The first time I visited a Thai restaurant and saw peanut sauce on the menu I turned up my nose. My only real exposure to peanut butter was big spoonfuls straight from the jar and fluffer nutter sandwiches. I couldn’t imagine peanut butter with savory flavors like soy sauce, garlic and chilies but the thing is it works. The peanut butter provides a super creamy and nutty flavor and lends itself well to a combination of sweet, salty, and pungent flavors. Ever since this first encounter I have been in love with peanut sauce.
I find that the thing with my peanut sauce is that I am always trying out new combination of ingredients. For last nights dinner I went a bit heavy on the ginger and I used Mighty Nut Powdered Peanut Butter from Peanut Butter & Co. This powdered peanut butter has all the protein, fiber and delicious taste of your standard jar of peanut butter but without all the oil. You can add it to a sauce or smoothie as I have or you can simply mix it with water to create a creamy spread.
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- 3/4 Cup Mighty Nut Original Peanut Butter
- 1/4 Cup Reduced Sodium Soy Sauce
- 1 Tablespoon Vegetarian Fish Sauce or Tamari
- 1" Grated Ginger
- 1 Minced Garlic Clove
- 2 Tablespoons Maple Syrup
- 1/2 Cup Water
- 1 Tablespoons Lime Juice
- Dash of Chili Flakes - to your liking
- Put everything into the blender and blend until smooth! Adjust seasonings to your liking.
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One of my favorite things to combine peanut sauce with is broccoli and tofu but since my tofu expired almost a month ago I decided to swap meaty button mushrooms for the tofu. I simply sauteed up onions, mushrooms and broccoli and tossed with a bit of the ginger peanut sauce. The sauce thickened right up when heated creating a delicious, creamy and saucy stir fry. I served it up with brown rice, some shredded green cabbage for a little crunch and extra sauce on the side. This sauce would also be great tossed with some soba noodles or as the sauce for a kale salad. Enjoy!
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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Fit Approach and Mighty Nut. I was provided with product, as well as compensation, for this post, but all thoughts, recipes and opinions are 100% my own.
Yum!! I am bookmarking this recipe right now! I love the Mighty Nut Powdered Peanut Butter Line – one lucky reader is going to be thrilled to receive it!!!
Is it bad that I usually am happy just eating peanut butter out of the container from a spoon? Sometimes I go crazy and add some jam on top… yeah it’s like a PB&J minus the bread, for extremely lazy people. Is that bad?! Ha! I hadn’t even heard of powdered PB, definitely going to give it a shot!
Nothing bad about that. Nothing bad at all.
I am obsessed with peanut sauce and am also always looking for different ways to change it up! This looks SO delicious. Thanks for the giveaway!
Oohhh – I’ve never heard of powdered peanut butter. This would be great for smoothies – A great way to add in extra protein without the mess!
Peanut butter is one of my MOST favorite things! This looks delicious!
Wow, this looks awesome. We have a bounty of broccoli right now (and PB is a food group as far as I’m concerned) so I’m totally making this for dinner tonight. Thanks!
Looks delicious! I bet the ginger and peanut go well together. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
This sounds like a great recipe for stir fry . . . but the peanut sauce in Thai food was always the worst part. Any idea as to a substitute ginger idea?
I like to mix peanut butter with oats and maple syrup and raisins and make peanut butter oat balls, but I am not above eating off of a spoon either![🙂](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f642.svg)
The spoon is always a good idea and those pb oat balls sound delicious.