Honey Sriracha Peanut Sauce

A sweet and spicy creamy peanut sauce that is a great dip for vegetables or spring rolls.

I have had this recipe pinned since I first saw it over a year ago from The Cafe Sucre Farine. Honey and sriracha.  I'm all about sweet and spicy so as soon as I saw this recipe I knew I had to make it.  As with many great recipe ideas I pin, I planned on making it right away but then I started thinking about another meal or dish and the recipe sat in Pinterest until I remembered it.  I have been trying to eat more vegetables for lunch and as snacks so when I was cutting celery and other veggies this recipe popped back into my head.  Peanut sauce is like a grown-up version of celery and peanut butter so it was a natural combination.  Eating veggies is a wonderful treat when they are dipped in this sauce.  It would make a great veggie platter for a Fourth of July cookout, or for any party.

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I fell in love with peanut sauce the first time I had spring rolls at a Thai restaurant when I lived in Houston.  There is just something about peanut sauce.  It's salty, sweet, sour, peanutty, and perfectly dippable.  Not only is it great for spring rolls, but it's also a great dip for vegetables and can be thinned for a great salad dressing.  Peanut sauce is pretty simple just peanut butter and water then add whatever flavors you like.  It's easy to add a little of this and that until it tastes just right.  Honey Sriracha Peanut Sauce from The Cafe Sucre Farine is a great recipe.  I made a few adjustments like adding more sriracha (I like a bit more spice) and using only honey instead of honey and brown sugar.  I want to try it again using fish sauce instead of soy sauce just because I love fish sauce flavor (they are both used to add that salty component).  This recipe did not disappoint.  I loved it.  Veggies are so much better dipped in this sauce.

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Honey Sriracha Peanut Sauce

Modified slightly from The Cafe Sucre Farine

Cook time:  10 minutes
Servings:  5

Ingredients:

1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup honey
3 Tbsp soy sauce
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
2 Tbsp sriracha (more or less depending on how spicy you like it)
1 tsp hot chili oil
2 tsp ground coriander
1/4 cup lime juice (about 2 limes)
1 1/4 cups water

Combine all of the ingredients (if you are unsure about how much spice you can handle start with 3 tsp of sriracha and add more at the end if you'd like it spicier) in a medium saucepan over medium heat.

Stir continuously while bringing to a boil and boil until the sauce is your desired consistency (about 5 minutes).  If the sauce gets too thick add a little more water to thin it.

Serve warm or at room temperature.  Makes about five 1/2-cup serving.

Enjoy.

If you'd like to try another peanut sauce check out:

Peanut Sauce

Peanut sauce is great with veggies alone but check out these recipes that would be great with some peanut sauce too:

Vegetable Spring Rolls

Smoked Marlin Lettuce Boats

Larb (Minced Meat Salad)

You may also be interested in How to roll a spring roll:

How to Roll a Spring Roll

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Blue Cheese Dip/Dressing

A very simple blue cheese dip for vegetables that can also be used as a dressing for salads or a dip for buffalo wings.

One day my husband came home from the store with some fancy blue cheese dip/dressing.  It was on sale because usually it is pretty expensive.  We ate it that night with raw broccoli and wow was it good.  I don't usually care for blue cheese dressing, but this had a great blue cheese flavor with actual chunks of cheese in it.  A few days later it was gone and my husband asked if I could make it.  I immediately looked online for recipes and the general consensus was sour cream and blue cheese.  It couldn't be easier.

My husband bought huge tubs of each at Costco and we had enough supplies to make 4 rounds of dip.  We froze two (we haven't tried the frozen ones yet so I'm not sure if this was a good idea or not but it was worth a try, I'll update when I've tried them) and ate the other two within a couple of weeks.  And we had extra sour cream and blue cheese for other recipes.  The best part of all was that it tasted better and was much cheaper than the store bought.

Ingredients:

2 cups sour cream
1/2-1 cup blue cheese crumbles
2 Tbsp Mayonnaise, optional
salt and pepper and garlic powder to taste

Stir all ingredients together and serve immediately or refrigerate for up to 1 week (if you are like us it won't last that long).

We tried it with mayonnaise and without and couldn't tell the difference.

Use as much or as little blue cheese as you like depending on your taste preference.

It makes a great dip for all kinds of vegetables.  We used broccoli, celery, carrots, bell peppers, and sugar snap peas.  Our favorite was the broccoli.  It would also be a great dip for hot wings.

Enjoy.

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