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Introducing my Peanut Salad Dressing which is the dressing of my dreams. It takes just a handful of simple ingredients that are likely already in your pantry. This peanut dressing is ready in 3 minutes and is the perfect dressing to impress your family and friends.
Recipe Difficulty – Very Easy
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Why this recipe works
If you are a peanut lover, this recipe is for you! This Thai Peanut Salad Dressing is wonderful all year round. It’s great as a homemade salad dressing for any type of salad when you want a refreshing meal in the summer. It is also great as a dipping sauce for something like fresh spring rolls! In the cooler months, you can serve this up as a warm noodle dish or with rice, quinoa, or chick peas.
If you haven’t tried a peanut dressing for salad, you are in for a treat! The creamy peanut butter flavour melds perfectly with the other ingredients for a nice Thai vinaigrette. When it comes to homemade sauces, this peanut butter dressing is certainly on the easy side! It’s just a matter of mixing the ingredients together!
This recipe is so easy to make! If you don’t already have all of the ingredients, they are easily found in grocery stores.
This was inspired by my Peanut Butter Noodles and pairs well with this amazing Tofu Salad recipe, Chicken Satay Salad or Cold Noodle Salad.
Ingredients to make Peanut Salad Dressing
- Peanut Butter – I used crunchy peanut butter, but creamy will work just fine.
- Maple Syrup – is a fabulous natural sweetener.
- Tamari – helps this peanut dressing taste like an Asian salad dressing.
- Sesame Oil – is another common Asian flavour.
- Juice from a Lime – The lime juice brings a nice tang to this Thai peanut dressing.
- Onion Powder – helps to ground this peanut vinaigrette with an umami flavour.
- Garlic Powder – mixes perfectly with the rest of the ingredients
See recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Substitutions
- Peanut Butter – If natural peanut butter isn’t your style or you have an allergy to it, you could use almond butter, cashew butter, or even sunflower seed butter.
- Maple Syrup – Honey or agave syrup are great substitutions. You could also use brown sugar, though you’d need to mix with some liquid to keep the same consistency.
- Tamari – You could also use soy sauce or liquid aminos. If you are gluten-free, be sure to check the ingredients.
- Garlic Powder – If you only have a fresh garlic clove, be sure it is minced into very small pieces.
Variations
- Spicy – add red pepper flakes or sriracha to this salad dressing.
- Deluxe – You make this dressing deluxe by what you pair it with! You can serve it up with a large bowl of green salad or even use it in my Prawn Salad or Courgette Salad. You could add some tofu or rotisserie chicken to the salad. This would also go great with grain bowls (Buddha bowls).
- Kid friendly – This healthy salad dressing is already kid friendly! If they aren’t quite ready for a salad, you could have them start with this easy Thai peanut dressing as a dip.
For another great peanut-based meal, try my Peanut Stew recipe on this site.
How to make Peanut Salad Dressing
Step 1: Add all ingredients into a jar and whisk or stir until a smooth dressing forms.
Hint: If you prefer to use a food processor or immersion blender, you are welcome to!
Leftovers
Leftover Asian peanut salad dressing will keep in the fridge for up to a week. Store in an airtight container like a mason jar. Be sure to give it a good stir before using again.
Recipe FAQs
You can’t get much easier than my peanut dressing recipe! It is literally a matter of combining 7 ingredients in a bowl and mixing them together. So easy and so delicious!
There are so many delicious ways to use this Thai peanut sauce recipe. You can use it on a basic chopped salad, a quinoa salad, or a chickpea salad.
My creamy peanut dressing has just 7 easy ingredients. Peanut butter forms the base of the recipe. I then use maple syrup as a sweetener, tamari and sesame oil for some Asian flavours, and finish it off with lime, onion powder, and garlic powder. It’s an asian-inspired recipe and makes for a great peanut sauce!
Peanut dressing will last in the fridge for about a week. You can double the recipe and use it on a variety of meals throughout the week.
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Peanut Salad Dressing
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp peanut butter, I used crunchy
- 3 tbsp maple syrup, or honey
- 2 tbsp tamari, or soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- ½ juice lime
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients into a jar or bowl and whisk/stir until a smooth dressing forms.
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I LOVED this and so did my family it was the perfect balance of flavours will definitely make again.
Thank you Iris 🙂
Absolutely delicious, although i made some subs. I didn’t have lime so used lemon and instead of maple syrup i used date syrup as that’s what i had. Definitely a keeper. Thanks
Loved this salad dressing, i used it with your rocket salad, just beautiful