Indonesian Peanut Sauce

"A Balinese recipe modified to use ingredients readily available in the West."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
9
Yields:
5 cups
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ingredients

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directions

  • Puree peanut butter, garlic, chille peppers, ginger root, and brown sugar in food processor.
  • Transfer mixture to heavy saucepan.
  • Stir in coconut milk, soy sauce and molasses.
  • Gently simmer, uncovered, until sauce is thick and full flavored, about 30 minutes, stirring often.
  • Let sauce cool to room temperature.
  • Correct seasoning, adding soy sauce or lime juice to taste.

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Reviews

  1. It is excellent but, instead of peanut butter, please use roasted peanuts and crush them in a mortar with a pestle or, in a pinch, a plastic bag with the side of a wine bottle. It really makes a big difference in authenticity!
     
  2. The real deal - Thank you!!! Its just like you'd get in a good Indonesian restaurant! I had no food processor so I chopped the garlic, ginger and chilli finely and mashed it in a bowl with the peanut butter before transferring to a large saucepan and adding the coconut milk. Delicious.
     
  3. Thanks so much, Brian! I thought this was a great, quick peanut sauce. My family said it tasted just like what we used to eat when we lived on Java. I used 5 Tablespoons of Kecap Manis instead of the soy sauce and molasses and I had to let my sauce cook for 50 minutes to thicken up. This is my new quick sate sauce. Love it!
     
  4. yumm! this was great!
     
  5. Very good. Used 3 cups of coconut milk cause that's what I had. In the beginning it was a bit thin and I was glad I had only the 3 cups. But then-after cooking it was thick and nice. Next time I'll be sure to have the stated amount coconut milk as I think that would be better. The taste was wonderful, just the right "zing". Will surely make it again. Thanks for posting.
     
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Tweaks

  1. It is excellent but, instead of peanut butter, please use roasted peanuts and crush them in a mortar with a pestle or, in a pinch, a plastic bag with the side of a wine bottle. It really makes a big difference in authenticity!
     
  2. Thanks so much, Brian! I thought this was a great, quick peanut sauce. My family said it tasted just like what we used to eat when we lived on Java. I used 5 Tablespoons of Kecap Manis instead of the soy sauce and molasses and I had to let my sauce cook for 50 minutes to thicken up. This is my new quick sate sauce. Love it!
     

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