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PEANUT SAUCE

Put together your own Asian-style peanut sauce with peanut butter, soy sauce, fresh ginger and onion. This sauce is great on chicken skewers or Thai-inspired fare.

Yield: Makes 1 1/2 cups.

July 02, 2019

PEANUT SAUCE

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp oil
  • 1/4 cup coarsely chopped onion
  • 1 tsp minced fresh ginger
  • Dash cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 cup creamy or chunky peanut butter
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce

Directions

  1. In a saucepan, heat oil over medium heat; add onion, ginger and cayenne.
  2. Cook, stirring frequently, 1 minute. Stir in peanut butter. Gradually stir in water and soy sauce until well blended.
  3. Bring to boil, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.
  4. Serve hot or at room temperature.
Nutritional analysis per serving:

26 Calories, 2.2 g fat, 1.1 g protein, 1.0 g carbohydrate, 0.3 g fibre, 64 mg sodium