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Satay Sauce (Indonesian Peanut Sauce)
A rich, spicy satay sauce with freshly roasted peanuts, sweet soy sauce, coconut, tamarind, and lime leaves. The sauce is gently simmered and can be thinned or frozen as desired.
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Ingredients
- 3 shallots (finely chopped)
- sunflower oil (a splash, for sautéing)
- 8 garlic (cloves, grated)
- 1.5 cm fresh ginger (grated)
- 1 tl ground cumin
- 400 g freshly roasted peanuts (ground; peanut butter may be used as an alternative)
- 0.5 L water (plus extra water to achieve the desired consistency)
- 100 ml sweet soy sauce
- 0.25 stukje shrimp paste (approximately one-quarter piece)
- 1 schijfje gula djawa (Javanese sugar)
- 10 lime leaves (bruised; remove at the end)
- 2 tl tamarind paste
- 1 tl sambal oelek
- 1 tl salt
- 2 blokken coconut cream (coconut; the exact weight per block is not specified)
- extra water (to achieve the desired consistency)
Steps
- 1
Heat a splash of sunflower oil in a pan. Add the finely chopped shallots, grated garlic, grated ginger, and ground cumin.
- 2
Sauté the shallots, garlic, ginger, and cumin briefly in the oil.
- 3
Add the ground roasted peanuts—or peanut butter as an alternative—and 500 ml water. Stir gently until everything is well combined.
- 4
Add the sweet soy sauce, shrimp paste, gula djawa, bruised lime leaves, tamarind paste, sambal oelek, salt, and coconut cream.
- 5
Bring the sauce very gently to a simmer.
- 6
Let the sauce simmer gently for 30 minutes with the lid on the pan.
- 7
Adjust the consistency with extra water if desired.
- 8
Remove the lime leaves only at the very last moment.
Notes
The sauce freezes well. The creator encourages generously varying it with other flavors and additions.
Nutrition per serving
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