Calling all peanut lovers, this healthy and downright delicious oil free Spicy Peanut Dressing is fast, easy, and the quickest way to savory peanut heaven that we know. Sweet, tangy, and a little POW of spice, this saucy goodness will make your taste buds come alive with its rich flavors and creamy texture making it this week’s awesome Whip It Up Wednesday recipe. This tasty dressing is perfect for drenching salads, dunking rolls, and dolloping on tasty bowls.
Whole Food Plant Based, vegan, plant based, oil free, refined sugar free, gluten free, and no highly processed ingredients.
Hi there, Ameera here!
This week’s Whip It Up Wednesday is our Spicy Peanut Dressing. We have been playing around with various peanut dressings for quite some time, and while all of the dressings we made were pretty darned tasty, we wanted to keep pushing through until we created a real wow-factor peanut dressing that knocked our socks off and that is exactly what we did.
Mom and I were thrilled eating this deliciousness!
Whip it up Wednesday
As you already know, every Wednesday, we feature a quick and easy recipe that can be “whipped up” in 20 minutes or less. This recipe can be made in a few short minutes, largely dependent upon how fast you can measure the ingredients and get them into the bowl. LOL
The flavor is filled with peanuty goodness and mildly spicy, yet refreshing on a salad.
Summer Roll Salad
We took all the tasty, wholesome veggies packed in a summer roll/spring roll and put them in a bowl. Added in some chew brown rice noodles for the “roll” part and BOOM, a delicious nourishing salad that is sure to please.
- Spiralized zucchini
- Carrot ribbons
- Julienned red bell peppers
- Sliced radishes
- Sliced cucumbers
- Snow pea pods
- Brown rice noodles
- Sautéed mushrooms (with a little tamari)
- Chopped roasted peanuts
- Sesame seeds
- Spicy Peanut Dressing
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Peanuty Goodness
This dressing works so perfectly with fresh, crisp veggies and filling noodles. Creamy peanut butter, salty depth of tamari flavors, tangy rice wine vinegar, and spicy smoky chipotle seasoning all come together in a delightful way.
It hits all the high notes for everything a great dressing should be: healthy, delicious, boasting no oil, no highly processed ingredients, and no refined sugar. Give it a try. It is crazy awesome!
We hope you enjoy our new Whip It Up Wednesday quick and easy ideas!
If you try this delicious dressing, we would love to know if you enjoy it as much as we do! Please leave us a review! Post a picture on Facebook or Instagram and tag us! We would love to hear from you.
Products Used:
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Spicy Peanut Dressing
- Prep Time: 5 Minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: about 3/4 cup 1x
- Category: Sauces
- Cuisine: Asian
Description
Calling all peanut lovers, this healthy and downright delicious oil free Spicy Peanut Dressing is fast, easy, and the quickest way to savory peanut heaven that we know. Sweet, tangy, and a little POW of spice, this saucy goodness will make your taste buds come alive with its rich flavors and creamy texture making it this week’s awesome Whip It Up Wednesday recipe. This tasty dressing is perfect for drenching salads, dunking rolls, and dolloping on tasty bowls.
Whole Food Plant Based, vegan, plant based, oil free, refined sugar free, gluten free, and no highly processed ingredients.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup unsweetened unsalted peanut butter
- 2 Tablespoons low sodium tamari *
- 3 Tablespoons rice vinegar *
- 1 teaspoon tahini
- 1 Tablespoon organic maple syrup
- 1 Tablespoon lime juice *
- 1 teaspoon white miso *
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon chipotle powder*
- 2 Tablespoons hot tap water * (see notes)
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients into a bowl, except the hot water, whisk to combine and emulsify. Check the consistency, then add some hot tap water a teaspoon at a time until the desired consistency has been reached. Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
*Tamari: We used San J Tamari Soy Sauce Gluten Free, Reduced Sodium. You can substitute the tamari with reduced sodium soy sauce, Braggs Liquid Aminos, or Braggs Coconut Liquid Aminos.
*Rice Vinegar/Lime: If you prefer a more tangy dressing, increase the rice vinegar or lime juice. If you prefer a more peanuty dressing, leave the recipe as is.
*Miso: We used Miso Master Organic Mellow White Premium Lite Miso, Certified Gluten Free. Miso really lends itself to balancing flavors when you don’t use oil. You can also substitute with chickpea miso for a soy free version.
