On Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 10:00:01 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > Last night was leftover beef stew for him, and leftover pork and
> > green beans with Indonesian peanut sauce for me.
>
> Both sound good. Do you have a basic recipe for that Indonesian
> peanut sauce? That sounds interesting to me.

Here you go:

Peanut Sauce

4 T chopped onion
4 garlic cloves
1/2 t red pepper flakes
1 t salt
1 t cumin
1 C coconut milk
2 T oil
10 oz peanut butter
3 T kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce)
1 t brown sugar
2 T lemon juice

Saute first 5 ingredients in oil. Add remaining ingredients, stirring until smooth.

I don't like rich coconut milk, so I make a thin version by soaking
unsweetened, dried, shredded coconut in hot water (1 part coconut,
2 parts hot water), wringing out the coconut, refrigerating the liquid
and removing the fat that floats to the top and hardens. Just a hint
of coconut flavor.

Cindy Hamilton