Peanut Sauce (nuoc Leo)

Total Time: 14 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 4 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup roasted peanuts, ground
• 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon chili paste
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1/2 cup chicken broth or 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon peanut butter
• 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
• 1 fresh red chili pepper, seeded and thinly sliced

Recipe

• 1 prepare the roasted peanuts.
• 2 set aside.
• 3 heat the oil in a small saucepan.
• 4 when the oil is hot add the garlic chili paste and tomato paste.
• 5 fry until the garlic is golden brown, about 30 seconds.
• 6 add the broth, sugar, peanut butter and hoisin sauce and whisk to dissolve the peanut butter.
• 7 bring to a boil.
• 8 reduce the heat and simmer for 3 minutes.
• 9 divide the sauce among individual dipping bowls and garnish with the ground peanuts and slice chile.
• 10 server warm or at room temperature.