Chicken Satay With Peanut Sauce (Malaysian Food)

A community recipe by shiela_at

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Introduction

Actually, this is one of my favourite food. In Malaysia, they sell satay everywhere.

Ingredients

Serves: serves 4

For the Chicken

4 chicken legs (or thighs)

For the Paste

1 teaspoon ground coriander
2 sticks lemongrass
6 shallots
2 cloves garlic
4 tablespoons cooking oil
1 teaspoon chili powder
2 teaspoons turmeric
4 teaspoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon oyster sauce
1 cucumber (peeled and cut into small pieces)

For the Peanut Sauce

4 sticks lemongrass (sliced)
½ inch galangal
½ inch piece of fresh gingerroot
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 tablespoon coriander seeds
4 tablespoons chilli paste
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
11 ounces peanuts (toasted and ground coarsely)
9 fluid ounces water
2 fluid ounces tamarind juice (strained from 2 tbsp tamarind pulp mixed with 0.25 cup of water)
4 tablespoons sugar
4 ounces palm sugar
salt (to taste)

Method

Chicken Satay With Peanut Sauce (Malaysian Food) is a community recipe submitted by shiela_at and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

You will need bamboo skewers (soaked in water for 2 hours to avoid burning).