Nam Jim Satay (thai Peanut Sauce)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 4 ounces roasted unsalted peanuts
• 3 -4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 ounce chopped onion
• 1 -2 tablespoon red curry paste or 1 -2 tablespoon massaman curry paste
• 1 teaspoon fish sauce
• 8 tablespoons coconut milk
• 4 -6 teaspoons lime juice (to taste)
• 2 -3 teaspoons palm sugar
• chicken stock, to thin if necessary

Recipe

• 1 if you wish use peanut butter rather than fresh peanuts.
• 2 first grind or crush the peanuts to a fairly fine powder.
• 3 then combine them with the remaining ingredients (except the lime juice), to form a smooth sauce.
• 4 if the sauce is too thick, you can thin it with a little chicken stock.
• 5 now add the lime juice, tasting as you progress to check the balance of flavors is correct.
• 6 note use red curry paste with beef or lamb satay, massaman (as above) with chicken.
• 7 if you are doing shrimp satay then use half the quantity of massaman paste.