Peanut Dipping Sauce for Summer Rolls

Name: Peanut Dipping Sauce for Summer Rolls
Yield: Makes about 1 cup
Ingredients: 1/2 cup smooth, natural peanut butter; 1/2 cup sugarcane syrup; 2 tablespoons soy sauce, plus more if needed; 1/2 teaspoon chile paste, such as sambal oelek or tuong ot, plus more for swirling

This traditional Vietnamese dipping sauce is spiked with a swirl of piquant chile sauce. If you can't find sugarcane syrup, substitute one teaspoon brown sugar mixed with one-half cup warm water.

Source: Martha Stewart Living, May 2006

Makes about 1 cup

Yield

Ingredients

1/2 cup smooth, natural peanut butter
1/2 cup sugarcane syrup
2 tablespoons soy sauce, plus more if needed
1/2 teaspoon chile paste, such as sambal oelek or tuong ot, plus more for swirling

Directions

1. Put peanut butter, sugarcane syrup, soy sauce, and chile paste into a small pot. Cook, whisking, over medium-low heat until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes; if sauce is too thick, whisk in more soy sauce, 1 teaspoon at a time. Transfer to a small bowl; refrigerate until cold. Serve swirled with more chile paste. Sauce can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 1 week.