Best Katjang Sauce Spicy Peanut Sauce Recipes

SPICY THAI PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic and ginger in hot oil until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add hot water, peanut butter, and lemon juice to the saucepan; stir until smooth. Stir chili sauce, hoisin sauce, and soy sauce into the peanut butter mixture.
• Reduce heat to low and cook sauce at a simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Add red pepper flakes; stir.

KATJANG SAUCE: PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix onion and garlic.
• Place onion mixture in a bowl; add the brown sugar.
• Mash with the back of a spoon to make a paste.
• Brown the paste in the oil at very low heat.
• Stir in sambal oelek, paprika, and ginger powder.
• Add the peanut butter.
• When the sauce is brown, add the ketjap manis and the milk.
• Keep stirring at low heat until the sauce thickens.
• Finally, add the lemon juice, salt and pepper.
• If the sauce is too thick, add a little more milk until it reaches a better consistency.
• NOTES :
• *Ketjap manis is a sweet Indonesian soy sauce. It may be found in Dutch stores, some Chinese stores or maybe European Delis. It is worth looking for as it is just delicious!
• *Sambal oelek is a paste made from marinaded chili peppers.
• It can be found in Chinese groceries, or Dutch stores.

KATJANG SAUCE (SPICY PEANUT SAUCE)

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy skillet and cook the shallots and garlic 3 to 4 minutes, until they are soft and transparent but not brown.
• Add the chicken stock and bring to a boil over high heat.
• Add the ground peanuts, soy sauce, molasses, lime juice, ginger, and chilies or cayenne.
• Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Allow to cool slightly before serving with chicken satay or satay ayam (see my recipe posted on this site).

SPICY PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a saucepan heat oil over medium heat and sauté the scallions, garlic and ginger (about 1 minute).
• Add/stir in the remaining ingredients and bring to a simmer, stirring.
• Simmer the sauce until smooth, then cool to room temperature.
• *NOTE* If you are refrigerating the sauce, and you find that the sauce is too thick after chilling, stir in a couple of tablespoons of hot water and stir until combined, adding more hot water until the sauce is of the right consistency.
• This sauce is best served at room temperature.

NOODLES WITH SPICY PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a blender puree the vinegar, soy, water, ginger, garlic, and sugar.
• Add peanut butter and oils blend.
• You can add hot pepper sauce to blender or just top the dish with pepper flakes.
• Depends on how much heat you like!
• Or both!
• Add sauce to cooked pasta and broccoli stir together.
• Add pasta water if needed to thin sauce.
• Top with the finely sliced cucumber.

QUICK, EASY AND SPICY PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium sized bowl mix all ingredients except the cilantro. Check for seasoning and adjust chili sauce to your taste.
• You may need to add a little more water depending on how thick you like your sauce.
• Add cilantro and enjoy over your favorite veggies, cold noodles, or anything really:-).