Thai Chicken Saté - 4/18/09
Thai chicken saté is a classic and also very popular dish. You will find the Thai chicken saté in any Thai restaurants. Here in the states restaurant usually use white meat but I prefer to use dark meat (Chicken thighs) just because it is juicer and more flavorful than white meat.. Chicken saté is basically grilled tender slices of skewered chicken marinated in a mixture of turmeric (which gives the dish its characteristic yellow color), curry powder, and coconut milk and served with a peanut dipping sauce and cucumbers salad.
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This dish is also fun to eat for the kids because the chicken is skewered so they can run while holding the chicken sate skewer.
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Whenever I served chicken saté there is never any leftovers....I guess they are very tasty and fun to eat.
The marinated cucumber salad is a must when serving the chicken saté. They go very well together. |
Close look at the chicken saté |
Preparation work..
I use premade saté (or satay) seasoning mix. The pouch came with two envelopes, A & B. A is to marinate the meat and B is the peanut sauce. |
I use the whole thighs, deboned it and the cut it into 4 strips. Next the meat is marinated for about 1 hour or so then they will be skewered and ready to be grilled. |
Here I am preparing the peanut sauce. |
Cucumber are cut into slices. Next, read onion are chopped and added to the cucumber and then a fish sauce is added. |
Next the chicken is grilled and then it will be ready to be served. Usually people just gather around the Barbecue and just sample a couple skewers before I even have the time to plate it.
Filed as: Appetizers, Meat