Nov 3, 2007

Peanut Sauce #1: Grateful Dead Peanut Sauce

3-4 tbs. Peanut butter
Soy Sauce or Tamari to taste (a few tablespoons)
Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice (1/2 lemon)
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1 medium clove garlic, minced
1/4 tsp. grated ginger
Water to dilute

Mix into a spreadable sauce. Can still be really good if all you have is peanut butter, water, and one or two other ingredients.

This recipe is adapted from Cooking with the Dead: Recipes and Stories from Fans on the Road by Elizabeth Zipern (St. Martins, New York, 1995). This one was by someone named Greg and it is a sauce for a tempeh sandwich.

It keeps for a while in the fridge--not sure how long but I've never had it go bad.

Peanut sauce on a sandwich, on noodles, on rice with vegetables, as a dipping sauce for spring rolls, on fried tofu or tempeh...


What else can this delicious food make more delicious?

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