Thai Peanut Butter Sauce
Ingredients:
1/4 Cup peanut oil
2 cloves garlic
1 tblsp. fresh lemon grass
1 onion, blendered with the garlic and lemon grass
1/2 to 1 tsp. of ground red chile pepper (your choice of fire)
3 kaffir lime leaves, or grated zest of 1 fresh lime.
1/2 tsp. curry powder
1 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
3 bay leaves
2 tsp. tamarind paste
1 to 3 tblsp. fish sauce (purchased at Asian markets, amount varied by 
brand and taste. Thai variety is milder than Vietnamese variety.)
3 tblsp. dark brown sugar
3 tblsp. lemon juice
1 cup smooth peanut butter
Directions:
Heat the oil in a skillet to medium-high heat and sauté garlic, onion, 
chile, lime leaves or zest, curry powder and lemon grass for 2 to 3 
minutes.  Then stir in coconut milk, milk, cinnamon, bay leaves, 
tamarind sauce, fish sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice and peanut butter. 
 Mix ingredients well, reduce heat and cook, stirring frequently, until 
sauce thickens.  This takes about 30 minutes.  Remove bay and lime 
leaves and serve.  Do not let sauce stick and burn to bottom of pan.
Adapted from Keo's Thai Cuisine, Keo Sananikone, Ten Speed Press. 1986
I like to blender the onion, lemon grass and garlic so the sauce is 
smooth in texture.  You can also mince them and use chunky peanut 
butter if you like chunks in your sauce.
Enjoy
bwight@ix.netcom.com (William Wight)
From the Chile-Heads Recipe Collection
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Indonesian peanut-chile sauce (katjan saos), DeWitt & Gerlach 
makes 1 - 1.5 cups 
very hot 
 
4     scallions, white part, chopped 
4     garlic, minced 
1   t ginger, minced 
1   T peanut oil 
1   c chicken broth 
3   T piquin chiles, dried and crushed, with seeds 
1   T soy sauce 
2   t dark brown sugar 
1   T lime juice 
1/2 c crunchy peanut butter 
1/4 t cumin, ground 
 
Wilt scallions, garlic, and ginger in oil. 
 
Add broth and bring to the boil. 
 
Reduce heat to low and add all the remaining ingredients. 
Cook for 10 min or until thickened. 
 
Serve as a satay sauce or dip for vegetables. 
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