The chicken satay is a dish coming from the Indonesian region and it is usually grilled chicken. Since I don’t have a grill I decided to try it in the wok and transform what they usually use as a dip into a marinade. The most important ingredients for this recipe are the soy sauce, coconut cream and peanut butter. For boosting the umami taste I add a few drops of fish sauce. It is a tender and very flavorful recipe, good to be served next to noodles, rice or even in a pita with some extra peanut butter sauce.
Chicken satay
Servings: 4
Marinating time: 30 min
Cooking time: 20 min
Ingredients
- 500 g of chicken
- 2 tbsp of peanut butter
- 3 tbsp of soy sauce
- 2 cloves of minced garlic
- 1 tbsp max. of fish sauce
- 5 tbsp of coconut milk
- few pinches of salt
- oil for frying
- sesame seeds (optional)
- sriracha sauce (optional)
Directions
- Cut the meat into small pieces and add to it the peanut butter, soy sauce, fish sauce, coconut milk, minced garlic and salt.
- Cover it and let it marinate in the fridge for 30 min.
- Heat a wok to high temperature. I used setting 7 out of 10.
- Fry the chicken in few drops of sunflower oil. Do not overcrowd the wok. It should last maximum 4 min on both sides, until it gets golden. Make sure you stay next to it, since it can burn on such a high heat.
- Prepare some noodles according to the instructions on the package. Sprinkle some soy sauce on them and maybe some saute cabbage and carrot. Add the chicken, a sprinkle of sesame seed and sriracha sauce and you are good to enjoy this really delicious and tender chicken.
It goes really well in a pita too: prepare some red cabbage with carrots, coriander and mint and use some yogurt or more peanut butter dressing. Delicious!
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