This is an awesome recipe from The Whole Chile Pepper Book by Dave DeWitt and Nancy Gerlach. I love it as a dip for raw veggies, and I always make a double batch: Peanut-Chile Sauce 3 Tbs dries crushed Piquin chiles (a lot less for non-CH) 4 scallions, chopped (white part only) 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp fresh ginger, finely chopped 1 Tbs peanut oil 1 C chicken broth (can use veggie broth) 1 Tbs soy sauce 2 tsp dark brown sugar 1/4 tsp ground cumin 1 Tbs lime juice 1/2 C crunchy peanut butter (I use all natural pb) Saute scallions, garlic, ginger in the oil for 3-4 min until soft and transparent, but not browned. Add chicken stock and bring to boil. Reduce heat and stir in remaining ingredients. Simmer uncovered 10-15 min until thickened. =Mark wrote: > > So far for a dipping sauce I've been buying commercial Thai peanut sauce > and doctoring it up with some of Jims Red Savina flakes, but before I > unleash this at a hotluck I'm going to experiment with some hommade > peanut sauce. Anyone have a favorite recipe? -- Buffalo Sue "Mild is a four-letter word..."