Having a go-to Thai Peanut Sauce recipe at your disposal is a must. This sauce is an easy way to liven up meals, it can be used as a dipping sauce, salad dressing, on noodles, and rice bowls.

Thai Peanut Sauce Recipe

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This is the best Thai Peanut Sauce maybe ever! This Thai Peanut Sauce recipe can be used as a dipping sauce, salad dressing, noodle bowls, like Pad Thai, fresh spring rolls, rice bowls.

Course Sauce

Cuisine Gluten-Free, Indonesian-Inspired, Thai-Inspired, Vegan

Keyword easy, Peanut Sauce, quick, Thai Peanut Sauce

Prep Time 7 mins

Total Time 7 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup peanut butter or almond butter
• 1/4 cup date paste or sweetener of choice
• 2 tbsp tamari or soy sauce
• 2 tbsp coconut oil or olive oil
• 2 tbsp sesame oil
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tsp garlic powder or 1 tbsp fresh + minced
• 1 tsp ginger powder or 1 tbsp fresh + minced
• 1/2-1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes

Instructions

• Prepare all the ingredients and combine in a mixing bowl or small pot.
• If using thicker ingredients as suggested, like date paste, coconut oil, I like to place all the ingreidnets in a small pot on low to medium heat. This allows the date paste, peanut butter and coconut oil to soften making it easier to combine.
• Taste and adjust seasonings as neeed. Add more sweetener for a sweeter sauce, red pepper flakes for heat and tamari for saltiness. For a thicker sauce add less water and for a thinner sauce add more water.
• Use as a dipping sauce, salads, noodles, spring rolls, and grain bowls.

Notes

• Use unsweetened peanut butter (or nut butter of your choice). You can use smooth or crunchy peanut butter it really just depends on your preference. 
• If using a substitute sweetener, add half the amount of sugar and add the substitute sweetener to taste. Most sweeteners are much sweeter than date paste because date paste is minimally processed and still contains all the fiber.
• Store leftovers in a container with lid in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.