Satay Ayam
(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.
3 to 4 servings as entree; 6 to 8 servings as appetizer
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
Method
- 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 Variations
- Satay daging: Substitute strips of beef or lamb for the chicken.
