Allison Day’s Thai-inspired rooster salad is a crave-worthy bowl, filled with greens, rooster, cucumber, and another veggies you want. This peanut dressing is an ideal counterpoint. It packs an umami smack from peanut butter, lime juice, and fish sauce and, even higher, you’ll be able to slather it on all types of different issues—noodles, grilled greens, or rooster skewers.–Jenny Latreille
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In a small bowl, whisk collectively the lime juice, peanut butter, tamari or soy sauce, oil, maple syrup, water, fish sauce (if utilizing), and purple pepper flakes till utterly emulsified.
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Cowl and chill till prepared to make use of. The dressing might be refrigerated for as much as 1 week. Shake nicely earlier than utilizing.
*What’s fish sauce used for?
Fish sauce is a salty and savory ingredient that’s used so as to add umami to all types of issues, like pad Thai, however it’s additionally used to marinate meats, gown greens, or punch up the flavour in soups or stews. It’s typically used as a base for salad dressings and do-it-yourself condiments. Produced from fish (or krill) that’s been closely salted and fermented for as much as 2 years, fish sauce has a fairly highly effective aroma straight out of the bottle however it provides a salty umami kick not like anything.
Serving: 2.5 tablespoonsEnergy: 99 kcalCarbohydrates: 6 gProtein: 3 gFats: 8 gSaturated Fats: 4 gSodium: 660 mgFiber: 1 gSugar: 4 g
Diet data is routinely calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
Recipe © 2019 Allison Day. Picture © 2019 Allison Day. All rights reserved.
Recipe Testers’ Evaluations
This Thai-inspired peanut dressing was such a pleasant shock and alter of tempo from the standard oil- and vinegar-based dressings that I normally whip up for salads. It was terrific! Even when made with my previous standby pantry staple peanut butter, Jif. I can solely think about how a lot better it could have been if I had used pure peanut butter.
I had it with the Thai-inspired rooster salad and it will likely be displaying up on our desk typically.
I had some sunflower seed butter readily available, so that’s what I used on this peanut dressing. The dressing was undoubtedly the star of the present right here; it added a stunning taste to the wholesome Thai-inspired rooster salad.
