Peanut Sauce

I'm not a big tofu eater, with the exception of when it is in a Thai style peanut sauce. I used my trip to Thai Grocery yesterday as an opportunity to make a batch. This is one of those recipes where I forget exactly how to make it so it's a little different every time.

The constants are:

• Peanut butter (I will only use the hippie kind, fresh ground peanuts and nothing else)
• Coconut milk
• Chili paste
• Fish Sauce (I use 3 tablespoons, which many would find excessive but I do like the stuff)
  
• Minced Garlic

This gets thrown into a sauce pan over low heat and stirred until the texture has smoothed out. I sometime use grated ginger at this stage as well. Then I add the "top notes" of this dish. Yesterday, this was finely chopped cilantro, scallions and holy basil.

Once a batch is finished it can be spooned over stir fried tofu and veggies and any leftover sauce keeps beautifully for another meal.