Spicy Peanut Sauce

• 1/3 cup peanut butter, smooth or chunky
• 1/3 cup warm water or apple juice
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon Chinese chili paste or Tabasco or other hot pepper sauce (optional)
• 1 tablespoon dark sesame oil (optional)

1. In a small bowl, whisk or stir all of the ingredients until smooth.
2. In a saucepan, bring to a simmer a cup of canned crushed pineapple and stir in the Spicy Peanut Sauce ingredients, omitting the water (yields about 1 1/2 cups).
3. In a saucepan, bring a cup of canned diced tomatoes to a simmer and stir in the Spicy Peanut Sauce ingredients, omitting the water and sesame oil (yields about 1 1/2 cups).
4. Use coconut milk instead of water.
5. Here are a few ideas to inspire you:
6. Serve baked fish or tofu on rice with steamed vegetables, such as carrots, broccoli, zucchini, sweet potatoes, cabbage, or snow peas, topped with Spicy Peanut Sauce.
7. Top a bed of rice with steamed spinach or cabbage, shredded raw carrots, and Spicy Peanut Sauce.
8. Drizzle warm Spicy Peanut Sauce on a salad of spinach or spring mix topped with cucumbers, celery, and tomatoes.
9. Dress coleslaw with Pineapple Peanut Sauce for an unusual and delicious side dish.
10. Stir African Peanut Sauce into white beans, black-eyed peas, or field peas and chopped cooked collards or other greens for a delicious one-pot meal.
11. Pour Southeast Asian Peanut Sauce over rice noodles or linguine topped with mung bean sprouts and/or cucumber slices.
12. Great with Easy Baked Tofu.

peanut butter, water, soy sauce, cider vinegar, chinese chili paste, sesame oil

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/spicy-peanut-sauce-377221 (may not work)