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Coconut-Peanut Sauce or Salad Dressing

This luscious mixture is as welcome on raw salads as it is over cooked noodle, grain, or vegetable dishes.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes about 1Ā 1/2 cups

Ingredients

One 8-ounce jar Thai peanut satay sauce
1/2 cup light coconut milk
Juice of 1 lime
1/2 teaspoon red or green Thai chile paste, or to taste, dissolved in a little hot water
2 teaspoons brown rice syrup, agave nectar, or maple syrup

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Combine the ingredients in a small mixing bowl and whisk together until completely combined. Use at room temperature as a dressing.

    Step 2

    If you’d like to use this as a warm sauce, combine the ingredients in a small saucepan, whisk together, and heat gently until warm.

  2. nutrition information

    Step 3

    (per 1/4 cup)

    Step 4

    Calories: 97

    Step 5

    Total Fat: 6g

    Step 6

    Protein: 1g

    Step 7

    Carbohydrates: 8g

    Step 8

    Fiber: 1g

    Step 9

    Sodium: 135mg

Reprinted with permission from Vegan Express: Featuring 160 Recipes for Quick, Delicious, and Healthy Meals by Nava Atlas. Copyright Ā© 2008 by Nava Atlas. Excerpted by permission of Broadway, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Nava Atlas is the author of nine cookbooks, including The Vegetarian Family Cookbook, The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet, and Vegetarian Soups for All Seasons. She lives in the Hudson Valley region of New York with her husband and two teenage sons (all vegans).
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