comment icon 166 more comments Let’s get real for a second. When it’s summer and you’re grilling more and going to the farmer’s market sometimes and getting gifted things from neighbors gardens or CSA boxes, sometimes “regular meal prep” doesn’t cut it. Sometimes what you really need is just a good sauce or two to get you through the week – be it for dipping, drizzling, salading, spreading, or dunking with all your freshly grilled, roasted, or chopped up summery stuff. Enter: the very best peanut sauce! This peanut sauce. Wow oh wow oh wow. It * is * the * very * best. Did I already say that? This peanut sauce has been around the block a few times here on Pinch of Yum – it started with these zoodles, re-purposed its way into these firecracker lettuce wraps, and resurfaced briefly for a dressing application in that quinoa crunch salad. Over the last few years it has become THE ESSENTIAL PEANUT SAUCE of this blog and/or my life. What’s different about it from normal peanut sauce:
It’s smooth and drizzle-able. No, but seriously. This is important. It’s NOT thick and gloppy. No peanut sauce glops allowed! It uses fresh garlic and ginger, yes, but most notably, it features a hefty pour of sesame oil! which makes the flavor, well, the very best.
Everybody goes in: And the very best peanut sauce comes out: Ways I love to use this sauce:
Noodles Rice Bowls Grilled Chicken Sauteed Tofu Salad Dressing Dipping Sauce
Just try throwing some in a skillet with some chicken or tofu for a little trick. The way it gets browned and crispy and beautiful (like what’s in the pictures here)? YES. You are right to think that it’s life-changing.
Check Out Our Video For How To Make Peanut Sauce:
Drizzle This Peanut Sauce On:
Spicy Sesame Zoodles
Firecracker Vegan Lettuce Wraps
Quinoa Crunch Salad
Crispy Tofu
Thai Summer Rolls
One More Thing!
This recipe is part of our Sauces That Make Everything Better roundup. Check it out! 4.2 from 73 reviews GLUTEN FREE: Use tamari or coconut aminos in place of soy sauce. SUB FOR PB: You can use almond butter! It’s delicious. FREEZABLE: Yes! KEEPS IN THE FRIDGE: About 1 week. CAN I SKIP THE SUGAR: Sure. I prefer it with sugar but you can skip it.
