Description
Chicken Satay With Peanut Sauce is a beautiful dish that uses red curry paste and curry powder to bring a lot of flavor to the chicken. Add a peanut sauce to dip or pour over the chicken and you’ll have a meal that’s a big hit.
Ingredients
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For the Chicken:
- 1.5 lbs Chicken Thighs
- 2 Tbls Red Curry Paste
- 1 Tbls Curry Powder
- 2 tsp White Sugar
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Fish Sauce
- 1/2 cup Coconut Cream
- Skewers
Peanut Sauce:
- 2 Tbls Red Curry Paste
- 1 1/4 cup Coconut Cream or Milk
- 3/4 cup Peanut Butter
- 2 Tbls White Sugar
- 2 tsp Tamari
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 Tbls Cider Vinegar
- 1/2 C Water
- 1/4 tsp Hot Chile Powder
- 1 tsp Fish Sauce
Instructions
- Cut the chicken into large pieces, about 2 bites per piece.
- Make the marinade: In a bowl, combine 2 Tbls red curry paste, 1 Tbls curry powder, 2 tsp white sugar, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp fish sauce and 1/2 cup coconut cream. Stir thoroughly and pour over the chicken pieces, making sure to coat them well. Cover and let marinate in the refrigerator for 3 to 24 hours.
- Make the peanut sauce: In a saucepan, combine 2 Tbls red curry paste, 1 1/4 cups of coconut cream, 3/4 cup peanut butter, 2 Tbls white sugar, 2 tsp tamari, 1 tsp salt, 2 Tbls apple cider vinegar and 1/2 cup water. Put the pan on a burner over medium-high heat, bring to a boil, reduce heat and let simmer for 30 minutes until it has thickened to a good dipping sauce consistency. Add 1/4 tsp hot chile powder and 1 tsp fish sauce. Reduce heat and keep warm.
- Cook the chicken: Put the chicken pieces on skewers. Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat and place the skewers in. You may need to do this in batches. Cook the first side for 4 minutes. Turn and cook for 5 minutes more.
- Remove the chicken from the skewers and plate with rice and peanut sauce. Squeeze the juice of half a lime over the sauce. Garnish with cilantro. Or serve the chicken on the skewers with the sauce in a bowl on the side for dipping.
Notes
Tamari is used here to make this recipe gluten free. You can use soy sauce instead if you are not concerned about gluten.
