Here’s a recipe for our favorite Peanut Sauce! It is the perfect dipping sauce for Spring Rolls, or makes a great dressing for Thai Noodle Salad, or Buddha Bowls. Its secret ingredient will have you craving it and coming back for more! Simple, healthy, vegan!
If you’ve been here a while, you’re probably already familiar with this Peanut Sauce from our Thai Noodle Salad Recipe. Lately, we’ve been dipping our vegan Spring Rolls in it and using it on so many things- and boy, does it satisfy!
Why you’ll love this Peanut Sauce Recipe!
- It’s light, healthy and not cloyingly sweet. You’ll want to drink it, literally!
- It only takes 5 minutes to make!
- It’s not overly thick, coating salads and veggies well but not drowning them.
- It is pleasingly balanced, hitting all the right notes on the palate.
- The addition of fresh-squeezed orange juice brings this recipe to life, and its the secret ingredient that elevates it and has us all craving more.
Now, if you want a thicker style, Satay Sauce, I really like Suwannee’s 5-minute Satay Sauce.
Peanut Sauce Ingredients:
- Peanut butter -look for all-natural peanut butter, unsweetened, not highly processed, and organic if possible. Either crunchy peanut butter or smooth peanut butter will work here! If there are peanut allergies, almond butter works too!
- Garlic and ginger – use fresh, for the best flavor!
- Sesame oil – to give a smoky depth
- Fresh orange juice– the secret ingredient!
- Fresh Lime Juice
- Soy sauce or GF liquid aminos
- Sweetener: use maple syrup or honey
- Heat: cayenne or sriracha
How to make Peanut Sauce:
Peanut Sauce is speedy and easy to make. Simply add the ingredients to the blender and blend until smooth! Adjust salt and heat levels to your liking!
How to store Peanut Sauce:
Peanut Sauce can be stored in the fridge for up to 5 days, in a sealed glass jar. It can also be frozen for up to 6 months!
Ways to Use Peanut Sauce:
You’ll find so many ways to serve up peanut sauce once you give this a try, but here are some of my go-to recipes that are delicious with peanut sauce:
- As a Dipping Sauce. Try our Healthy Vegan Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce Recipe.
- As a dressing, or use it to bathe Thai noodles and healthy veggies in this Thai Noodle Salad!
- Drizzle over Buddha Bowls!
- Drizzle over Crispy tofu
- Use peanut sauce in Thai Burritos and Tacos!
More Recipes you may enjoy!
Hope you love our peanut sauce as much as we do! Again, if you are looking for a thicker style “satay sauce”, I love Suwanne’s 5-Minute Satay Sauce recipe!
Please remember to rate this recipe for us and share your feedback in the comments below. ❤️ Have a fabulous week.-xo
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Our Favorite Peanut Sauce
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 2 cups 1x
- Category: sauce, thai food
- Method: Blended
- Cuisine: Thai
- Diet: Vegan
Description
An easy recipe for our favorite Peanut Sauce! Make this in 5 minutes- it’s healthy vegan and GF adaptable. Keeps for 5 days in the fridge, or freeze for later.
Ingredients
- 6 thin slices of ginger- cut across the grain, about the size of a quarter. (No need to peel)
- 2 fat cloves garlic
- 1/2 cup fresh orange juice (roughly 1 large orange)
- 1/3 cup lime juice ( 2 limes)
- 1/4 cup soy sauce or Gluten-free Braggs Liquid Amino Acids (Note: Tamari will turn this unpleasantly dark)
- 1/3 cup maple syrup, ( or honey, palm sugar or agave,)more to taste
- 1/3 cup toasted sesame oil (6 tablespoons)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened peanut butter (chunky or smooth, or sub almond butter!)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- optional: 1 -2 teaspoons cayenne pepper (or a squirt of sriracha sauce)
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender – ginger, garlic, orange juice, lime juice, soy sauce, maple, sesame oil, and peanut butter and salt, and blend until smooth. Taste. Adjust sweetness, salt and cayenne to your liking.
- Note: Unripe limes can make this too tart. Adjust by adding more sweetness. Find your perfect balance.
- Use this on salads, or as a dipping sauce for spring rolls and satays.
Notes
- The Orange Juice makes this… and is a MUST!
- Peanut sauce will last up to 5 days in a sealed jar in the fridge.
- Peanut Sauce can be frozen, just whisk well after thawing.
