Peanut Sauce

Peanut Sauce

This is common to Indonesian dishes, such as gado gado and satays. It can also be made using a Petjil Sauce block which is mixed with peanut butter.

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup minced shallot or onion
  • 1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
  • 1 cup coconut milk or water
  • ½ cup chunky peanut butter
  • 2 tbsp kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)
  • 2 tbsp palm sugar
  • ½ tsp galangal (ginger root)
  • ½ tsp shrimp paste
  • 3 kefir lime leaves (djeruk purut), crushed
  • Chili pepper (optional)
  • 1 tbsp lime juice

Method

  1. Saute onion and garlic until lightly browned.
  2. Mix in all but lime juice. Cook and stir until well blended.
  3. Remove from heat, mix in lime juice, and set aside.
  4. Sources:
  5. http://www.food.com/recipe/indonesian-peanut-sauce-
  6. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/indonesian-satay/