Peanut Sesame Sauce

By Valarie

Ingredients

• 3 medium scallions
• 3/4 cup smooth unsalted peanut butter
• 1/2 cup hoisin sauce
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce (low sodium, if you prefer)
• 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
• Tabasco or your favorite hot sauce

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from saramoulton.com

Preparation

Step 1

Make this sauce to use as a vegetable dipper tonight and as an ingredient for tomorrow’s dinner.

Makes about 1 3/4 cups

Directions:

Trim and coarsely chop the scallions (a heaping 1/3 cup). Combine them with the peanut butter, hoisin sauce, lemon juice, soy sauce, sesame oil, and Tabasco to taste in a food processor fitted with the chopping blade.

Process until pureed. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time (up to ¼ cup), if needed to thin the sauce.

Make this sauce to use as a vegetable dipper tonight and as an ingredient for tomorrow’s dinner.  It’d delicious on noodles, grilled chicken or fish, lettuce wraps…it’s incredibly addictive!