Red Curry Peanut Sauce
A creamy and flavorful Thai-inspired sauce combining smooth peanut butter, coconut milk, and red curry paste with fresh aromatics. Perfect as a dipping sauce or for adding rich, spicy flavor to Asian dishes.
8 servings
16 min
Ingredients
- •2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- •⅓ cup minced green onions
- •1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
- •2 cloves garlic
- •2 tablespoons Thai red curry paste
- •¾ cup smooth peanut butter
- •1 cup canned unsweetened coconut milk
- •½ cup low-salt chicken broth
- •1 tablespoon sugar
- •1 tablespoon soy sauce
- •½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- •2½ tablespoons fresh lime juice
- •½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- •Ingredient info
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Heat oil in saucepan over medium heat. Add next 3 ingredients; sauté 2 minutes. Add curry paste; stir 1 minute. Whisk in peanut butter, then next 5 ingredients; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium; simmer until reduced to 2 cups, whisking and adding broth as needed, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; cool. Stir in lime juice. DO AHEAD: Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover; chill. Rewarm, thinning with broth.
15 min
- 2.
Stir cilantro into sauce and serve.
1 min
