This is the BEST Peanut Hoisin Sauce Recipe for rice paper rolls, ready in less than 5 minutes. This dipping sauce is packed with crunchy crushed peanut and a perfect sweet and salty flavour. So grab your cold rolls, summer rolls or homemade rice paper rolls and get dipping.
Why We Love This Recipe
This super simple recipe for peanut hoisin sauce is the perfect rice paper roll dipping sauce (also known as cold rolls, or summer rolls).
It’s quick and easy to make, and full of flavour. The best part is you can tweak that flavour to be just how you like it.
What is Hoisin Peanut Sauce?
Usually served as a side to rice paper rolls, this tasty dipping sauce has Vietnamese and Chinese origins and is the combination of the two main ingredients – hoisin sauce
and peanut butter
. Blend in a little sesame oil and garlic with some heat and you’ve got yourself one very tasty dipping sauce.
How to Make Peanut Hoisin Sauce
Add the hoisin, peanut butter, sesame oil
and garlic into a small saucepan and gently simmer on the stove.
Stir through water a little bit at a time until the sauce has a glossy look and a smooth, slightly runny texture.
Taste test a few times and add more of any ingredient or water until you’re satisfied with the flavour.
How to Use Peanut Hoisin Sauce
This crunchy peanut sauce not only the perfect cold roll dipping sauce. Try these other delicious flavour combinations:
- Vietnamese PAPERLESS Spring Rolls (<– seriously, you need to try these)
- Japanese Pork Gyoza
- Thai Spring Rolls
- Vietnamese Banh Xeo
FAQs
Now, just in case there are any leftovers after getting through that list, your homemade dipping sauce sauce will last for a few days in the fridge.
Not a fan of rice paper rolls or spring rolls? You can also use the sauce for:
– Noodle sauce
– Salad dressing
– Grilled chicken
– Stir fry sauce
– Lettuce wraps
Get creative! What have you eaten this sauce with?
Variations & Substitutes
- If you’re allergic to peanuts or completely peanut intolerant, you can substitute with tahini or sunflower seed butter which should give similar results. Alternatively, you could also other peanut alternatives.
- Don’t have hoisin? Swap for 2tbsp oyster sauce instead. You may also like to add a little bit of honey or sugar and 1 tbsp of peanut butter to balance out the flavour.
- Add in some freshly chopped chilli and set all those yummy flavours on fire!
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 2 tbsp crunchy peanut butter
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 clove garlic finely chopped
- water
Instructions
- Add the hoisin sauce, peanut butter, sesame oil and garlic into a small saucepan and gently simmer on the stove.3 tbsp hoisin sauce, 2 tbsp crunchy peanut butter, 1 tsp sesame oil, 1 clove garlic
- Stir through water a little bit at a time until the sauce has a glossy look and a smooth, slightly runny texture.water
- Taste test a few times and add more of any ingredient or water until you’re satisfied with the flavour.
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Recipe Notes
- If you’re allergic to peanuts or completely peanut intolerant, you can substitute with tahini or sunflower seed butter which should give similar results. Alternatively, you could also these other peanut alternatives over at Greatist.
- Don’t have hoisin? Swap for 2tbsp oyster sauce instead. You may also like to add a little bit of honey or sugar and 1 tbsp of peanut butter to balance out the flavour.
- Add in some freshly chopped chilli and set all those yummy peanut hoisin sauce flavours on fire!
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63 Comments
Lucretia Borgia
20/09/2023 at 9:56 pmAbsolutely Yummo!
A dead ringer for the sauce a nearby Vietnamese bakery uses in their Banh Mi!
Thanks Ladies.😉
Wandercooks
21/09/2023 at 9:21 amAww yay, that’s awesome to hear! It’s always so good when you can make your favourite condiments at home. 😀