Food Friday: Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce

Last week I wanted to make some spring rolls.  I love them.  Particularly with a spicy peanut sauce.  There are as many peanut sauce recipes as there are people, I think.  This is the one I concocted.

Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce

1 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup soy sauce
2 Tablespoons rice wine vinegar
3 cloves garlic
2 Tablespoons sriracha
2 Tablespoons fresh ginger
2/3 cup  water

Put all these things in your blender with the liquid ingredients first.  Blend until super smooth.  Enjoy with your spring rolls.  Then use any leftovers as a salad dressing.  This is especially good on kale/onion/broccoli/celery salad!

Food Friday: Spicy Peanut Salad Dressing

Today I made a salad dressing that was especially yummy.

This is what I did:

In a small blender, I placed

1/4 cup peanut butter
2 cloves garlic
2 Tablespoons Ume Plum Vinegar though other vinegar or even lemon juice would have worked
2 Tablespoons sugar
2 Tablespoons soy sauce
2 Tablespoons water
2 teaspoons fresh ginger paste (or just finely minced ginger)
1 heaping teaspoon sambal oelek or garlic chili paste

Blend very well until a nice smooth sauce. If it is too thick to be a salad dressing, add water, one Tablespoon at a time until the texture is right.

Yields:  about one cup

This tastes really nice on a big fat vegetable and bean salad.