Best Peanut Sauce

The best homemade peanut sauce recipe from scratch, perfectly smooth and creamy packed with savory umami layers that comes together in a few minutes. Simple recipe, outstanding flavor and texture, you'll never want to use the store bought stuff ever again.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Asian

Keyword peanut noodles, peanut sauce

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings people

Calories 1416kcal

Author Florentina

Ingredients

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup Tamari or shoyu + more to taste
3 Tbsp lime juice freshly squeezed
2 Tbsp maple syrup
2 Tbsp toasted sesame oil omit for oil- free WFPB compliant
2 garlic cloves grated
1 tsp grated ginger root or ground ginger to taste 1/2 tsp +
1 Tbsp sriracha
1/4 cup water or coconut milk

Noodles

4 servings udon or soba noodles (cooked + rinsed under cold water)
2 scallions thinly sliced at an angle
1/4 cup chopped salted peanuts
Chili crisp for serving / garnish
Black + white sesame seeds for garnish mixed with red chili flakes
Basil

Instructions

În a medium bowl whisk together all the sauce ingredients until creamy and smooth. Adjust seasonings to your taste with more lime and Sriracha. Set aside.
Meanwhile boil your noodles until al dente, drain and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking process.
Coat the noodles in the peanut sauce (reserve some sauce for garnish) and serve topped with chopped salted peanuts, thinly sliced scallions, sesame seeds, fresh basil, lime wedges and your favorite tofu for a heartier protein packed meal.

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