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Peanut sauce
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Peanut Sauce

Authentic and spicy peanut sauce with amazing rich taste. This homemade peanut sauce recipe goes well with chicken satay. This is the best peanut satay sauce you will find online!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Malaysian Recipes
Cuisine: Dipping Sauce
Keyword: peanut sauce
Servings: 8 People
Calories: 231kcal
Author: Bee Yinn Low

Ingredients

  • 1 cup dry roasted peanuts unsalted
  • 1 tablespoon tamarind pulps
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar palm sugar preferred
  • 1 teaspoon coriander powder
  • 1 tablespoon sweet soy sauce Kecap Manis

Spice Paste:

  • 8 dried red chilies seeded and soaked in warm water
  • 3 cloves garlic peeled
  • 4 cloves small shallots or pearl onions peeled
  • 1 stalk lemongrass cut into 3 strips, use only 1 strip at the bottom
  • 1/2 inch (1cm) galangal peeled

Instructions

  • Crush the peanuts with mortar and pestle or use a food processor to ground the peanuts. Set aside.
    Ground peanut for peanut sauce.
  • In a small bowl, add the tamarind pulps plus 1/4 cup warm water. Set aside for 15 mins. Squeeze and extract the juice from the tamarind pulps and discard. Keep the tamarind juice.
    Tamarind juice for peanut sauce.
  • Chop the Spice Paste ingredients coarsely, transfer to a food processor and blend until very fine. Add a few tablespoons of water to help blending.
    Peanut sauce ingredients
  • In a sauce pan, heat the oil on medium heat and add the spice paste.
    Peanut sauce spice paste
  • Add the remaining two strips of lemongrass to the spice paste. Cook the spice paste until it becomes aromatic and smell spicy.
    Making peanut sauce in a sauce pan.
  • Add the ground peanuts, water, tamarind juice, salt, sugar, coriander powder and sweet soy sauce. Stir to combine well.
  • Turn the heat to medium-low heat, stir continuously for about 5-10 minutes or until the peanut sauce thickens to your desired consistency. The oil and the peanut sauce should separate when it's done.
    Peanut sauce in a saucepan.
  • Let cool at room temperature and serve the peanut sauce with satay.
    Peanut sauce with chicken satay.

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Notes

You may use Planters brand unsalted dry roasted peanuts.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 231kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Sodium: 299mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 11g