Making 5 Meals With Peanut Butter 

As a Dutchie I can confirm : bread with a simple satay sauce is not only delicious, over here it's one of the most common party snacks.

i love this because i feel like a lot of people, especially here in america, don’t realize how well peanut butter works in savory dishes

Gado-gado is one of my favorite salad you can make with peanut butter and coconut milk. Veggies + blanched beansprouts+ boiled potatoes+ fried tofu + boiled egg + shrimp cracker with gado gado dressing is heavenly.

Jalapeño, chicken stock, peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sesame oil. Great base for a soup.

idk why I'm watching this when I'm allergic to peanut butter but here we are

In Mexico we have this sauce called encacahuatado, it’s most often served with chicken and it’s basically a lot of peanuts, some chiles, tomato and sometimes sesame paste. We use whole roasted peanuts but it would be cool to see an interpretation of it with peanut butter kind of like what you did with the satay sauce. Very good recipes!

Peanut butter is a basic for African cooking especially west african from savory dishes, to treats etc, also used as thickener, and ingredient in a number of dishes.

I usually don't thin out peanut butter with water because it dilutes the flavor. Usually, I heat up the soy vinegar mixture to thin out the peanut butter.

peanut butter is literally similar to tahini , seed paste! no wonder it works well in both savory and sweet

Here in the Philippines, we have this meat and vegetables stew called kare-kare. If I remember it correctly, it's an adaptation of curry but it is distinct for using peanut butter as its base for the sauce. It's best eaten with shrimp paste. Go try it!

As a Filipino, I’m surprised Kare Kare didn’t end up on the list. It’s one of the first savory peanut butter dishes I was introduced to. I know ox-tails can be hard to find, but it’s a fairly easy dish and the vegetables that are commonly used with it pair well with the peanut flavor. Might be worth a shot!

The peanut satay sauce is actually very versatile. Because it has such intense flavor, I always use them for salad, cold noodle, bread dipping or sometimes over rice! You can practically put it on everything!

When I was in uni and couldn't afford much, I made Spicy Carrot, Peanut Butter and Chilli soup. The peanut butter added richness and made it taste more filling, and carrots are so cheap! I dipped a whole meal pitta in it, making an affordable and cozy winter meal 😋

West African peanut soup would have also been interesting

I will definitely do all 5. Videos like this are great for young learner cooks to get immediate sucesses. Salute

I LOVE making peanut noodles and came up with my own recipe using crunchy peanut butter, honey, sriracha, and lime juice. thats it! and its sooo good. I also add cucumber, carrot, green onions, cilantro, and curry chicken if i have it.

Dipping bread in sate sauce is so relatable 🤣 My fellow Indonesians might get freaked out if I do this in front of them, but, trust me, that left over sate sauce goes well with toast. Sometimes when I got tired of eating super crunchy kerupuk which made my jaw sore, I prefer toasting some white bread (don't use margarine on it) until it turned golden brown then dip it in leftover sate sauce from last night's dinner. Just don't forget to put in in the fridge then reheat it in the morning, or perhaps simply put it in a small container/bowl and put the bowl inside your rice cooker on warm mode. Super simple and delicious breakfast/snack.

I've been making something like the 1st recipe for a decade now, it was a martha Stewart 'upgraded ramen' recipe when I found it. 2 Tablespoons of peanut butter and sriracha, 1 of soy sauce, added to cooked ramen noodles that have been drained. Highly recommend upping that to 3, 3, 2 - and including sauteed or dried (powder) version of garlic, ginger, paprika, and onion. Plus toasted sesame oil, gochujang, and scrambled eggs are great. Putting it on a bowl of fresh spinach or steamed broccoli is a healthy move. I could barely finish half a packet of ramen prepared this way. Make a huge batch of the peanut sauce in advance, refrigerate, and you can whip up a great meal in less than 5 minutes.

I add peanut butter into my mapo tofu and it adds such a great nuttiness, creaminess and sweetness to it. Sort of gives off dan dan noodle vibes. It works SO WELL and it's SO GOOD!!

