The best tip I can give for making the ultimate peanut sauce – make it yourself! It takes only five ingredients and less than 5 minutes to make, but once you’ve made it once, you’ll never want to buy it again. Can’t tolerate peanuts? Almond or cashew butter make excellent substitutes!
Choosing a Peanut Butter
Peanut butter is the main ingredient, and this recipe is designed to use peanut butter made from just peanuts and salt. For my celiac friends, I always recommend choosing a brand with ingredients you recognize and that are naturally celiac-safe. Be sure to look at the ingredients list to check for added sugar ingredients (sugar, molasses, corn syrup, agave, coconut sugar, cane syrup, cane sugar). If your peanut butter has any of these ingredients, reduce some of the brown sugar used in the recipe.
Recipes To Use It In
Celiac Tip: Keep Your PB Safe!
While peanut butter is naturally gluten free, beware that a jar of peanut butter can pose a high risk for cross contamination if used in a shared household. Why? Imagine dipping a knife into the peanut butter jar, spreading the peanut butter on a slice of wheat toast, and dipping the knife back into the jar. Now it’s contaminated. I recommend having your own dedicated PB jar labeled “gluten free.”
5 Ingredient Peanut Sauce
Equipment
- Microwave Safe Bowl or Mason Jar
Ingredients
- ½ cup peanut butter (creamy, sub almond or cashew butter)
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce (gluten free)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice (~1 lime)
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar (sub maple syrup)
- 1 tablespoon chili garlic sauce (optional)
- water (as needed)
Instructions
MAKE THE PEANUT SAUCE
- Add all of the ingredients (except the water) into a microwave safe bowl or mason jar. Microwave for 20-30 seconds or heat on medium-low in a small saucepan on the stove. Whisk together with a fork until smooth.
- Whisk 1-2 tablespoons water (as needed) to create a thinner consistency.