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Thai Peanut Dressing

HB-8590 · Hand-built original · Asian

A no-cook peanut butter dressing whisked with sesame oil, soy sauce, lime juice and sweet chili sauce, sharpened with fish sauce, ginger and garlic.

AsianDressing5 minServes 1270 kcalEgg-freeDiabeticLow Fat / Low CholesterolRenal

Main ingredient: butter

Servings:12quantities adjust to match

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
  • 3 tablespoons sesame oil
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons sweet chili sauce
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1 teaspoon brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ginger paste, (or grated ginger)
  • 1 teaspoon garlic paste, (or grated garlic)

Method

  1. Put the creamy peanut butter in a bowl and whisk in the sesame oil until the mixture loosens.
  2. Whisk in the soy sauce, lime juice, sweet chili sauce and fish sauce in that order, keeping the dressing smooth as each addition goes in.
  3. Add the brown sugar, ginger paste and garlic paste last and whisk again until the sugar disappears into the dressing.
  4. Drizzle the finished peanut dressing over a chopped salad straight away, or seal it in an airtight container in the fridge for later use.

Prep: 5 min · Total: 5 min

Nutrition (per serving, where published)

70 kcalCalories
1.6 gProtein
3.1 gCarbs
6.1 gFat
0.9 gSaturates
0.4 gFibre
0.9 gSugars
287 mgSodium
0 mgCholesterol
59 mgPotassium
5 mgCalcium
0.2 mgIron
1 servingServing

Estimated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient data

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