Todd's Famous Thai Peanut Sauce

Twice-roasted peanuts are ground into a delicious sweet and spicy sauce spiked with hot chili oil and fresh lime juice that's delicious with spring rolls, slathered onto grilled chicken, stirred into cooked noodles, or just eaten as a dip with chips.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 7 mins
• Total Time: 17 mins
• Calories: 122 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 4 teaspoons fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon white sugar, or to taste
• 1 tablespoon Asian (toasted) sesame oil
• 3 ounces roasted, salted peanuts
• 1 teaspoon hot chili oil
• 1 teaspoon Asian chili garlic sauce, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Pour the peanuts onto a dry baking sheet in a single layer, and break the whole nuts apart into halves. Toast the peanuts until they are fragrant and slightly darker in color, 7 to 10 minutes, watching carefully so they don't burn.

Step 3

Remove peanuts from the oven, let cool, and place in the work bowl of a food processor. Pulse 2 or 3 times to chop them finely, then add the canola oil, toasted sesame oil, hot chili oil, soy sauce, lime juice, sugar, and chili garlic sauce. Process until the mixture is a fine paste with a little texture of chopped peanuts, not a totally smooth paste. The sauce should look a little grainy.