*Hot Tap Water: Hold off putting in any hot tap water into the sauce until you have mixed all the ingredients and determine if you like the thickness of the dressing. Some peanut butters are thicker than others so you may need the hot water while other peanut butters are smooth, creamy and runny, whereas you may not need any hot tap water. If needed, start by adding about 1 teaspoon of hot tap water at a time, increasing 1 teaspoon at a time until you have reached the desired thickness (also see below).
*Dipping Sauce versus Salad Dressing: If you are using this recipe as a dipping sauce for Spring Rolls, this recipe works really well as is. If you are using it to dress a salad and/or noodles, then we suggest you add some of the dressing to coat the entire salad, then add some additional dressing on top of individual servings. Veggies and cooked pastas tend to release some water which can then water down the dressing. By adding additional sauce when serving you get the full spicy peanut dressing experience.
*Chipotle Powder: We love the hot, spicy, smoky flavors that it adds to this dressing. If you are not a fan of spicy food, you can lower the amount of chipotle powder or completely leave it out.
*Sea Salt: Please adjust the sea salt based upon your family’s sea salt preferences and/or based upon dietary needs.
*Makes: about ¾ cup
*Storage: Refrigerate, use within 5 days.
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Good morning,, I made your Summer Roll Salad and peanut sauce last night! Delicious. I was a little confused with putting the salad together however as there were no instructions, just ingredients. As I was unsure about this, I put a few things in the water for the last few minutes with the noodles. ( snow peas, zucch.,) and I cooked the mushroom. It was great! A little crunch, and a little warmth. I tried to post on Facebook but can’t quite figure how to post to you specifically. Anyway, keep the recipes coming, I have loved everything I’ve made.… Read more »
Hi there Debbie 🙂
Woooot! We are so thrilled that you enjoyed this recipe! This post is specifically about the spicy peanut dressing and we only give ideas and suggestions for how we like to use the dressing. In the blog post, we do list all of the ingredients we used in the bowl. We love how you made the salad bowl your own and so glad that you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for your awesome feedback and for taking the time to write. We truly appreciate your support and encouraging.
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
Wow, I have made this sauce twice this week as I have been on a roll with salad rolls. So yummy
Hi there Joann 🙂
Yaaaay!!! We are so excited that you enjoyed this recipe and have made it a couple times already! We appreciate you sharing your awesome feedback and for taking the time to write.
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
You two have done it again! I’ve tried a LOT of vegan peanut sauce recipes and this is hands down the best!! All your recipes I’ve tried have been GOLD! Please keep up the good work. WOW!!
Hi there Shannon 🙂
Woo hoo!!! We are so thrilled to hear that you enjoyed this recipe as well as of our other recipes – *doing a happy dance*. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your wonderful feedback with us. We appreciate your support and encouragement!
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
I love this dressing with a kale and broccoli salad. I use smoked paprika in place of the chipotle powder as the chipotle makes it a bit too hot for me. I also triple the recipe – once of the best dressings I’ve ever had. Thanks so much.
Hi there Brad 🙂
Yaaaayyy! We are so thrilled that you enjoyed this recipe. Thank you so much for sharing your awesome review with us. We appreciate you taking the time to write.
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
Amazing! i was putting it on raw broccoli and couldn’t stop eating it!
Denette,
WOOO HOOOOO!!! Thank you so much for the awesome review. We appreciate it.
-Ameera and Robin
Amazing on raw broccoli and cauliflower as a dip
Hi there Denette,
YAYYYY!! We are thrilled that you enjoyed this recipe. Thank you so much for the awesome review.
-Ameera and Robin
We made this to dip your crunchy tofu nuggets in, served up with wraps, made from your Caribbean coleslaw recipe. What an amazing dinner! Thank you so much!
Hi there Kathleen,
We apologize for the late response, this review got away from us. YAYYY!!! We are thrilled that you enjoyed this recipe! Thank you so much.
-Ameera and Robin
I use your recipes often and you never disappoint. I must say this is about the best thing I’ve ever tasted! Thank you!
Hi there Rebecca,
WOOO HOOOOO!!! We are thrilled that you really enjoyed this dressing. Thank you so much for taking time to leave us a fantastic review.
-Ameera and Robin