Thai Peanut Sauce Satay Dip 🥜🌶️

Description

Silky Thai peanut sauce with coconut milk, red curry paste, lime, and a clean sweet savory balance, thick enough for satay, glossy enough for noodles, and premium enough to upgrade everything. 🌶️

Hook ✨

If you want one Thai sauce that is endlessly searched and instantly restaurant worthy, this peanut satay sauce is the move, rich, smooth, and perfectly balanced in minutes. ✨

Ingredients

• Base
• 🥜 180 g smooth peanut butter (¾ cup / 6.3 oz)
• 🥥 240 ml coconut milk, full fat (1 cup / 8.5 fl oz)
• 🌶️ 30 g Thai red curry paste (2 tbsp / 1.1 oz)
• 🧄 10 g garlic, minced (3 cloves / 0.35 oz)
• 🫚 10 g ginger, minced (1 tbsp / 0.35 oz)
• Balance
• 🥣 30 ml soy sauce (2 tbsp / 1 fl oz)
• 🍯 20 ml palm sugar syrup or brown sugar syrup (4 tsp / 0.7 fl oz)
• 🍋 20 ml lime juice (4 tsp / 0.7 fl oz)
• 💧 60–120 ml warm water, as needed (¼–½ cup / 2–4 fl oz)
• Finish
• 🌶️ 2 g chili flakes, optional (½ tsp / 0.07 oz)
• 🥜 20 g roasted peanuts, crushed, optional (3 tbsp / 0.7 oz)
• 🌿 2 g cilantro, finely chopped, optional (1 tbsp / 0.07 oz)

Preparation

1. 1️⃣ Bloom the curry
2. In a saucepan on medium low, stir curry paste with 60 ml (¼ cup / 2 fl oz) coconut milk for 1 min until glossy and fragrant. 🌶️
3. 2️⃣ Add aromatics
4. Add garlic and ginger, stir 20 sec until aromatic, not browned. 🧄
5. 3️⃣ Build the sauce
6. Whisk in peanut butter and remaining coconut milk until smooth and thick. 🥜
7. 4️⃣ Balance it
8. Add soy sauce, syrup, and lime juice, then whisk until glossy and fully combined. 🍋
9. 5️⃣ Adjust texture
10. Add warm water a little at a time until the sauce is thick but pourable, perfect for dipping or drizzling. ✨
11. 6️⃣ Finish
12. Turn off heat, add optional chili flakes and crushed peanuts, then rest 2 min. 🌿
13. 7️⃣ Serve
14. Serve warm with satay, spring rolls, grilled tofu, or noodles. 🍽️

Total Time

⏱️ Prep: 5 min
🔥 Cook/Bake: 6 min
🛋️ Rest: 2 min
⏰ Total: 13 min

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