Incredibly easy and flavorful, this smooth and creamy Peanut Salad Dressing is the perfect healthy topping for peanut lovers out there!
I love the taste of peanuts in this dressing on crunchy cabbage or any cabbage-based salad. It goes amazingly well with many Asian-inspired recipes, like this Easy Chicken Satay and Ramen Noodle Salad.
Not only is this peanut salad dressing is fantastic for meal prepping, but you can also save tons of money from buying take-out food. Make a deliciously healthy meal using this sauce. For more mouthwatering recipes that use peanut butter, check out my Peanut Sauce or my Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie.
Ingredients and Substitutions
- Peanut Butter – peanut or any other nut butter works, just make sure it is smooth and unsweetened. If you need to make your salad dressing nut-free, you can use sunflower butter.
- Soy Sauce – an essential ingredient to round up the dressing flavor. Alternatively, use tamari sauce for a gluten-free version or coconut aminos if you want it soy-free.
- Sesame Oil – I highly recommend using sesame oil. It is not only delicious but it makes a great difference in the overall taste of the dressing. If you don’t have any you can omit it.
- Lime – if needed, both lemon or rice vinegar can be used instead.
- Ginger – fresh ginger really brings out the dressing flavor, but in a pinch you could use 1/4 tsp of dried ginger.
- Garlic – same as the ginger, I suggest using fresh garlic. But it can also be replaced by 1/4 tsp of dried garlic.
How to Make Peanut Salad Dressing
Place all the ingredients in a sealable jar and shake it for a few seconds until well combined and smooth.
Peanut Salad Dressing
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp unsweetened smooth peanut butter
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 1 tsp grated garlic
- 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 lime - juice of
- 1-2 Tbsp water
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a sealable jar and shake until well combined.
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Nicole Boone says
How long can this be stored?
Lorena Grater says
Up to 2 weeks in the fridge. You’ll have to shake it well each time you want to use it again.
Susanna says
Is the nutrition fact for 2 tbsp? Thank you
Lorena Grater says
for 1/6th of the whole dressing.
Barbara says
Can you sub tahini for the peanut butter?
Lorena Grater says
You can in theory but I think that would taste super bitter. Tahini is great in small quantities but once you add too much it’s very very bitter.
Tessa says
Tasty. I added a bit of maple syrup
Yasmin says
How many calories per serving plz
Lorena Grater says
The recipe card has full nutritional information.