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This easy peanut sauce is creamy, tangy, and slightly spicy thanks to only 6 healthy ingredients! Use it as a dip, stir fry sauce, or on bowls
Is there anything peanut butter can’t do? This creamy, high-protein, and affordable spread is equally delicious in sweet recipes, savory recipes, or eaten directly off the spoon. I’m a fan through-and-through 😉
Today we’re taking things in a savory direction with this Easy Peanut Sauce. It’s one of my go-to sauce recipes, and I always keep the ingredients on hand.
Table of Contents
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
There are a lot of recipes for peanut sauce, all with *very* similar ingredients. So what makes this one special?
- Less Sweet → this recipe uses less sweetener than other recipes, because I’m more of a savory gal (and prefer my sugar in dessert!)
- Tangy Flavor → I like to use a little extra ginger, garlic, and vinegar to really amp up the savory, tangy flavors of this sauce
- Extra Thick → this easy peanut sauce is on the thicker side, but you can easily thin it out with water if you like yours to be thinner
Ingredients for this 5 Minute Peanut Sauce
Did I mention you only need 6 healthy ingredients to make this recipe? You should basically be running to your kitchen right now…
- Peanut Butter (creamy is my go-to, but crunchy adds a nice texture!)
- Unseasoned Rice Vinegar
- Maple Syrup, or your preferred liquid sweetener)
- Tamari or soy sauce
- Ginger
- Garlic
Whisk all that up with a little water and you’re good to go. And by go I mean dip, dunk, and drizzle over anything and everything.
5 ways to use this Easy Peanut Sauce:
- As a dip for crunchy veggies like red pepper, carrots, and cucumber.
- As a dressing for asian-inspired salads
- As a marinade for tofu and tempeh
- As a sauce over grain bowls with steamed vegetables
- Tossed with noodles for a quick & easy dinner!
Substitution Tips & Varations
No worries! The sauce won’t be as spicy, but you can replace them with 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder and 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger
“Seasoned” rice vinegar just means that it also includes sugar. You can use it instead of unseasoned rice vinegar, but I would omit the sweetener in this recipe and only add more maple syrup to taste, if necessary
If you’re looking for more asian-inspired sauce recipes, you’ll also love this Carrot Ginger Dressing and this Creamy Cilantro Sauce!
Enjoy! If you make this recipe and decide to share it on Facebook or Instagram, don’t forget to tag me @FromMyBowl + #FromMyBowl! I would also love it if you could leave a comment below with a recipe rating! Thank you for the support 😊
Easy Peanut Sauce
This easy peanut sauce is creamy, tangy, and slightly spicy thanks to only 6 wholesome ingredients! Use it as a dip for veggies or drizzled over bowls.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: about 1 cup 1x
- Category: Sauce
- Method: No Bake
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- ½ cup natural peanut butter (creamy or crunchy)*
- 2 tbsp low-sodium tamari
- ½ tbsp ginger, finely grated (about ½” knob)
- 2 cloves garlic, finely minced
- ½ tbsp maple syrup*
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar (can also sub lime juice)
- ¼ – ½ tsp red pepper flakes (optional)
- 2–4 tbsp filtered water
Instructions
- Add all ingredients except for the water to a medium bowl and mix until well-incorporated
- Next, add 2 tbsp of filtered water to the bowl and gently mix. Continue to add water in 1 tbsp increments until your desired thickness is reached.
- Let sit for at least 5 minutes before serving, to allow the flavors to combine. Refrigerate leftovers in a sealed container for up to 10 days.
Notes
- Try to use a peanut butter with only 2 ingredients: peanuts and salt. If you like some texture in your sauce like I do, I’d recommend using crunchy peanut butter (or adding in some chopped peanuts at the end!)
- Maple syrup can be substituted with coconut sugar, or any other sweetener of your choice
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ALL love your website……..
1. Recipes for cooking tofu are the best ever
2. Sauces are hands down amazing, full of flavor
3. Are you related to Willy Shoemaker the jockey
Thanks Karen! I am not related to Willy S, though I do get that question every once in a while!
What if I don’t have rice vinegar? What can I sub? White vinegar?
If you don’t have rice vinegar, or the suggested lime juice, you could use plain vinegar or ACV!
What can I add instead of Tamuri?
Tamari is just a substitute for soy sauce so you could use some soy sauce instead!
How long can i store it in a jar in the fridge? 🙂 looks amazing!
In a sealed container it should be good for up to 10 days in the fridge. Thanks!
This is the best peanut butter sauce! I don’t like having small pieces of ginger, even grated, so I’ve used some dry ginger. Perfect!
Glad you were able to customize it to your liking!
I highly recommend adding a touch of toasted sesame oil to give it that Asian flavor. Brand is important, as I have discovered. Eden makes the best toasted sesame oil I have tried and I have definitely gone through different brands.
Maple syrup is gross. Think I’ll find use brown sugar. Nice easy quick recipe though.