Thai Chicken Skewers with Peanut Sauce
This recipe is my version of Thai chicken satay. Chicken breasts are marinated, skewered and barbecued to perfection, before being served with a peanut sauce. These are really delicious. They do really well at informal dinner parties.
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- For the chicken skewers
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons tamarind paste
- 1 stalk lemon grass, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 teaspoon dark muscovado sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
- 900g skinless, chicken breast fillets, cut into strips
- 20 wooden skewers, soaked in water for 30 minutes
- For the peanut sauce
- 2 tablespoons crunchy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons chopped peanuts
- 1 (400ml) can coconut milk
- 2 teaspoons red Thai curry paste
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon tomato puree
- 1 tablespoon dark brown soft sugar
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:10min ›
Extra time:1hr marinating ›
Ready in:1hr30min
- Place vegetable oil, soy sauce, tamarind paste, lemon grass, garlic, cumin, coriander, lime juice, muscovado sugar and chilli powder in a liquidiser and process to a smooth paste. In a large bowl, or a large resealable plastic bag, toss chicken strips with marinade. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat an outdoor barbecue for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
- In a small saucepan, combine peanut butter, peanuts, coconut milk, curry paste, fish sauce, tomato puree and dark brown soft sugar. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until smooth. Keep warm.
- Thread chicken onto skewers. barbecue until no longer pink in the centre, 3 to 5 minutes on each side. Serve with peanut sauce.
Taramind paste
Is available at most major supermarkets. If your local supermarket doesn't stock it, look in an Indian/South Asian store.
Alternative cooking methods
You can also cook the skewers under the grill.
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Reviews & ratings
Average global rating:
(68)
Reviews in English (51)
Not sure about the marinade. Tasted a bit chalky. But the peanut sauce was lovely - 27 May 2014
I made this for a large group of people and everyone loved it! It was so yummy! I made a few changes to adapt to what i had, or could find at the local grocer, i could only find tamarind chutney, so i used that, i couldnt find muscavado sugar, so i used brown sugar, i used natural peanut butter, and added a bit of yellow curry powder to the sauce. It was too cold outside and my bbq was tempermental so i baked in a 375 oven until they looked done. SO MOIST. huge success and i would definitely make again! - 07 Dec 2010 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
this was exceptionally good and very well received. the marinade never thickened and i worried about that a bit, but it still tasted great. the satay sauce tasted like something i'd get in a restaurant. i'd definitely make this again. - 30 Aug 2009 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)