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Chicken Satay with Spicy Peanut Sauce

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Category: Appetizers, Asian, Main Dish

 Ingredients List

  • 1 ts Finely chopped garlic
  • 1 ts Salt
  • 1/8 ts White pepper
  • 2 tb Soy sauce
  • 1 tb Dark molasses
  • 2 ts Fresh lime juice
  • 2 lb Boned; skinned chicken
  • -breasts or thighs, cut into
  • -1" cubes
  • 2 tb Vegetable oil

 Directions

KATJANG SAUCE; (SPICY PEANUT
-SAUCE)
2 tb Vegetable oil
1/4 c Finely chopped shallots or
-scallions; white part only
1 ts Finely chopped garlic
2 c Chicken stock; fresh or
-canned
1/2 c Shelled Spanish peanuts;
-ground fine
2 ts Soy sauce
1 ts Dark molasses
1 ts Lime juice
1/4 ts Finely grated ginger root
1/4 ts Finely chopped hot chilies;
-or cayenne, or to taste

Combine the garlic, salt and pepper in the bottom of a deep bowl and with
the back of a spoon mash them to a paste. Mix in the soy sauce, molasses
and lime juice. Add the chicken cubes and toss with a spoon until they are
evenly coated. Marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours, stirring
occasionally. Remove the chicken from the marinade and thread it tightly, 4
or 5 pieces at a time, on small skewers (preferably Oriental wooden skewers
about 6 in.(15 cm) long. Brush the oil evenly over the chicken. Cook over
charcoal (traditional) or under the kitchen broiler for 5 to 10 minutes,
turning occasionally, until the chicken is crisp and brown. Serve at once,
with the meat still on the skewers, accompanied by katjang sauce presented
separately in a bowl. Serves 4.

Katjang Sauce (Spicy peanut sauce)

Heat the oil in a heavy skillet and cook the shallots (or scallions) and
garlic 3 to 4 minutes, until they are soft and transparent but not brown..
Add the chicken stock and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the ground
peanuts, soy sauce, molasses, lime juice, ginger, and chilies or cayenne.
Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Allow to
cool slightly before serving.

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