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  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Total Time: 15 Min
  • When to Prep: While You Work
  • Cook Time: 10 Min
  • Yields: 16 servings
  • Storage: Refrigerate
  • Nutritional Snapshot: 38 calories; 2.7 g total fat
Spicy Peanut Sauce (Thai)

A staple of Thai food. Used for dipping and added to many street foods.

What you need

2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 large clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
¾ cup hot water
¼ cup peanut butter, or more to taste
½ lemon, juiced
2 tablespoons Thai-style sweet chili sauce
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 pinch red pepper flakes, or more to taste

Instructions

1. 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.

2. Reduce heat to low and cook sauce at a simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Add red pepper flakes; stir.

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