Name: Best Peanut Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Peanuts (Dry roasted, unsalted); 1 tbsp Tamarind Paste; 0.25 cup vegetable oil; 1 cup Water; 0.5 tsp Salt (or to taste); 2.5 tbsp Palm Sugar; 1 tsp Coriander Powder; 1 tbsp Soy Sauce, Sweet (Use the thick sweet stylle); 4 whole Chillis, dried (desseded and soaked in warm water); 3 Cloves Garlic (peeled); 4 small Shallots (peeled); 1 Stalk Lemongrass (Cut into three strips); 0.5 Inch Galangal (buy frozen from chinese supermarket, just grate it frozen)

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Best Peanut Sauce

Authentic spicy peanut sauce. Goes great with the chicken satay recipe

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 10

Total Time 25

Servings 6 people

Ingredients

1 cup Peanuts Dry roasted, unsalted
1 tbsp Tamarind Paste
0.25 cup vegetable oil
1 cup Water
0.5 tsp Salt or to taste
2.5 tbsp Palm Sugar
1 tsp Coriander Powder
1 tbsp Soy Sauce, Sweet Use the thick sweet stylle

Spice Paste

4 whole Chillis, dried desseded and soaked in warm water
3 Cloves Garlic peeled
4 small Shallots peeled
1 Stalk Lemongrass Cut into three strips
0.5 Inch Galangal buy frozen from chinese supermarket, just grate it frozen

Instructions

Crush the peanuts till fine in a food processor.
Chop the spice paste ingredients corasly and blend in a food processor till very fine. Add a few tbsp water to help blending.
In saucepan heat the oil on medium and add spice paste. Add two of the strips of lemon grass. Fry until aromatic and smell spicy.
Add ground peanuts, water, tamarind, salt, palm sugar, coriander powder and sweet soy sauce. Stir to combine well.
Reduce the peanut sauce on medium-low heat, stir continuously for 5-10 minutes or until the peanut sauce thickens to your desired consistency, or until the oil and the peanut sauce separates.
Let cool to room temperature and serve with satay chicken.

Best Peanut Sauce