For us who can't have coconut milk, I've found that blended cashews soaked in water has the same flavour as coconut. Would work well with the peanut butter ;)

Hey inga! It's ironic you mentioned using this as a salad dressing because here in Sudan we actually have a peanut Butter salad and it's delicious! Check Beryl Shereshwesky's episode about peanut butter..she talked about it. Great episode as always ♥️

She Simmers has a great peanut sauce recipe that I've been making for years. Also recently, I've made 2 "curry" dishes with peanut butter, one Indian and one Moroccan. I've made Mexican mole with it. I have several other African recipes in my queue that use peanut butter, including a few soups. It's an amazingly versatile ingredient, and I'm feeling a bit like I've had this amazing ingredient in my house for years and have been wasting my time putting it on bread.

I'm so happy I found this video from a few months ago! I made the lovely simple peanut noodles, but I was out of chili oil so I used some Sichuan-style dou ban jang that I had open already and it was so divine! The fermented flavour and Sichuan peppercorn citrusy-numb sensation add so much depth to the dish, it feels like it should be far fancier and complicated than it is. My new favourite :)

i am on my lunch breaking watching this, and my microwave ramen didn’t come with a soup packet- but i had a few different types of hot sauces and some spicy roasted and shelled peanuts, and i thought, hey why not, throw it all in. surprisingly good! not as yummy as what inga made, i’m sure, but still good!

As someone who loves sweeter flavors in savory cooking, this is awesome! thank you!! Love the condiment series!

Made the peanut butter noodles before. Followed chinese cooking demystified's technique of frying the peanut butter in peanut oil to roast it a bit more till it's a darker brown before thinning it out with water and other condiments.

My condiment I want to see more of is coconut milk. You have an amazing knowledge of Asian cuisine - so if you could do a video explaining how to use them for savory dishes, that would be fantastic.

Thanks for sharing these peanut butter noodle sauces. I have had Taiwanese cold noodles before and wanted to be able to make them myself as I don't always have access to them and have to travel to far. This is going to be great. Thanks again.

wonderful! I love that you did this short cooking video, am going to use those ideas!

I want to try cooking the spicy peanut butter noodles but there’s a cockroach in my kitchen and I’m too afraid to go in

One of the best videos ever. Can't articulate what was so satisfying about it, but I think exploring condiments is a wonderful idea. I've rewatched this a bunch of times and tried out the first recipe with Lao Gan Ma(my first time!) and Skippy. So good!

cant wait to try these! especially the hot peanut noodles and the satay one! Such a great video! thank you!

Heck yes! Love the chili nut sauce noodles! Cold noodles are fantastic as well! The other 3 I'll have to try.

I have been encouraged to make almost all these dishes here!!! So easy and looks amazing! 🤤

Great easy recipes w peanut butter! Thank you!!

This is a very inspiring video! I'm so excited to try all these recipes, I really like how they all seem very achievable for the timid chef.

I would love to see you try and use a Gochujang Korean chili paste or Dwenjang Korean soybean paste. It would be fun to see you experiment with strong flavored condiments that I feel people aren’t as familiar with.

I'm in love with satay sauce, so I'm SO excited to try this shortcut version!

Those all sound amazing!

They all look so good!

Wow, great!!

I love peanut butter! Amazing video as always

Lovely easy recipes, thank you greatly .

i'm for sure gonna try cooking that braised pork rice recipe for dinner tomorrow! looks incredible!

Kare-kare comes to mind immediately when talking about savory dishes using peanut butter. So delicious.

Love the first recipe, quick and easy, manageable even if you don't have a lot of time

Love that your exploring ways to cook with condiments! Peanut butter.. and ketchup! Can’t wait to see your next one 😄

I have made a spicy peanut sauce for noodles for my family once. I loved it and still make it for myself years later. My family wouldn't adjust to the fact of peanut butter as a savory dish.

