Kate's Easy Peanut Satay Sauce

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup coconut milk 
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce 
• 4 cloves garlic crushed
• 0.5 cup maple syrup 
• 1.8 cups peanut butter 
• 1 pinch pepper flakes red to taste
• 0.3 cup soya sauce 
• 0.8 cup water divided

Equipment

• sauce pan

Directions

1. Heat peanut butter and 3/8 cup water in a nonstick saucepan over low heat.
2. Add maple syrup, coconut milk, garlic, soy sauce, fish sauce, 3/8 cup water, and red pepper flakes to peanut butter mixture, stirring well after each addition.
3. Bring peanut mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring, until flavors blend, 5 minutes.
4. Remove from heat, cover, and let rest to blend flavors, 10 minutes.