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Chicken Skewers with Satay Sauce

Chicken, coconut milk and coriander grilled and spiced with chilli and curry powder for Indonesian kebabs.

3 hr 35 min · Serves 16 · Takes some skill

Makes
16
skewers

Ingredients

Time
Prep 35 min · Cook 180 min · 215 min total
Difficulty
hard
  1. 1

    For marinade, add onion, garlic, coriander, 2 tsp sugar and salt to food processor and pulse briefly. Add curry powder, oil, turmeric, and coconut mild and pulse until combined. Empty this mixture into a large bowl.

  2. 2

    Cut chicken into thin strips. Add to marinade and chill two hours or overnight in refridgerator.

  3. 3

    Soak 16 wooden skewers in cold water for half and hour. Add peanut butter, sweet chilli sauce, tamarind paste, soy sauce, 2 tsp sugar, and lime juice in a bowl and mix well with electric mixer. Add 2 to 3 Tbsp boiling water, still mixing, to desired consistency and set aside.

  4. 4

    Take meat from marinade and thread on skewers. Add a little bit of oil to a frying pan and heat on high. Fry chicken skewers until just cooked through (probably needs to be done in two or three batches) and transfer to serving plate.

  5. 5

    Serve skewers with satay sauce, chopped english cucumer and dark green salad leaves or flat leaf parsley.

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