Grilled Chicken Satay – Kai Satay

Cooking time: 20mins

Serves: 3-4 people

Ingredients

1 can coconut milk
1 tsp Ground Coriander
1 tsp Ground black pepper
1 tbsp curry powder
2 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp salt
½ kg Chicken breast (cut into stripes)
2 tbsp yellow curry paste
2 tbsp Palm sugar
Fish sauce for seasoning
2 tsp tamarind sauce
1 tsp chopped peanuts
Wooden skewers (sticks) (put in the hot water for 30 minutes before use)

Chicken Satay is the famous appetiser, very easy to cook, delicious and enjoyable for family and friends parties. It is especially a great dish to make this time of year if you have a BBQ. In Thailand you see people selling satay on the street all the time. They always grill on the BBQ and that is the best way to cook satay. But if you don’t have a BBQ, or if the weather is not good, you can always cook on the grill oven.

Satay can be made from different meat, you can use beef or pork. But this recipe I will show you how to make the chicken version as it is my favourite. It is a perfect appetiser to have before the main meal, but it is also great to accompany other small dishes as the main. Often Thai food is like that, we can easily have one main meal that consist of lots of smaller dishes.

Method

Method to make Chicken Satay

Marinade chicken breasts together with ½ cup coconut milk, ground coriander, fish sauce, Turmeric powder, grounded black pepper and cover, and refrigerator for at least 30 minutes up to 2 hours.
Preheat the grill for high heat, you can use outdoor or indoor depend on your convenience. During your grill use the sauce from marinade chicken to put on top and cook at least 3-4 minute each side until chicken cook but not too dry.
Transfer to a serving plate serve with sauce following the recipe below.

Method for Satay Sauce

Heat up ½ can coconut milk that left over from marinade chicken and add yellow curry, palm sugar, salt, tamarind sauce and fish sauce for seasoning. At last add chopped peanut. You can add more yellow curry powder and chopped peanuts make more thick sauce, how you like it. I hope you enjoy to make my recipe for chicken satay and if you try please let me know about your experience and taste in the comment below. Happy cooking :-)

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