5 Minute Thai Peanut Sauce Recipe (2024)

Published: Mar 5, 2019 · Modified: Nov 5, 2019 by Jamie · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This post may contain affiliate links · 12 Comments

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This fast and easy Thai peanut sauce is perfect for spring rolls, noodles, salads, or satay dipping sauce. Full of flavor, vegan, and ready in 5 minutes start to finish!

This 5 minute Thai peanut sauce is super versatile, creamy, spicy, savory, and sweet! Besides being the perfect spring roll dipping sauce, it's also fantastic in these Thai peanut noodles, makes an excellent satay dipping sauce, or even a creamy salad dressing.

Whenever I order spring rolls, I always ask for an extra serving of their peanut dipping sauce because I love it so much! I could literally finish an entire serving of peanut dipping sauce with a single spring roll. Why do they give you such a small amount? At times I've made an entire meal of just spring rolls and the peanut sauce.

Check out these 15 Minute Thai Peanut Noodles made with this peanut sauce:

Check out these 15 Minute Thai Peanut Noodles!

It is so easy to make this Thai peanut sauce. Completely fool proof and takes only 5 minutes. Also this is one of those sauces that just gets better the longer it sits. Keep it sealed tight in the fridge for up to 5 days and reheat slightly in the microwave until the peanut butter starts to soften. You can also thin it out with a little bit of hot water if it gets too thick.

You can use any kind of peanut butter you want, smooth or chunky. I used chunky because I like the texture of the little peanut bits you get. I've also tried this with almond butter before because I ran out of peanut butter and it was still amazing!

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5 Minute Thai Peanut Sauce

This fast and easy Thai peanut sauce is perfect for spring rolls, noodles, salads, or satay dipping sauce. Full of flavor, vegan, and 5 minutes start to finish!

5 from 129 votes

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☑ Ingredients

▢ ½ cup peanut butter
▢ ¼ cup soy sauce
▢ 2 Tablespoons rice wine vinegar - or lime juice
▢ 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
▢ 2 Tablespoons chili garlic sauce
▢ 1 ½ Tablespoons agave
▢ ¼ teaspoon grated fresh ginger
▢ ⅓ cup hot water
▢ ⅛ teaspoon Thai chili pepper flakes - optional for spice

Instructions

Add all the ingredients together in a small bowl and whisk until smooth. If you want a thinner consistency, add more hot water a tablespoon at a time. Serve as a spring roll dipping sauce, peanut noodle sauce, or alongside satay.

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Briony
March 05, 2021 at 8:20 pm

Hi Jamie,
Thank you for sharing your delicious sauce recipe. I am pleased I came across your blog! So many tasty dishes to try.
I followed this recipe exactly, except I didn't have any agave, so I used a little palm sugar.
So good!
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Drew
September 03, 2020 at 9:15 pm

This sauce is really great - we have made it several times now. Including in your noodles!
We really love how balanced the flavours are. Some of the other recipes I have tried have been way too sweet. This has a great balance and I could just about eat it with a spoon.
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- Jamie
  November 20, 2020 at 3:40 am
  Thanks Drew! I'm glad you found it perfectly balanced. And yes, it goes great with noodles!
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Mary
July 20, 2020 at 10:18 pm

Hi again Jamie!
I just left a comment on your Thai peanut noodles,but had to come and leave a review on this delicious sauce also. We are crazy about it - it is so good and easy to prepare, and we are so grateful to have come across your blog. We will be aiming to try a new recipe of yours every week.
Thanks again! Mary
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Sinead
February 15, 2020 at 1:33 pm
Can coconut amino’s be substituted for soy sauce?
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- Jamie
  February 16, 2020 at 1:19 am
  Hi Sinead! Absolutely you can use coconut aminos. Hope you enjoy!
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Genevieve
November 22, 2019 at 2:25 pm

This sauce looks so good! Congrats on Mediavine too! I'm so close to applying. 🙂
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Robert
November 04, 2019 at 6:22 pm

This made an excellent dipping sauce for spring rolls. We added some peppers to make this spicy and it was so good!
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Erika
September 09, 2019 at 3:06 pm

I've never had peanut sauce before, but I need to try it now!
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Patty at Spoonabilities
August 25, 2019 at 3:51 pm

I can't believe how super easy and quick it is to make this delicious homemade peanut sauce! Thanks for sharing!
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Mahy
July 11, 2019 at 2:32 pm

I've been buying peanut sauce for so long! Time to change that by trying your FANTASTIC recipe. Love how quick an easy it is - just what I need for this sauce 🙂
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Megan Ellam
June 17, 2019 at 2:29 pm

Love this sauce. I use it on just about everything from dipping, drizzling, marinating and adding coconut cream for a creamy satay as well. Thanks so much for sharing.
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