Peanut Dressing

 

Peanut Dressing

Although I don’t eat peanut butter alone, I absolutely love this salad dressing. I first had it at a Chinese Restaurant in Manassas, Virginia called Wu’s Garden when my brother-in-law George (A Michelin Star Chef) took me there for lunch one Sunday. He ordered me a salad and instead of my typical oil and vinegar dressing he had me try their peanut dressing. I fell in love with it immediately because it was so delicious. George asked for the recipe, and they gave it to him gladly. I also walked out of the Restaurant with a container of the dressing for my lunch the rest of the week. You can make this dressing in less than 10 minutes with ingredients you already have in your kitchen.  It’s great over salad and coleslaw, surprisingly enough it’s great to double the recipe and use it as a marinade over chicken or even beef. Also great in stir-fry dishes too. 

Ingredients

½ cup smooth all-natural peanut butter

¼ cup lime juice

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 tablespoon ginger (finely minced)

2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil

2 cloves garlic (finely minced)

¼ cup of maple syrup

¼ – ½ cup water (see notes)

Sea salt (to taste)

Instructions

In a medium-sized bowl, whisk the peanut butter, lime juice, soy sauce, ginger, sesame oil, garlic and maple syrup. Thin with the water, starting with ¼ cup if it’s too thick.

Taste and add Sea salt if needed.

Notes

The amount of water you'll need to add will depend on how thick your peanut butter is and how thick or thin you'd like the dressing to be. If you're using it as a dip, you may not want to add any water.

This salad dressing will thicken a little in the fridge. Mix in some water to thin it, if needed.

If you don’t want the dressing to be sweet do not add the maple syrup.Elizabeth Kilbride is a Writer and Editor with forty years of experience in writing with 12 of those years in the online content sphere. Author of 5 books and a Graduate with an Associate of Arts from Pheonix University in Business Management, then a degree in Mass Communication and Cyber Analysis from Phoenix University, then on to Walden University for her master’s in criminology with emphasis on Cybercrime and Identity Theft and is currently studying for her Ph.D. degree in Criminology, her work portfolio includes coverage of politics, current affairs, elections, history, and true crime. In her spare time, Elizabeth is also a gourmet cook, life coach, and avid artist, proficient in watercolor, acrylic, pen and ink, Gouache, and pastels. As a political operative having worked on over 300 campaigns during her career, Elizabeth has turned many life events into books and movie scripts while using history to weave interesting storylines. She also runs 6 blogs that range from art to life coaching, to food, to writing, and opinion or history pieces each week.