Spicy chicken cooked on skewers and served with peanut sauce
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Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 10 minutesmins
Mariating 1 hourhr
Total Time 1 hourhr25 minutesmins
Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine Asian
Servings 4
Calories 1047kcal
Ingredients
1.5kgchicken fillet
1tspcumin
1/2tsppowdered cinnamon
8shallots
1tspcoriander
2.5cmpiece of fresh turmeric or 1tsp dried turmeric
1tspsugar
1stalk lemongrass
2tbsproasted peanuts
Salt to taste
2tbspoil
Peanut Sauce
300groasted peanuts
2.5cmpiece of ginger
3tbsppounded chillies
2stalks lemongrass
1tbspsugar
1mild onion
125mltamarind juiceI used Tamarind sauce
Salt to taste
Instructions
1.5 kg chicken fillet
Cube the chicken meat, drain and put aside.
1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp coriander, 2.5 cm piece of fresh turmeric or 1tsp dried turmeric, 1 tsp sugar, 2 tbsp oil, Salt to taste
Grind coriander, cumin, turmeric, peanuts, salt and sugar.
1/2 tsp powdered cinnamon, 8 shallots, 2 tbsp oil
Mix this with the powdered cinnamon, diced shallots and 1tbsp oil.
Marinade the chicken in this mixture for 1 hour.
Using wooden skewers soaked for at least an hour in cold water, skewer 5 pieces of chicken on each skewer.
1 stalk lemongrass
Grill over burning coals or under a hot grill, constantly sprinkling oil on the meat using crushed lemongrass.
Turn over and continue grilling until the chicken is cooked.
Serve with peanut sauce.
For the peanut sauce
2 tbsp roasted peanuts
Grind the peanuts. put aside.
2.5 cm piece of ginger, 2 stalks lemongrass
Grind lemongrass and ginger until fine.
1 mild onion
Slice onion and stir fry until soft
3 tbsp pounded chillies
Add in ground chillies and other ground ingredients
1 tbsp sugar, 125 ml tamarind juice, Salt to taste, 300 g roasted peanuts
Add in the tamarind juice and lastly peanuts, sugar and salt. Simmer until the gravy thickens.
To serve, arrange a few sticks of satay on a plate and serve with a bowl of peanut sauce, cucumber and sliced onion. Satay also goes very well with rice.