My son has been yelling for chicken satay’s lately ever since we went to a Malaysian restaurant in our neighbourhood. To get away from too much sodium and the possibility of gluten in the soy sauce, I finally made my own. Although my son says they’re not as good as the restaurant ( I suspect it’s the salt content), he still ate them ravenously off the stick including the cucumber salad that accompanied it. Although there are a multitude of recipes off the internet, I looked for the easiest that best emulated the flavours I was looking for. These are flavourful and tender and once marinated, very fast to make.
Chicken satays
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Author: handmade health
Recipe type: Appetizer/dinner
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 4 chicken boneless chicken thighs
- wooden skewers soaked in water
- Marinade:
- ¼ cup fresh lemon or lime juice (approx 2 lemons or limes)
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 cup light coconut milk
- 2 TBLS finely grated ginger
- 2 tsp curry powder
- ½ tsp chili flakes
- 1 TBLS brown sugar or honey
- 1 TBLS low sodium gluten free soy sauce
- Peanut sauce:
- ¼ cup sauce from above recipe before marinating
- 1 TBLS brown sugar or honey
- 3 TBLS peanut butter
- salt to taste
- Cucumber salad:
- 1 sliced cucumber
- 1 TBLS juice of lemon or lime juice
- ¼ tsp grated ginger
Instructions
- In a shallow dish, place 10 bamboo sticks in warm water and leave to soak 20 minutes
- Mix up sauce and reserve ¼ cup for the peanut sauce side
- Slice thighs ¾ inch strips and add to marinade
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours
- Using bamboo skewers, lace chicken until you have about a 3 inch length
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees and bake chicken approx. 15 minutes.
- Turn on broiler and place chicken close to broiler for the last 5 or so to brown
- While the chicken is cooking ,add reserve marinade in pot and heat
- Add peanut butter and seasoning
- Add water if too thick and serve warm
- Place cucumber salad on the base or side with skewers and sauce