Homemade peanut sauce
2011
I love peanut sauce, and usually I just buy it. My favorite brand is House of Tsang thai peanut sauce. I’ve seen recipes before for making it myself, I’ve just never gotten around to make it. I’m sorry I waited so long because this recipe tasted amazing. It comes from the 2000 Cooking Light Cookbook.
When I read the ingredients, it turned out I had everything I needed.
Ingredients:
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
3 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon chili paste with garlic (available in the Asian aisle).
4 cloves of garlic, minced
Combine all the ingredients and that’s it!
For 2 tablespoons the calories are 139 6.2 fat, 4.4 grams protein, 19 carbs.
It’s really peanut-y, any yummy. So much better than the store bought stuff, I think I’ll use this one from now on instead of buying it.
So, of course I had to make a stir fry with it.
The only veggies I had left were carrots, celery, cauliflower and edamame. And I also made 1 serving of angel hair pasta.
I actually only used 1 tablespoon of the peanut sauce in my dish and that was plenty. If you want to thin it out some, add a few tablespoons of the pasta water if you wish.
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Over the weekend, I watched a great show on The Cooking Channel. It’s called the Four Coursemen. It’s 6 friends from Athens, Georgia. They all have their strengths in the kitchen. They began by cooking dinner parties for friends and families. Then word got out about these fantastic dinner parties and so now that’s what they do. They cook out of a small house.
The show took them all over Georgia, looking for locally grown food from farmers. They said every time they host a party, they cook something different. Check out this link to past dinner parties they hosted. I envied them for the lengths they went to to find the best ingredients.
Hope everyone had a great weekend. After 30/40 degree weather last week, we now are enjoying 80 degrees today – isn’t that insane? Last week I was wearing hat and gloves and today I had to pull out my summer clothes!
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I usually buy peanut sauce, too. Now I think I’m going to make it on my own. Yours looks great!
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Hi Jenn, we are “sisters in peanut sauce” this weekend….I made some yesterday! Have a great week!!!
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I also have the House of Tsang peanut sauce but I will have to try this recipe! Love peanut sauce on noodles with some veggies.
Wow…simple and yum….thank u for the recipe….
Lubna Karim recently posted..Capsicum-Baby corn Ki Sabzi
Smart! I love making my own sauces sometimes but have never made my own peanut sauce. THat’s great that one tbsp went such a long way!
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it turned out I had everything I needed
I don’t think that’s ever happened to me.
Charlie Hills recently posted..Attempt 105- Week 6
Even though it’s a little more fatty, sometimes it’s nice to add some coconut milk in there too for flavor.
The Duo Dishes recently posted..Los Angeles’ Avocado Takedown
I really like peanut sauce too and especially like it on veggies. Makes them so much better! We are having crazy weather too. Over 80 today and three days ago I was in coat and gloves.
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