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Satay

Name: Satay
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Malaysia
Ingredients: 500g Chicken Thigh; 1 tsp Turmeric; 1 Lemongrass; 3 cloves Garlic; 4 tbsp Peanut butter; 100ml Coconut milk; 1 tsp Chili powder; 1 tbsp Palm sugar

Main Dish

⏱ 50 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Spice-marinated skewers grilled and eaten with peanut sauce — a street-food staple across Malaysia.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Satay is a skewered grill loved across Southeast Asia, including Malaysia. Chicken or beef marinated with turmeric and lemongrass is grilled over charcoal until fragrant. It's dipped generously in sweet-spicy peanut sauce and traditionally served with cucumber, onion, and ketupat (compressed rice).

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a pasar malam (night market), people are drawn by the smell of charcoal smoke rising from the satay stall.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 500g
Turmeric 1 tsp
Lemongrass 1
Garlic 3 cloves
Peanut butter 4 tbsp
Coconut milk 100ml
Chili powder 1 tsp
Palm sugar 1 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and marinate in turmeric, grated lemongrass, and garlic for 1 hour.
Thread onto bamboo skewers.
Grill over charcoal or under a grill until browned.
Simmer peanut butter, coconut milk, chili powder, and palm sugar together to make the sauce.
Serve the skewers with the peanut sauce.

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