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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.
OMG – this was simply amazing. Thanks so much for sharing!!!
So glad you loved it!
Oohhhh Mmmyyy!! Amazing! I live rurally, but have a family-ownedThai restaurant about 40 miles away….always worth the drive. I love their cucumber salad with peanut-lime dressing. Decided to try your recipe and am happy to say I was not disappointed. I used natural sunflower butter and zested the garlic and fresh ginger. You have made my day! Five stars, for sure!s
I’m so happy to hear that!
I made this to go over veggie “noodles” (zucchini, carrot, & celery). Truly amazing! I loved the spicy, citrus-y, savory, peanut-y combination. I Ieft out the brown sugar due to personal preference (didn’t miss it, the chili garlic sauce has added sugar), and subbed ACV because that’s all I had on hand. I roasted and chopped some peanuts to serve over top, along with a lime wedge. I’m adding this to my rotation!
I’m so glad you loved it!
Exquisite……
So happy to hear that!
Thank you, easy to follow plus healthy ingredients…luv it n the taste is superb!!
So glad you loved it!
Entirely too tart. Made it exactly according to the recipe and it was very sour.
Interesting, you are the first person to say it was sour. Did you remember to add the sugar?
I would have to second that suggestion, perhaps omitted the brown sugar. I made this recipe, doubled, exactly to the measure and it was fantastic. I’ve made peanut sauce probably a dozen times and and just follow whatever recipe comes up first, they all are pretty much the same, but this one made it into my bookmarks. Perfect recipe, will make it a dozen times for sure. Thank you!
I’m so glad you love it!
Out of all the peanut sauces online this is by far my favorite…so full of flavor!! Great for dipping and I even put over meatballs!
So happy to hear that!
I never thought I’d say this. This sauce is better than that served at the Four Seasons at Jimbaran Bay on the island of Bali, Indonesia.
Wow, that is such a complement! So glad you loved it!
I’ve tried a handful of peanut sauce recipes and this is my favorite!! So good!!
So glad you loved it!
OMG, SOOOO GOOD
Yay, so happy you loved it!
Goes really well with Bakwan
Can you give me some ideas as to how I can use this peanut sauce besides with noodles?
Hi Pamela, it makes a great dipping sauce for coconut shrimp, or chicken satay. I also make it when I make fresh summer rolls because it is a fabulous sauce for them. You could also use it as a salad dressing.
I used this recipe with chicken and brocolli over rice. My local Thai restaurant has a dish called swimming Rama that is my absolute favorite, this sauce worked perfectly to make my own.
So glad you loved it!
realy good try it with tofu!!
Very easy and amazingly delicious better than store-bought. Easy to adjust the recipe to your particular tastes. The left-overs went down quickly as a fast snack spread on a saltine with a slice of banana.
So glad you loved it!
Just finished making this, so yummy! I thought I doubled it and couldn’t figure out why it didn’t taste quite right. Turns out I quadrupled it, oops. Bright side, I have plenty for the next month or so.
Hi Kristin – so glad you loved it!
We used this recipe for our Christmas dinner and made thai chicken bites. It was a huge hit even with the picky eaters in the house. Amazing sauce! I also marinated our chicken in the sauce over night.
I’m so happy to hear that Shawna!
Delish! I had to use Jif so my son would eat it~sorry! I didn’t adjust the brown sugar at all. I also used jarred garlic & ginger for convenience & I will sprinkle w crushed peanuts.
I made the sauce in a small Mason jar (which was the perfect size) so I know it will store well in the fridge 🙂
So glad you loved it!
Thai food is my favorite kind of food so we eat it a LOT, especially chicken satay with peanut sauce. I have to say that this recipe is as good, if not better, than the peanut sauce at our favorite Thai restaurant in DC. I’m eating it over noodles right now and will be using it often. Thank you for such a great, easy recipe!
I am so happy to hear that!
The best!
So glad to hear that!
This recipe is really good. I added crushed peanuts and about a teaspoonful of chili oil to it and poured it over the vegetables I prepared for my Thai rice wrap. Perfect! Thank you so much for sharing.
I’m so glad you loved it Kat!
I never comment on anything but this was spot on! Loved it
I’m so happy to hear that Hanna! Thanks so much for commenting!
Right!! Like this is the best sauce ever to be invented!!! I lick the bowl everytime lol I use it with fresh spring rolls holy crap it’s delicious!!!
Yay! So glad you love it!
I used peanut butter powder and added hoisin sauce, additional soy and chopped peanuts. It was very delicious. I will definitely make this recipe again. I found it very loose, due to the peanut butter powder and did not need to add water.
Thanks for sharing Marie!
Delicious! My go to recipe !
Yay! So glad to hear that!
I’m totally addicted 💕
Yay, so glad you love it!