Red Thai satay tofu Recipe
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I spoke at a blogging conference a few weeks ago (BlogStock – conference meets festival, it was fun! I was speaking in a tipi!). There was a free Thai buffet before the event started (I know, a free Thai buffet, I was in heaven), and one of the sauces up for grabs was an amazing red Thai curry sauce.
It wasn’t any old Thai curry sauce though, it had a slight peanutty flavour as well, kind of a cross between a red Thai curry sauce and a satay sauce. So of course, I set about trying to recreate it at home.
And here it is – red Thai satay tofu! It’s a rich and luscious sauce that you can use to drench anything you like. I went for tofu and veggies, and served everything up on a bed of roses… I mean noodles. A bed of…
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