Satay Ayam 
(Indonesian chicken skewers with peanut sauce)

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Indonesian chicken skewers with peanut sauce
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Satay is a great Indonesian street food whose popularity has spread throughout southeast Asia, especially Singapore and Malaysia. Most often made with chicken, beef or lamb, satay is commonly served with sambal kacang, a spicy peanut sauce, and acar ketimun, a simple cucumber pickle. Sometimes spelled sate, sateh or saté.

Satay Ayam
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Satay Ayam

Course: Appetizers, PoultryCuisine: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
Makes 3 to 4 servings as entree; 6 to 8 servings as appetizer

Satay is a great Indonesian street food whose popularity has spread throughout southeast Asia, especially Singapore and Malaysia.

Ingredients

  • Chicken thighs, boneless, skinless, cut into long strips — 1 pound

  • Galangal or ginger, minced — 2 teaspoons

  • Brown sugar — 2 teaspoons

  • Soy sauce — 1 tablespoon

  • Coconut milk — 2 tablespoons

  • Red curry paste (optional) — 1 teaspoon

  • Salt — 1/2 teaspoon

  • Oil — 1 tablespoon

  • Sambal kacang (peanut sauce) — 1 recipe

Directions

  • In a large bowl, mix together all the ingredients exept for the sambal kacang. Set aside to marinate for at least 30 minutes.
  • Remove the chicken from the marinade and thread the strips on bamboo skewers.
  • Grill the chicken over hot coals until just cooked through. Serve with sambal kacang as a dipping sauce.

Satay Notes and Variations

  • Satay daging: Substitute strips of beef or lamb for the chicken.

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