Peanut Sauce

This recipe is based on a Local Crate box that I got several months ago.  What annoys me about them is that they don't tell you how much of each ingredient you are getting, so you can't recreate the recipe easily later on by yourself.  Boo!

Instead of giving up, though, I eye-balled what they gave me in my box.  And then experimented.  I like this combo, but it is very rich and makes for a sauce-y, big serving.  You could use the same amount of sauce for more food, cut the ingredients, etc.  

The key seems to be 2 parts peanut butter to 1 part rice vinegar to 1 part soy sauce.  Then add garlic and other flavors for depth.  And be careful if you add the ginger--a little bit goes a long way and I had one bowl that was very, very ginger-forward!

Ingredients:

• 2 Tbsp. Peanut Butter
• 1 Tbsp. Rice Vinegar
• 1 Tbsp. Soy Sauce
• 1+ tsp. minced garlic
• 1/2 tsp. (or to taste) sambal oelek (or other hot sauce type thing)
• 1/4 tsp (or to taste) fresh ginger (do not use powdered! I have some in a squeezy jar that works nicely)
• water, as needed to thin sauce

Directions:

1. Add peanut butter to a bowl and heat in microwave for 30 seconds or so, warm enough to get softened to be puddle-y or a bit runny, and easy to stir.
   
2. Add all ingredients except water and stir together
   
   
3. Stir in a bit of water if you think the sauce is too thick.
4. Stir in cooked noodles (rice noodles or just spaghetti noodles both work fine),veggies, and protein.  (pictured here is steam-in-bag vegetable mix, cut up Morning Star Farms chix pattie, and some unsalted roasted peanuts).