Red Curry Peanut Dipping Sauce Food

RED CURRY PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a small nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add curry paste, ginger and garlic. Cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Combine broth, peanut butter, vinegar, tamari (or soy sauce) in a food processor or mini food processor. Add the curry mixture and process until smooth, about 20 seconds.

RED CURRY PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in saucepan over medium heat. Add next 3 ingredients; sauté 2 minutes. Add curry paste; stir 1 minute. Whisk in peanut butter, then next 5 ingredients; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium; simmer until reduced to 2 cups, whisking and adding broth as needed, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; cool. Stir in lime juice. DO AHEAD: Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover; chill. Rewarm, thinning with broth.
• Stir cilantro into sauce and serve.

THE BEST THAI CURRY-PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in the garlic, and cook until the aroma of the garlic has mellowed, about 1 minute. Add the red curry paste, and stir for 1 minute more. Whisk in the peanut butter, brown sugar, chili powder, cayenne pepper, fish sauce, sesame oil, and coconut milk. Bring to a simmer, whisking occasionally, until the sauce has thickened and is smooth.

RED-CURRY PEANUT DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Finely grind 3 tablespoons peanuts in a food processor along with sugar. Finely chop remaining tablespoon peanuts by hand.
• Stir together curry paste (to taste) and 6 tablespoons water until paste is dissolved.
• Heat oil in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté garlic, shallot, and chiles, stirring, until golden, about 4 minutes. Add ground peanut mixture and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in curry mixture and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in chopped peanuts.
• Cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes, then thin with water, 1 tablespoon at a time, to desired consistency.