Simple Satay Sauce

Super-quick satay sauce with no added oil. This recipe is so easy there’s really no excuse to continue buying a ready-made sauce. The sauce can be used to coat meat, vegetables, Quorn or Tofu. You can also stir it straight into the sauté pan half-way through stir-frying.The Ketchup is probably the most ‘naughty’ ingredient in this sauce. However, you can always substitute with tomato puree, just add a little extra water to the mix. This recipe doesn’t require any extra oil as the natural oils in the peanut butter are sufficient to keep the meat/quorn moist. This sauce is sufficient to cover 600g of chicken, which makes around eight medium sized kebabs.

Smooth Peanut Butter 280g (Meridian)

5 Tbsp Peanut Butter

Chinese 5-Spice 50g (Hampshire Foods)

1 tsp Chinese Five Spice

Cayenne Pepper Powder 100g (Sussex Wholefoods)

1/4 Tsp Cayenne Pepper

Tomato Ketchup, Organic 285g (Meridian)

1 tbsp Ketchup

Organic Lemon Juice 200ml (Biona)

1 tsp Lemon Juice

Other Ingredients

50ml hot water from the kettle

Method

1.  Spoon out the peanut butter into a small mixing bowl. Add the Chinese Five Spice and Cayenne Pepper and stir.
2.  Add the lemon juice, ketchup and hot water. Stir into a smooth, loose paste. Add a more water if required.
3. Using wet hands coat your chosen meat, Quorn or Tofu and cook immediately.