My failed dinner

[thistle_chaser]

So sad! Last week I went to Thai food for the first time, and while I didn't hate it, I didn't like most of it... except one thing. The peanut sauce was amazingly yummy. Like crunchy peanut butter, just a little sweeter and a tiny tiny bit spicy. I couldn't stop thinking about it, so when in the supermarket, I grabbed a bottle. (I hadn't gone into

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[loupnoir]

You can probably add more peanut butter and a little soy to calm the fire down. I love it spicy, but then I love all things hot and spicy. Well, just about.

Did you try Pad Thai? The combination of the warm peanut sauce and the cool, crunchy bean sprouts are FTW.

[thistle_chaser]

That's a good idea. I don't like spicy at all (so I was surprised I was okay with the company trip last week -- nothing I tried was spicy).

No! But that sounds great.

[isyris]

I thiiiink I know what kind you tried, and yes, it's spicy! If you have some red chili sauce (the sweet sticky kind) you can sort of combine the two and it's still spicy but really really good over veggies and white rice. The delayed burn seems to be really common with Thai food from what I've had? I actually like it, but I'm not a huge fan of other spicy stuff, so.

This is probably closer to what you're looking for, though I haven't tried this particular one: http://www.thaikitchen.com/Products/Sauces-and-Pastes/Peanut-Satay-Sauce.aspx

They also have a really nice Peanut Pad Thai in a box that comes with sauce and crunchy peanut bits, tho you have to be careful to make sure it's the peanut kind you get, the box for the regular stuff is almost identical.

[thistle_chaser]

Ha! That's just what I bought. It was the best reviewed sauce of them all.

Mm, the Peanut Pad Thai sounds good.

[isyris]

Really? No idea, then! I'd have thought it would be alright too. (Stay away from whatever the brand is with a red bird on the bottle, in any case -- it, too, is very strong and spicy, so I don't think you'd like it.)

The Peanut Pad Thai is really really good, and definitely mild! That used to be the 'fancy' dinner Jon and I would make every couple weeks -- pad thai with chicken and scrambled egg, caesar salad from a bag, and garlic bread. :)

a search for mild thai peanut sauce brings this up -- at least the ingredients look fairly simple? Comments have some good suggestions for improvements, too. http://vegetarian.about.com/od/thaifoodrecipes/r/thaisauce.htm

[thistle_chaser]

Thanks! I was thinking of trying to make my own. *checks out link*

[gconnor]

Good on you for trying stuff. Some of my favorite thai dishes: green curry chicken (usually mild, ask for mild the first time, then ask for medium next time if it was too mild before).
chicken coconut milk soup (same, start with mild)
beef with thai basil, or beef with bamboo shoots (usually this will not be spicy at all)
"fresh rolls" - kind of like egg rolls but not fried, containing lettuce, rice noodles, and some meat (I ask for peanut sauce instead of the whatever sauce it comes with)
chicken satay (basically chicken on skewers with loads of peanut sauce
sticky rice with mango for dessert

[gconnor]

Also there is a spice package at Safeway in the ethnic aisle which makes a pretty good chicken coconut milk soup. You supply chicken breast and water.

[thistle_chaser]

Chicken satay was what I had. I think there was a beef version as well.

Thanks for all the suggestions! I don't think there's any such thing as "too mild" when it comes to me. :P

[pure_trance]

Goodness that peanut sauce sounds like my personal hell.

...I'm allergic to peanuts though so yeah..

[thistle_chaser]

Haha, well none for you then! :)

[pure_trance]

Yup, more for you haha :)

I just can't wrap my head around spicy peanut sauce...peanuts are incredibly painful for me already. A couple months ago I had the worst attack of my life and it's still fresh in my mind bleh.

[thistle_chaser]

Eeek I can imagine! Adding spicy to something that already is painful for you? No thanks!

[joisbishmyoga]

We also had a bottle of "way too hot oh my god ow" Thai peanut sauce, and I'd make it work by mixing a little bit with a couple large spoonfuls of peanut butter, a dash of soy sauce, and just a little warm water to thin it out. It looked pretty dubious until the mess came together into a sauce. Don't know how it would work being cooked in a pan, I always just mixed it in a bowl and added cooked noodles.

[thistle_chaser]

Thanks! I still have half my chicken left and lots of the sauce, so I think I'll try to tame it down that way.