It’s no secret around here that I have just a wee bit of an obsession with peanut butter. If you have any doubt, just check out my peanut butter waffles, peanut butter truffles, or one of my many peanut butter cookie recipes. So, when Lauren of Celiac Teen put up her January Go Ahead Honey It’s Gluten Free post and announced that the theme this month is Follow the Calendar, how could I resist capitalizing on January 24th, National Peanut Butter Day. But, my obsession doesn’t stop with sweets. Oh no. Peanut butter is a frequent visitor to our dinner table as well. How I’ve failed to post a single savory peanut butter recipe is beyond me. It’s about dang time to fix that, don’t you think?
Thai Peanut Sauce
Thai Peanut Sauce
1/2 cup coconut milk
1/4 cup natural peanut butter
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 t. palm sugar
2 T. lime juice
1/2 t. hot chili oil
2 t. gluten-free soy sauce
1 T. minced cilantro
2 T. warm water
Mix all ingredients together. Super simple. The beauty of this recipe is that everything is adjustable. You can make it more sweet (extra palm sugar), more heat (extra hot chili oil or chili flakes), more piquant (extra lime juice or add lime zest), or more salty (extra soy sauce). I rarely measure the ingredients and just go by taste. But, just for you folks, I measured this time.
What to do with this delicious condiment? What can’t you do? Pour it over rice, toss it with shredded cabbage, use it as a salad dressing, drink it straight. (Wait, did I say that out loud?) Or, my favorite, make Thai Lettuce Wraps.
Thai Lettuce Wraps
Thai Lettuce Wraps
1 small zucchini, spiralized
1/2 red pepper, minced
1 carrot, shredded
2/3 cup bean sprouts
4-5 washed whole bibb lettuce leaves
handful of dry roasted peanuts
Thai Peanut Sauce
Lay a lettuce leaf on a plate. Layer on the zukes, bean sprouts, carrots, and red pepper. Drizzle with peanut sauce and garnish with peanuts. Pick it up with your hands and enjoy!
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