Satay Sauce + Summer Rolls
Ingredients (makes just over 1.5 cups of sauce, depending on consistency)
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3/4 cup of PB
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4 tbsp of tamari or soy sauce
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2 tsp liquid smoke (or 1 tsp of mild smoked paprika)
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1 or 2 cloves garlic (2 if they’re small!)
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knob ginger
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juice of 1 lime (can be replaced by lemon juice)
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3 tbsp of rice vinegar
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3 tbsp up to 1/4 cup of water (depending on desired consistency, add a little at a time)
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1 tbsp of maple syrup
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1 tsp of hot sauce or chilli flakes (optional : only if you like it spicy!)
Method :
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Place all ingredients into a blender (adding the minimum amount of water if you want it to be a thicker dip, or more if you want to use this in a rice noodle veggie satay stir fry for example!) and blend on high for a min or so, until the sauce is smooth.
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Taste and adjust to taste, depending on your personal preference you might like it sweeter (add more maple syrup) or saltier (add a little more tamari/soy sauce) more sour (add more rice vinegar or more lime juice!) Make it your own!
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( you can also easily make this sauce with no blender, just in a bowl using a whisk, if you do this, just simple thinly grate your ginger and crush your garlic, add all ingredients together and whisk together until smooth)
Serve with rice paper rolls, thinly cut veggies, vermicelli rice noodles or soy sauce marinated pan fried tofu strips! I like to have mine with cucumber, carrots, avocado, red pepper, dark kale and tofu strips, sesame seeds all wrapped up in rice paper rolls (I get mine at my local asian supermarket and all you have to do is dip them in warm water, and then place on a wooden board, fill them up and roll!)
These are easily made ahead of time too, or we also like to have a DIY dinners with these where we spread out all the veggies in the middle, with the dipping satay sauce on the side, and everyone makes their own as they go along! The perfect light summer lunch or dinner, when it’s so hot out there all I want is something cold and refreshing, these are perfect.