- For added depth or “umami”, feel free to add a tiny splash of fish sauce. Not necessary though!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3 tablespoons
- Calories: 189
- Sugar: 9.1 g
- Sodium: 695.1 mg
- Fat: 14.9 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 12.2 g
- Fiber: 0.8 g
- Protein: 3.8 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Absolutely delicious – thank you for this recipe! I’ve made this sauce a couple of times already. Great as a dip for summer rolls, too!
Instead of peanut butter, I usually just put a few peanuts in a blender and mix them with the rest of the ingredients.
Thanks Tanja!
So good !!! Do you have any suggestions to make it less liquid? I’d like to use it as a dip and would like a more dense consistency…Thanks!
Add more peanut butter?
Every body loved it!!! Especially the children!
No ginger or sesame oil…yet it was so good I drank the sauce instead!
I used sugar free peanut butter and 100% all natural OJ.
healthy too .. I couldn’t take credit for this so its all you and your recipe….thanks!!
-Anand frm Malaysia
Made this for lunch today…awesome, didn’t have an orange, but had a bunch of mandarins for the peanut sauce…worked really well:)
Awesome! Thank you. I love this tangy peanut sensation. I tasted it and all of my taste buds lit up. Beautifully balanced. I can’t wait to try your other recipes!
Thanks so much!
It’s the first peanut sauce my wife ever liked and I loved it. I was eating it by the tablespoon! Really the best ever. Thank you!
Thanks- so happy she enjoyed this!
So easy to make and delicious! Can’t wait to serve to my guests tonight with spring rolls.
This sauce is sooooooo good!!!! It is addictive!
Sauce came out amazing and can be used for so many things. I used it for dipping spring rolls and Thai noodles. I added extra peanut butter which made the sauce a little thicker and richer.
True to its name, this Thai peanut sauce is truly the best! OMG – so good!
Gald you like it!
Yum! Really want to try this!!
Are you using peanut butter that has salt and sugar added for this recipe? (the brand you linked does) I only buy natural PB so wondering if I should adjust and add more salt and sugar when i make this with natural PB. Thanks!
I use salted crunchy peanut butter most of the time. No sugar. I will update that link- thanks for letting me know!
wow! this really is amazing. the orange juice adds just the right sparkle of flavor. And this is coming from a 14 year old chef! It was easy enough to make and was a HUGE hit! Thank you so much!
Awww… love it!
OMG GOOD!
This is absolutely the best ever Thai peanut sauce, and you are right – the flavor of the orange makes it really shine! I followed your recipe exactly, and there is nothing at all that I would want to change.
I just made this to go with our “no-meat” balls – but really, it would be great on noodles, incredible on rice, or even yummy drizzled on kale 🙂
Thanks so much for such an excellent recipe! I look forward to making this often.
Simply amazing! I’ve tried other peanut sauce recipes and have been beyond disappointed. This one was a winner and perfected my wraps. Totally recommend. I’ll be adding this to my go to recipes! Thank you!
The recipe indeed is the best ever Thai peanut sauce preparation if you add the recommended tiny splash of fish sauce for an exquisite load of “umami”.
Glad you liked!
Yep. No bullshit here, hands-down the best peanut sauce I’ve ever made. EPIC!
Looks soo good! Can I replace the peanut butter for roasted peanuts and blend them first?
You can try? I’ve never done that… but give it a whirl. You may need add more liquid, even just a tablespoon or two of water.
This recipe is so easy and tasty!! It’s perfect for dipping in EVERYTHING!! Thank you so sharing!!
Honestly one of the best peanuts sauces there is!
So glad you enjoyed it!
It really is the best ever. Also not hard as you just throw everything into the blender. Yum.
best peanut sauce ever. my new go to!!
Haven’t tried it yet but sounds good. Wow,that’s a lot of cayenne pepper. My husband is not a fan of really hot stuff(except for me?). Can I cut back on it?
Of course, you can! and I will say, you can barely taste it! But cut back, and add more to taste!
I always say to people “your hot stuff is so different to my hot stuff”. I’m very sensitive to spicy but the Cayenne Pepper is not at all hot in this recipe. Sylvia is right, you cannot taste it..
Sylvia – Thank you for this recipe! I have been in search for some just really tasty food and this was the first recipe I have tried along side the spring rolls from your website – I’m just addicted now! Thank you!
i have made this and yes it is the best ever!
Thanks Tati! I’m so Glad you liked the Peanut Sauce recipe !!!
Literally the best peanut sauce I have ever tasted!