65 coconut sauce recipes

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Fragrant Thai-inspired curry sauce with coconut milk, fresh ginger, lemongrass, kaffir lime, and red curry paste finished with basil. Ready in 30 minutes and endlessly versatile over rice, noodles, or grilled proteins.

Grilled Hawaiian fish in basil-coconut curry sauce pairs firm island white fish (mahi-mahi, ono, or ahi) with a quick Thai-style coconut curry bright with lemongrass and ginger.

No-cook Singapore peanut satay sauce with coconut milk, shallots, garlic, cumin, coriander, and chili. Blended smooth in a food processor in 15 minutes. Serve at room temperature.

Indonesian peanut sauce with shrimp paste, dried chile, garlic, coconut milk, and crunchy peanut butter. This Saus Kacang builds deep savory flavor and is ready in 20 minutes.

Folded Sri Lankan omelettes get sliced and bathed in a spiced coconut milk gravy with curry leaves, turmeric, and a bright squeeze of lime. Ready in just 15 minutes.

Saus kacang is an Indonesian peanut sauce made with ground chili, garlic, shrimp paste, peanut butter, tamarind, and coconut milk. The classic satay dipping sauce.

Pol mallum is a Sri Lankan coconut sambol made with grated coconut, tomatoes, onion, and curry leaves simmered with fenugreek and cinnamon. Finished with lime juice for a bright, zesty kick.

Party pleaser meatballs: coconut-studded baked meatballs glazed in a sweet-savory sauce of grape jelly, chutney, red wine, and mustard. The retro cocktail-party appetizer that still disappears first from the buffet.

Grilled chicken satay skewers marinated in lime, soy, and fish sauce with a creamy spicy peanut dipping sauce. Ready in under 30 minutes for an easy Thai appetizer or main.

Ginger-spiked pork meatballs browned until golden, then simmered in curried coconut milk sauce and served on crisp lettuce with fresh basil and lemon zest. A Thai twist on the Chinese classic.

Thai-style spicy peanut sauce for satay: red curry paste cooked in coconut cream until oily, finished with thin coconut milk, fish sauce, palm sugar, tamarind, and ground peanuts.

Thai pork satay marinated in curry, turmeric, and fish sauce, grilled on bamboo skewers with coconut cream glaze. Street food classic ready in 60 minutes.

Basic peanut-style dipping sauce (no actual peanuts) with cashew butter, tahini, coconut milk, lime, miso, and ginger. A richer, Thai-leaning satay sauce for grilled skewers, coconut shrimp, or crudités.

Crispy coconut-crusted jumbo shrimp fried golden and served with a tangy pineapple cocktail dipping sauce. This Hawaiian-style appetizer is ready in 20 minutes and feeds a crowd.

Spicy and tasty way to have potatoes. You can use any type of Thai curry. I use a taste of Thai Panang Curry Paste.