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This simple style peanut Satay Sauce recipe is easy and tasty. It’s the perfect dipping sauce!
This Satay Sauce recipe is so simple and tasty. If you’re looking for that unmistakable Chinese-style sauce, which is thick with peanuts, rich and creamy – you’ve found it!
Make up a batch and use as a dipping sauce or serve drizzled over chicken, fish or prawns.
Why you’ll love this Easy Satay Sauce Recipe
⭐️ So much nutty flavour
⭐️Can be used in lots of different ways
⭐️ Ready in minutes
Batch cook
If you’re going to the effort to mix your own Satay Sauce, you might as well make lots for another day!
Simply cook a larger batch and portion it off into freezer-proof containers or bags and label them.
Then you have quick access to lots of Satay-style meals, using this recipe as a marinade, dressing, dip or sauce base. For example, a sauce in my stir fry dish of Peanut Butter Noodles with Halloumi.
Then there’s the perfect marinade for Chicken Satay Skewers, and there’s even a satay-flavoured dressing for my Crunchy Salad. So many options!
Peanut Satay Sauce Ingredients
- Coconut milk – I use reduced fat but either is fine.
- Crunchy peanut butter – Make sure you use sugar-free peanut butter.
- Other ingredients – Soy sauce, medium curry powder, honey and lime juice.
- To garnish – This sauce is really delicious with chopped peanuts and spring onion on top for a little extra flavour and texture.
How to make Satay Sauce
1. Add the coconut milk in a saucepan and add all the other ingredients.
2. Mix well and cook over a medium heat as per the recipe below until thickened.
Storing
In the fridge You can keep this recipe in the fridge for 3 days. Reheat fully before serving or eat cold.
In the freezer If you’ve frozen the sauce, when it comes to using it, defrost it thoroughly and heat up gently in the microwave or on the hob, or add it straight into your sauce.
Using as a marinade
If you’re using this sauce to flavour meat, such as for skewers, I would recommend marinating the meat in it for at least 2 hours before you cook it.
It will really help your meat become succulent and flavourful.
FAQs
It has a mild kick to it, but the level of spiciness will depend on which curry powder you use. I use medium in this which is just enough, but go for what you prefer.
No, because it has soy sauce in it. You can make this a gluten free recipe by swapping it for tamari instead, and make sure your peanut butter and honey have gluten free labels too.
There are many versions of satay sauce particularly originating in Indonesia. This is my interpretation from the dishes I’ve enjoyed on my travels.
You can read more about the dish and find a more in depth version, including delicious fresh lemongrass here: Rasa Malaysia.
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Satay Sauce
Ingredients
- 400 ml (1.75 cups) Coconut milk, I use reduced fat
- 200 g (0.75 cups) Crunchy peanut butter
- 2 tbsp Soy sauce
- 2 tsp Medium curry powder
- 2 tbsp Honey
- 1-2 Limes, Juice only
Instructions
- Add you coconut milk into a saucepan and add all the other ingredients. Stir well.
- Cook it over a medium heat for 10-15 minutes, stirring until thickened.
Notes
This post was originally published on April 29th, 2025. It was updated on July 30th, 2025 to add additional tips and step-by-step videos.
This post was originally published on July 30, 2025 and updated later to make improvements.
Just to add to my earlier review, I made this again today, but this time I served it over 2 chopped JAZZ apples 🍎🍎 and 3 hard boiled blue eggs 🪺. Sprinkled with chopped spring onions and hickory peanuts, it truly was so so simple, yet remarkably delicious!!! It’s my go to satay sauce forever now!!!!
Absolutely delicious!!!!! SOOOOOOOOOO impressed with this recipe!!!!!!! Was originally going to make it and pour it over pasta but decided to serve it as a dipping sauce, with sourdough crackers and chopped apple!!!! It’s incredible!!!! Truly amazed by the combination of flavours!!! It works so so well!!! I added chopped hickory smoked peanuts as a topping. Thank you Sarah!!!!
Quick and easy sauce! It worked perfectly with chicken.