Description
Katjang sauce: peanut sauce
Ingredients
- Onion
- Garlic Cloves
- Brown Sugar
- Sambal Oelek
- Mild Paprika
- Ginger Powder
- Smooth Peanut Butter
- Ketjap Manis
- Milk
- Lemon Juice
- Salt And Pepper
Instructions
- Mix onion and garlic
- Place onion mixture in a bowl
- Add the brown sugar
- Mash with the back of a spoon to make a paste
- Brown the paste in the oil at very low heat
- Stir in sambal oelek, paprika, and ginger powder
- Add the peanut butter
- When the sauce is brown, add the ketjap manis and the milk
- Keep stirring at low heat until the sauce thickens
- Finally, add the lemon juice, salt and pepper
- If the sauce is too thick, add a little more milk until it reaches a better consistency
- Ketjap manis is a sweet indonesian soy sauce
- It may be found in dutch stores, some chinese stores or maybe european delis
- It is worth looking for as it is just delicious!
- Sambal oelek is a paste made from marinaded chili peppers
- It can be found in chinese groceries, or dutch stores
