Thai Peanut Dressing

This easy, delicious Thai Peanut Dressing is made from mostly pantry ingredients and is delicious on salads, grilled chicken, or for dipping your favorite appetizers.

Recipe ingredients

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Ingredient notes

• Peanut butter: I love Crazy Richard’s brand peanut butter because it is made with only peanuts (no added sugars or palm oil) and they support American peanut farmers, using only 100% US-grown peanuts. If you’re ambitious, you can certainly make homemade peanut butter which might be even better.
• Rice vinegar: Or substitute apple cider vinegar.
• Honey: For a vegan version, substitute agave nectar or maple syrup (the flavor will change).

Step-by-step instructions

1. In a small bowl, whisk together peanut butter, rice vinegar, soy sauce, honey, lime juice, ginger, sesame oil, garlic, and red pepper flakes.

2. Season to taste with salt and pepper (I like 1 teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper). If the dressing is too thick, thin with water, 1 teaspoon at a time.

Recipe tips and variations

• Yield: This recipe makes 1 cup dressing, enough for 8 servings (2 tablespoons each). 1 recipe of dressing will dress 8-10 cups salad.
• Storage: Store covered in the refrigerator and use within 4 days.
• Make the dressing your own: Substitute almond butter for the peanut butter, make it creamier with a splash of coconut milk, or dial up the heat with more red chili flakes.
• Rainbow Thai Salad: This Thai Peanut Dressing is divine on this Rainbow Thai Salad made with colorful vegetables, fresh herbs, sweet mango, and crunchy peanuts.
• Vietnamese Spring Rolls: Thai Peanut Dressing makes the most delicious dipping sauce for Vietnamese Spring Rolls. These fresh, summery rolls have lettuce, carrots, cucumber, cellophane noodles, tofu, bean sprouts, mint, and cilantro rolled inside paper-thin rice paper.

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Thai Peanut Dressing

By Meggan Hill

This easy, delicious Thai Peanut Dressing is made from mostly pantry ingredients and is delicious on salads, grilled chicken, or for dipping your favorite appetizers.

Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 5 minutes mins

Servings 8 servings (2 tbsp each)

Course Pantry, Salad

Cuisine Asian, Thai

Calories 74

5 from 258 votes

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Ingredients 

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• ▢ 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter (see note 1)
• ▢ 3 tablespoons rice vinegar (see note 2)
• ▢ 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• ▢ 2 tablespoons honey (see note 3)
• ▢ 2 tablespoons lime juice (from 1 lime)
• ▢ 1 tablespoon fresh ginger minced
• ▢ 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• ▢ 2 cloves garlic minced
• ▢ 1/4 teaspoon red chili flakes
• ▢ Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions 

• In a small bowl, whisk together peanut butter, rice vinegar, soy sauce, honey, lime juice, ginger, sesame oil, garlic, and red pepper flakes. Season to taste with salt and pepper (I like 1 teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper). If the dressing is too thick, thin with water, 1 teaspoon at a time.

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Notes

1. Peanut butter: I love Crazy Richard’s brand peanut butter because it is made with only peanuts (no added sugars or palm oil) and they support American peanut farmers, using only 100% US-grown peanuts. If you’re ambitious, you can certainly make homemade peanut butter which might be even better.
2. Rice vinegar: Or substitute apple cider vinegar.
3. Honey: For a vegan version, substitute agave nectar or maple syrup (the flavor will change).
4. Yield: This recipe makes 1 cup dressing, enough for 8 servings (2 tablespoons each). 1 recipe of dressing will dress 8-10 cups salad.
5. Storage: Store covered in the refrigerator and use within 4 days.

Nutrition

Serving: 2 tbspCalories: 74kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 3gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 290mgPotassium: 77mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 20IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 7mgIron: 1mg

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