits.