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How to make the best Thai Peanut Sauce ever! This Peanut Sauce Recipe can be used as a dipping sauce, salad dressing, for peanut noodles or with chicken satay.
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Hello friends! Today I am sharing a recipe that I spent years perfecting. This is my recipe for the Best Thai Peanut Sauce Ever. I use this recipe as a peanut dipping sauce, as a dressing for salads, to make peanut noodles and anything else I think needs a punch of flavor from peanut sauce.
How do you make Thai Peanut Sauce?
This recipe for Thai Peanut Sauce uses everyday ingredients that are easy to find at the grocery store. Although many Thai peanut sauce recipes use coconut milk, this peanut sauce recipe does not. All you need to do is whisk together peanut butter with soy sauce, rice vinegar, lime juice, chili garlic sauce, brown sugar, ginger, garlic and water. This is a simple, no cook peanut sauce!
A few notes about this recipe:
- You can make this spicy peanut sauce by using more chili garlic sauce. You can sub sriracha if you have it on hand, but I prefer the flavor of chili garlic sauce.
- You can use honey instead of brown sugar, however I find that the flavor of the peanut sauce is better with brown sugar.
- Use more water to thin the sauce and use as a peanut sauce dressing for salad.
- What can you dip in this peanut sauce? Spring rolls, lettuce wraps, veggies, chicken, coconut shrimp, tofu. You can use this peanut dipping sauce for just about anything!
Best Ever Thai Peanut Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup peanut butter natural, unsweetened
- 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce use tamari or coconut aminos for gluten free
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce more or less to taste
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 3 garlic cloves pressed or grated
- 1 tablespoon ginger root grated
- 2-4 tablespoons warm water
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients except water. Whisk to fully combine.
- Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency is reached. I normally use 2 tablespoons for a sauce and up to four if using it for a dressing.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can I use red wine vinegar
Hi Georgia – I’ve never tried it, but it would probably be fine.
This recipe is completely amazing. I used it to recreate a salad at a local restaurant. It uses Jasmine rice, radishes, Romaine lettuce, peas, and curried tofu and carrot strips. That’s all placed into a bowl and then topped with this amazing dressing.
This recipe worked perfectly to recreate that sauce. Thank you!
That salad sounds delicious! So glad you love the dressing!
Great sauce! I too replaced with apple cider vinegar and used garlic paste and ginger paste and it tasted great. Two tips: I like it more runny, so I put some water in at the beginning to make mixing easier. I stored extra in a jar and did not refrigerate – since none of the ingredients require it and the vinegar also acts as a preservative. This kept consistency liquid (vs storing in refrigerator and having to reheat it with oil from PB separating).
Thanks!
Ben
Wonderful! So glad you love it. Great tips, thanks Ben!
I agree no need for coconut cream. I used apple cider vinegar instead of rice vinegar as that is all I had. delicious!
Apple cider vinegar works well too! So glad you loved it!
This truely is the BEST recipe. I make it a few times a week along with fresh veggie rolls. Absolutely delicious. Thank you!
Yay! I am so happy you love it!
We all loved it! Thanks!!
Hi Emily, Yay! So glad you all loved it.
I look a good Thai peanut Sauce. This one is better than good.
I put on Instagram and Twitter Meghan!!
Thank you Jeff! So glad you love the recipe!
That was pretty good! I like it. Thank you!
Glad you liked it Taylor!
This is by far the best. I spiced mine up with the garlic chili sauce for heat and it was perfect. Easy to make. Love it!!
So glad you loved it!
So easy to make & quick! It was very tasty. I think I need to perfect the consistency but otherwise yum yum yum!!!
So happy you love it! Try adding more water or some oil to the mixture if you want a smoother texture. Thanks Rachel!
Can I use apple cider vinegar instead of rice vinegar?
Thanks!
This looks so good though!!
Hi Mercedes – yes, I think that would be fine!
Very good..m….b
Can you freeze this sauce
Hi Mila – I haven’t tried it so I can’t be sure. Let me know if you give it a try!
So simple, yet so nice. Thank you.
So glad you liked it!
The BEST!–and finally, no need for coconut cream. Thank you
Yay! I’m so happy you love it!
Excellent sauce. Very adaptable as well. I uses chunky pb and omitted the chili for my two yr old as well but mixed in my chili oil in a side serving. I’ll add fish sauce and try it in a pad thai style dish next.
Thanks
Hi Charles, I’m so happy you loved it!
How long can does it keep in the fridge? Thanks!
Hi Dana – I usually use mine in a few days, but it would probably last up to a week.
Thank you!
I used this as a sauce over noodles and it was great. My sister absolutely loved it! I left out the chili garlic sauce because my 2yr old nephew was eating it too and didn’t want it to be spicy for him. He loved it too! They’re both vegans, so I like that it’s something easy I can make when they come over. Thanks!!
I’m so happy to hear that! I made it for my one year old the other night and omitted the chili garlic as well.
I will certainly try this as it sounds simple and yet authentic. Can you clarify the type of chilli garlic sauce please. Is it the sambal Olek or something else? I like the fact that this is a “no cook” sauce and presumably one can whip it up and store it in a jar? Many thanks.
Hi Freny – it isn’t exactly like sambal olek but it is very similar. It just has the addition of garlic. I linked to the exact kind I use in the recipe, if you just click on the words “chili garlic sauce” in the recipe it will take you to amazon and show you the product. I normally use my peanut sauce right away, but you should be able to store it in the fridge for about 1 week.
I have looked for years trying to find a match to J. Alexander’s peanut sauce and although some were good they just weren’t “It”. Once again I looked for a peanut sauce recipe and found this one. Oh My, it is delicious! and it’s the closest match to J. Alexander’s that I have ever made.
Hi Tricia – Yay, I am so happy to hear that you love it!