Our favorite Thai-inspired easy peanut sauce with garlic, ginger, and a little sweetness! Only 6 simple ingredients, 10 minutes to make, and super versatile. (Vegan, gluten-free, oil-free.)
I can't contain my excitement for this sauce. It's got garlic, ginger, and yummy tangy sweetness. All swirled into a luscious peanut butter base.
And it's super easy. Only 6 ingredients and (less than) 10 minutes to make!
Ingredients for Peanut Sauce
For this recipe you'll need:
- Peanut butter (I use creamy, natural)
- Brown sugar or maple syrup (for sweetness)
- Tamari (or soy sauce)
- Fresh lemon or lime juice
- Garlic
- Fresh ginger
- Hot water (to thin to desired consistency)
How to Use This Sauce
I love the flexibility of this recipe! So many ways to make it and enjoy it:
- Thai-Style Quinoa Salad (pictured above)
- Easy Peanut Noodles (pictured below)
- As a dipping sauce for spring rolls or Baked Tofu
- A rich sauce for vegetable stir fry
- Or thin it out for a super flavorful salad dressing
Easy Peanut Sauce
Our favorite Thai-inspired peanut sauce with garlic, ginger, and a little sweetness! Only 6 simple ingredients and super versatile.
Servings (1/3 cup servings)
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup peanut butter (I use creamy, natural)
- 2 Tbsp. brown sugar or maple syrup (more/less to taste)
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. tamari (or soy sauce)
- 2 Tbsp. fresh lemon or lime juice
- 1-2 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp. fresh grated ginger (more/less to taste)
- Hot water to thin to desired consistency
- Optional: red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Mince garlic and grate ginger. (I use a microplane grater for ginger.)
- In a mixing bowl, add all ingredients except water.
- Heat about 3/4 cup of water to just under boiling. (I love our tea kettle with thermometer.)
- Add water a couple tablespoons at a time, slowly whisking and working the mixture together.
- Continue adding water and whisking until sauce reaches your desired consistency. (I usually end up adding roughly 1/2 cup hot water.)
- Salt to taste if desired or adjust flavors as needed; more tamari for saltiness, more sweetener, garlic, ginger, or fresh lemon/lime juice.
- Play around with the measurements to find the taste you love!
Notes
Recipe yields about 1 1/3 cup sauce. Made gluten-free with tamari.
For easier whisking, you can microwave/warm peanut butter for a few seconds before adding to bowl.
To create a salad dressing, simply add a bit more water to thin it out to desired consistency.
Inspired by The Spruce
Nutrition Per Serving (Estimate)
Calories: 217 kcalCarbohydrates: 13 gProtein: 9 gFat: 16 gSaturated Fat: 3 gPotassium: 238 mgFiber: 2 gSugar: 8 gVitamin C: 3 mgCalcium: 22 mgIron: 1 mg
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Natasha
Love it! Make it all the time now
Kaitlin McGinn
Yay! So happy to hear this Natasha! Thrilled you're enjoying - thanks for the kind feedback 🙂 Wishing you a most beautiful week! -Kaitlin
Julie
I am not gluten free but have friends and relatives with celiacs disease...you must be very careful to read the labels of tamari and soy sauce as they are not all gluten free.
Kaitlin McGinn
Hi Julie - absolutely. Thank you for sharing 🙂
BLD in MT
Mmmmmmmm, peanut sauce!!! I love how easy it is and how satisfying! I haven't tried it as a salad dressing yet though! Sounds perfect.
Kaitlin | The Garden Grazer
Thanks so much! (PS - just checked out your blog, love your photos! Where in Montana are you located?)
BLD in MT
Southcentral MT--in Billings!
Connie
am definitely making this!!!
Kaitlin | The Garden Grazer
So great! Hope you enjoy, Connie!