Miso-Peanut Spread Recipe (2024)

I recommend adding the crushed peanuts after you’ve stirred the other ingredients until smooth. That way you can tell when your miso is fully incorporated and smooth. Incredible flavor with the salty funk of the miso with the natural sweetness of the peanut butter and honey.

This was great as a dip! I made the mistake of using grind-your-own peanut butter, so it was far too thick. Didn't have orange juice, so I watered it down with a little water and lime juice. Lime gave it a nice kick. Would make again, and try the proper version!

I added about two tablespoons of shredded coconut to this and it was divine! Next time, I'd like to try adding a tablespoon of tahini as well to give it a deeper flavor.

For expediency, I used a cellophane-wrapped snack pack of roasted peanuts rather than crack a mess of peanuts or open a large can or jar. This worked ok but I would recommend rinsing off the nuts to remove the extra salt. That said, I could taste all the individual components well and they were well balanced and a nice change from the one note of peanut butter.

I found this to be too sweet. Even my kids said it was too sweet. However, this recipe has potential...will try again with less honey and a little tamari.

Mirin is sweet, not vinegary, so it's not surprising that it came out tasting sharp! They taste very different, but a spoonful of orange juice is probably your best bet if you don't have mirin around; it will add similar sweetness and a bit of dimension. (Or, you could just leave it out w/ no harm done.)

For peanut dipping sauce, I used this as a base, but no crushed peanuts. Added:Addl 1/2 Tbsp mirin (1.5 T total)2 tsp orange juice (left out orange zest)1 tsp gochujang

Made this according to the recipe. Use shiro miso which like any miso is salty and the salt dominated. Strongly recommend finding no salt peanuts and peanut butter. Really crush the peanuts. Thanks for the tip about adding them last.

Wonderful! I followed the advice to rinse the salt off the peanuts--still plenty salty from the miso (I have red miso on hand, and it works just fine). I also added a 1/2 tsp of Sriracha (more if you like it hotter), and it really kicked it up a notch! I served it with inch long flat sliced carrots. Will try it with cucumber when I go to the store next. Thanks, Martha!

Agree—just OK. Satay sauce dip/sauce is better.

This sounds like a fancy version of the red miso/tahini spread I eat on rice cakes when I need a salty, savory snack.

Can you substitute 2oz of chunky peanut butter for the roasted peanuts and smooth peanut butter?

Having only red miso on hand, the spread came out way too sharp for my taste. Also I didn’t have any mirin so I used some homemade red wine vinegar. I can see how if I followed the directions here (ingredients, quantity/ratio) this could be a more palatable addition to my pantry and I look forward to trying THAT version. :)

I recommend adding the crushed peanuts after you’ve stirred the other ingredients until smooth. That way you can tell when your miso is fully incorporated and smooth. Incredible flavor with the salty funk of the miso with the natural sweetness of the peanut butter and honey.

I usually make this according to the recipe. Today I substituted roasted almonds and smooth almond butter. Good!

Made as-is, and then added a little orange juice to loosen it up, a drip of fish sauce and sambal.

I found this to be too sweet. Even my kids said it was too sweet. However, this recipe has potential...will try again with less honey and a little tamari.

I added about two tablespoons of shredded coconut to this and it was divine! Next time, I'd like to try adding a tablespoon of tahini as well to give it a deeper flavor.

Just OK. Reminds me of marmite.

For expediency, I used a cellophane-wrapped snack pack of roasted peanuts rather than crack a mess of peanuts or open a large can or jar. This worked ok but I would recommend rinsing off the nuts to remove the extra salt. That said, I could taste all the individual components well and they were well balanced and a nice change from the one note of peanut butter.

This was great as a dip! I made the mistake of using grind-your-own peanut butter, so it was far too thick. Didn't have orange juice, so I watered it down with a little water and lime juice. Lime gave it a nice kick. Would make again, and try the proper version!