My failed dinner

[thistlechaser]

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 this blind, I checked Amazon reviews first to find the best rated one.)

Today I bought some chicken so I could use it. Two things jump out at me:
1) It doesn't taste like peanuts at all. The heck? The sauce in the restaurant tasted just like peanut butter, only better.
2) It's way too spicy. It's not just spicy, it's tricky. When I first take a bite it seems fine, then a moment later my mouth is on fire.

As much as I hate wasting food, I find I have to throw mine out yet again. It's a wonder I even try cooking anymore!

That Thai restaurant wasn't too close to me, but I might have to go back just for the yummy sauce. :/

Comments

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

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

Mm, the Peanut Pad Thai sounds good.

[isyris.livejournal.com]

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.livejournal.com]

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