Peanut Sauce (Sambal Kacang)

Ingredients

• 3 cups deep-fried peanuts
• 4 cloves garlic, peeled and bruised
• 12 bird's eye chilies, sliced
• 3 inches kencur (like galangal), peeled and choped
• 3 kaffir lime leaves
• ½ cup sweet soy sauce
• 2 tsp. salt
• 6 cups water
• 1 Tbs. lime juice

Instructions

Grind or blend the first four ingredients until coarse or fine depending whether you like it coarsed or fine.Put all ingredients in a pan except the lime juice.
Simmer over very low heat for approximately 1 hour, stirring to prevent sticking.
Stir in lime juice just before use.
Note: Peanut sauce is used for variety of Indonesian Meat Dishes, such as Mixed Vegetables with Peanut Sauce (Gado-Gado), Fresh Salad with Peanut Sauce (Keredok), Chicken Satay (Sate Ayam), etc.