Yes to peanut butter and cilantro as a combo! I love to put peanut butter, cilantro and a fried egg on full grain toast! Perfect with a little hot sauce. Very easy and satisfying snack!

Nice versions, I think taking a peak at how tahini is used is also a good starting point.

Thanks Inga!! I want to make all of these dishes now!

such great ideas for peanut butter

Going to try them all

I have similar recipes to all of these except the hot noodle one and I can CONFIRM all of these taste amazing. PB is such a beautiful condiment!

UM ALL OF THIS LOOKS AMAZING?!?!?!? Inga you’re my role model 🤩

Now this is an episode!

I loved hearing that you do that with the bread. When I make macaroni and cheese I purposely use less pasta than is required so that when the dish is done it has an extra layer of cheese sauce on the top. I will then stand at my stove with bread, deli ham and cooked potato putting pieces of these items on a fork and dipping them in that top layer of extra cheese sauce as if it is fondue and it is one of my favorite meals.

I will try all this recipes cause I love PB and definitely love to use it for more then just my milkshakes in the mornings.

I never really enjoyed peanut butter in sweets but really love the satay sauce version we have here in the Philippines. Now, I have a lot more options on how to incorporate PB in savory dishes! ❤️🥜

so helpful!

The peanut butter chilli oil noodles are everything 🤩🤩🤩

I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER ADDED TO MY MEAL THANKS FOR SHARING

I love making Pra Ram whenever I'm in the mood for some peanut butter driven dishes :D

The braised pork dish reminded me a lot of Adam Ragusea's "weeknight pork mole" video. Sort of reverse engineering a dish by starting with knowing what you want it to taste like, and using different, less traditional ingredients and methods to get a similar result a little easier. I love it!

Yeah we do the same here with dipping the bread with satay sauce, you're doing fine there Inga!

How about mustard? There are so many types! Also, I am definitely trying that satay recipe 🤤

This is a must for my dinner menu. 👍💜💜💜 When I saw the finished rice pork dish, it reminded me of a Japanese dish very similar to the sauce made with peanut sauce, sugar, vinegar but the Japanese or Okinawan one uses white miso and it also has tiny bits of that cooked fatty belly pork and overall it is on the sweet side, and it's yummy to put on rice. I don't think I've eaten it for decades and had forgotten about it until I saw your successful dish and I could even taste it!

New sub. Will definitely be attempting the Brussels sprouts recipe

I tried the spicy peanut butter noodles and the satay, they are so good! The satay is delicious, I also sprinkled over some chopped roasted peanuts and crispy onions to give it even more oomph 🥰 I also can't blame you whatsoever for just dipping bread in that sauce...

Bread + Cucumber + Sate Sauce is a classic combination 🥰🥰

Inga is always inspiring! Thank you. I was also intimidated by satay, but I will definitely try your take on it, looks so yummy.

been having a whole 100% peanuts peanut butter jar in my cupboard for month not knowing what to do with it… i needed this video

A peanut noodle recipe I like similar to #1 adds two toppings: persian cucumbers with lime juice and fried tempeh. Which brings in the brightness and meatiness and makes it like a whole meal.

I love the peanut sauce that’s given with summer rolls 🥰 don’t know exactly what it is but complements it so well also with the chili sauce 😭

i could listen to her all day long what a beautiful voice just fell in love gosh haha

I recently started adding peanut butter and garlic chili sauce to ramen and it is so good!!!

Thai people usually dip toasted white bread with satay sauce. You’re eating it the right way! Good sense!

You can try adding around a tablespoon of minced/crushed pineapple into the satay sauce after the sauce is cooked (so it becomes like a yellow circle in the middle of the brown peanut sauce), it's quite common in Singapore satay sauce and it helps to cut the richness and gives another dimension of flavour.

An awesome Peruvian dish that uses peanut butter is Carapulcra”. It’s stew of pork or chicken (or both) with papa seca (dried potatoes) in a peanut butter (old version uses grounded peanuts) with Aji Panca chilli pepper paste.

