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    Satay sauce is a wonderfully rich, peanut sauce that tends to be naturally dairy-free. It’s also extremely versatile. You can use it as a marinade for chicken or tofu, as a dipping sauce, with noodles, or even as a Thai-style sauce on pizza (no cheese required!).

    Everyday Satay Sauce Recipe - use it as a marinade, dip or sauce. Naturally dairy-free and vegan with gluten-free, soy-free and peanut-free options.

    Special Diet Notes: Satay Sauce

    By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, optionally gluten-free, vegan, plant-based, and vegetarian.

    For soy-free satay sauce, you can swap in coconut aminos. This substitute is a little sweeter and less salty, so I would up it to 3 tablespoons and reduce the brown sugar to 1 tablespoon.

    For peanut-free and nut-free satay sauce, use sesame oil or your cooking oil of choice and use sunflower seed butter in place of the peanut butter.

    Everyday Satay Sauce Recipe - use it as a marinade, dip or sauce. Naturally dairy-free and vegan with gluten-free, soy-free and peanut-free options.
    Alisa Fleming

    Everyday Satay Sauce

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    Prep Time 5 minutes
    Cook Time 16 minutes
    Total Time 21 minutes
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    Ingredients Method Notes

    Ingredients
      

    • 4 teaspoons peanut or sesame oil
    • 1 small onion minced
    • 3 cloves garlic crushed
    • 1 cup peanut butter smooth or crunchy
    • 1 cup full-fat coconut milk see note below
    • ⅓ cup sweet chili sauce
    • 2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons soy sauce or wheat-free tamari for gluten-free
    • 4 teaspoons brown sugar

    Method
     

    1. Heat the oil in a skillet or saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the onion and saute until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and saute 1 minute more.
    2. Whisk in the peanut butter, coconut milk, chili sauce, soy sauce and brown sugar until relatively smooth. Bring the mixture to a simmer, reduce the heat to low and let simmer for 10 minutes, uncovered, stirring occasionally.
    3. If it thickens too much for your needs, whisk in a little water to your desired consistency.

    Notes

    Coconut Milk: This is regular coconut milk that comes in cans or little aseptic packages, not coconut milk beverage. It should be quite rich. For a thinner sauce, you can use light canned coconut milk. Using coconut milk beverage will produce a runnier sauce.

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    Alisa is the founder of GoDairyFree.org, Food Editor for Allergic Living magazine, and author of the best-selling dairy-free book, Go Dairy Free: The Guide and Cookbook for Milk Allergies, Lactose Intolerance, and Casein-Free Living, and the new cookbook, Eat Dairy Free: Your Essential Cookbook for Everyday Meals, Snacks, and Sweets. Alisa is also a professional recipe creator and product ambassador for the natural food industry.

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    3. Florentino Killion on

      Whipped up a rich, exotic pasta sauce with the peanut butter, soy sauce, crushed garlic, coconut cream, sesame oil and a dash of chili sauce. Tossed with hot spaghetti and garnish with fresh cilantro. This spicy peanut sauce is perfect for tossing with pasta and veggies.

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    5. Emily on

      I am loving this satay sauce, especially because I’ve been in to fresh spring rolls lately and this would be so much better than the store bought version! Pinning for later!

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    9. Chrissa - Physical Kitchness on

      Ooooo I love new sauces I can try!!! We have been grilling up a storm this summer – but plain chicken breasts are getting kind of bleh. I bet this satay sauce would be a perfect dipper for my bland chicken (and a million other things). Thanks for the inspiration!

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    10. Jenn on

      Peanut sauce is one of my favorite things. I could eat it with a spoon!! I don’t think I’ve ever used coconut milk in mine…sounds delicious!

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