Super simple and amazingly delicious. This vegan satay peanut sauce is one of those I could just lick off the plate it’s so tasty sauces. Table manners are over rated! This peanut sauce is a cinch to make in the blender, you can whip it up in less than 5 minutes. It’s great on buddha bowls or a dipping sauce for grilled tofu and/or veggies. Heck it even makes a great salad dressing! The possibilities are endless.

What is satay?

While traditionally satay is an Indonesian dish that consists of a peanut sauce served with meat. It is even the national dish of Indonesia. A variation of peanut sauce can be found across Asia. The basics of satay peanut sauce are peanut butter, coconut milk, fish sauce, lime juice and sugar. This vegan peanut satay sauce recipe is both dairy and gluten free. I just love a good sauce, especially one that is good for you too.

How to Make Peanut Sauce

All you need to make peanut sauce is a blender, zester, lime, peanut butter, a garlic clove, tamari, Sriracha, maple syrup, and hot water. Zest the lime directly into the blender pitcher, then add the lime juice to the pitcher as well. Add the remaining ingredients to the blender and then blend on high until creamy smooth. That’s it! This tastes great immediately, but gets even better as it sits and the flavors blend together. It’s leftovers best friend.

Peanut Better

Some peanut butters really are better than others. I am especially fond of fresh peanut butter from the machines in the bulk section at natural grocery stores. I really like that these often use unroasted, unsalted peanuts. That is hands down the best type of peanut butter in my option. If buying peanut butter in a jar, opt for options that don’t contain the palm oil, it’s just a filler, completely unnecessary for delicious peanut butter. Ultimately any type of peanut butter will do just fine in healthy vegan peanut satay sauce recipe, there is already so much flavor going on.

What is Tamari?

Tamari is a close cousin of soy sauce. Unlike soy sauce that contains wheat, tamari is just fermented soy beans. It is known to taste less salty and more umami than soy sauce. The best part is tamari is gluten free. There is wheat hiding in so many sneaky ways in our foods. Who would have thought there was wheat in soy sauce? San-J is my go-to tamari and it is readily available in most grocery stores these days.

The Low Down on Zesting

I really try to use organic fruits when zesting peels. The last thing you’d want to do is be zesting a bunch of waxy pesticides into your food. I’ve had a microplane zester for at least 10 years and it works great. It’s one of very few kitchen tools that have survived this long with all the wear and tear I put them through. I love zesting lemons and limes. You can add so much more flavor to dishes without using a ton of citrus fruit. If you skip the lime zest, juice 2 limes instead of 1.

Time to get blending!

Vegan Satay Peanut Sauce

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Quick and easy vegan satay peanut sauce recipe. You can whip this up in a blender in under 5 minutes. This zesty sauce is great on Buddha bowls, salads, and grilled veggies!

• Author: Erica

Ingredients

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• 1 lime
• 1 cup of peanut butter
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 1 garlic clove, peeled
• 1/4 cup tamari (or soy sauce)
• 1 tablespoon of Sriracha hot sauce
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup

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Instructions

1. Zest the lime into the blender pitcher, and then add the lime juice to the pitcher as well.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients to the blender pitcher: peanut butter, hot water, garlic, tamari, Sriracha, and maple syrup.
3. Blend on high until smooth, if too thick add more water. Like things spicy, add more Sriracha!