I have a ton of eating restrictions because of chronic illness, and I started making spicy peanut noodles (of my own variety) because my list of what I could eat was so limited. One thing I did differently was instead of hot water I used a milk substitute (either rice milk or almond milk) to mix with the sauce which made it far creamier than water. It gave the sauce a bit more of a creamy macaroni and cheese consistency which was really, really good.

One of my favourite recipes is a savoury peanut butter toast... On a multigrain bread add a generous amount of caramelized onion top it with salt pepper n sriracha sauce... !!! You'll never go back after this

Inga’s first sauce is also an excellent homemade hot pot dipping sauce option 😉

I made both the braised pork rice and spicy peanut butter noodles and they were both incredible. I made a pork topping like you would use for Dan Dan Noodles for the peanut butter noodles and definitely going to make both again. The peanut butter did provide a nuttiness to the braised pork and did accelerate the process, and it even reheats well in the microwave so I can use it for a work meal!

I tried the cold noodles and oh boy IT IS GOOD! It almost taste like gado-gado but super light and refreshing ❤️ 🍜

I love peanut butter and definitely gonna make these dishes

"eXpecially" is one of my biggest pet peeves, it's like "liberry"😭

Thanks for the video, Inga! Those all look delicious! For peanut noodles, I like using the 'NOLS Gado Gado' recipe. (For the sauce; I don't use ramen noodles. lol)

The noodles can be upgraded easily with garlic, ginger and some miso paste. Anyways, fun video enjoyed it a lot

i use the peanut saus (satay sauce) for almost everything. feench friece, bbq , fried rice. it is used a lot in the Netherlands.

Great video!

Kare-Kare (a Filipino style of oxtail stew with veggies, in a garlicy peanut butter sauce, garnished with salted shrimp paste) and served over rice, I believe, really deserves to be explored.

I wish you had tried Sudanese peanut butter salad, it is very simple and tastes really good with fresh pita bread

definetely try out the noodles, you can also just use pasta, at least i like that version best by now. I tweaked my version to my preference: 1st: exchange 1/3 of the peanut butter with tahina/sesame paste - much more complex flavour highly recommend balancing it out with grated ginger, garlic, and some acid like lime then a fried/soft boiled egg+ scallions +whatever vegetables you got

celery with peanut butter inside is amazing

My favourite food combo ever is peanut butter and chocolate but I'm up to trying using peanut butter in savory dishes as well😋

We need more of Andrew and Steven's worth it episodes. Please !!!!

I've actually made versions of almost all these. There was this place in California near where I worked that had cold peanut sesame noodles that were so good. When learning how to cook a little bit healthier I found a recipe that has a bunch of veggies added to it so I can eat more of it. I hadn't made it for a long time and I made it last summer and just ate it for a couple days along with some chicken, I've also torn up chicken and just had it as a all-in-one type cold meal great for picnic or party. It uses peanut butter and sesame oil to get a thick nutty flavor almost like if you were to use tahini. My friend took me to a place in Pueblo and they had this cold spicy vinegar cucumber salad but she didn't know the name of it and she wanted me to try it and recreate it and instead I pretty much just ate all her salad in the car, I've made a version that I can enjoy a couple days that takes almost no time. I grew up eating so much Asian food it's just ingrained in my being like so many of the other things that people probably think are more specialty and I just grew up with a lot of ethnic friends. I started cooking very young and paying attention learning how to cook and bake and I need for my young age I wanted to be a chef and that's what I did right out of high school, unfortunately I've been told by the occupational therapist I'll never be able to go back to my field because of the DV that I went through and the permanent damage I have

A nice surprise to see both Bull Head and Pork Braised Rice in this episode!

Peanut + long beans tastes heavenly! In Indonesia, we have these dishes named Gado-gado from Surabaya, Pecel from Madiun, Karedok and Lotek from Bandung using long beans as their component and peanut as their sauce base. Comes with different consistencies, all of these sauces deliver goodness to the long beans into tummy.

wow, this really makes me wish i didn't have a (pea)nut allergy - all these recipes look so delicious!