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Peanut Dipping Sauce

  • Author: Cookie and Kate
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 1 2/3 cup
  • Diet: Vegetarian

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You can serve this healthy peanut sauce recipe as a dip or drizzle over Asian dishes! You can toss this savory peanut sauce with noodles, too. It’s good every which way! Recipe yields about 1 ⅔ cup sauce.

dipping slice of bell pepper into peanut sauce

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
  • ¼ cup rice vinegar
  • ⅓ cup reduced sodium tamari or reduced-sodium soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 1 ½ teaspoons grated fresh ginger or ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 to 2 medium cloves garlic, pressed or minced, to taste
  • ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes, plus more for sprinkling
  • 2 to 4 tablespoons water or coconut milk, or as necessary to reach your desired consistency
  • Optional garnishes: sprinkling of chopped roasted peanuts and additional red pepper flakes

Instructions

  1. In a 2-cup liquid measuring cup or medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together the ingredients until well blended. If your peanut butter is particularly thick, you may need to use the full 4 tablespoons of water to thin out the mixture (or more, if necessary).
  2. Feel free to adjust to taste here—for example, sometimes I want my sauce more savory and add another clove of garlic, or a little sweeter, so I add extra honey.
  3. If you’re serving the sauce as a party dip, transfer it to a serving bowl and sprinkle with chopped peanuts and red pepper flakes for some visual interest!

Notes

Recipe adapted from my broccoli rabe peanut soba noodles and peanut-sesame slaw.

Make it vegan: Use maple syrup instead of honey.

Make it gluten free: Be sure to use gluten-free tamari, not regular soy sauce.
Storage suggestions: Store this dip in the refrigerator, covered, for up to a week. You may need to whisk it again before serving or wake up the flavors with a little splash of vinegar.

Nutrition

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