This recipe for spicy Asian peanut sauce is a “5 minutes or less” entry in the Fast & Fresh Dairy-Free Time Trials Recipe Contest, submitted by reader Heather Kessler. In this recipe, she uses Coconut Milk Beverage from So Delicious.
Peanut butter adds richness while a generous dose of sriracha spices up both the color and flavor of this spicy Asian peanut sauce.
For more details and to enter the recipe contest, see this post: https://www.godairyfree.org/news/dairy-free-time-trials-recipe-contest
Special Diet Notes & Options: Spicy Asian Peanut Sauce
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, nut-free, vegan, and vegetarian.
For gluten-free spicy Asian peanut sauce, use a gluten-free hoisin sauce.
Spicy Asian Peanut Sauce
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Author: Heather Kessler
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 clove garlic
- 1-inch piece of ginger, peeled
- ⅓ cup So Delicious Dairy Free Original Coconut Milk Beverage
- ⅓ cup peanut butter
- ⅓ cup hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons sriracha sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon cilantro, minced
Instructions
- Place a small sauce pan over medium heat.
- Add sesame oil.
- Using a microplane or small grater, grate garlic and ginger directly into the sauce pan.
- Cook for 30 seconds.
- Whisk in coconut milk.
- Add peanut butter, hoisin sauce and sriracha and whisk until the mixture gets smooth and thick - about 1 minute.
- Whisk in vinegar.
- Remove from heat and add cilantro.
