Description
A delicious Asian satay marinade and sauce for chicken and beef.
Ingredients
- 1 large red onion, chopped
- 2 large garlic cloves, chopped
- 3 stalks lemon grass, chopped
- ½ cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil
- 1 tablespoon ground turmeric
- 1 ½ teaspoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves – pounded thin
- 12 wooden or bamboo skewers
Instructions
- In a large nonreactive bowl
- stir together the onion
- garlic
- lemon grass
- soy sauce
- peanut oil
- turmeric
- brown sugar
- cumin
- ginger
- salt
- and pepper. Reserve about 2 tablespoons of marinade in a small bowl
- and refrigerate until cooking time. Mix the chicken breasts into the remaining marinade
- stir to coat well
- and marinate in refrigerator overnight.
- About 30 minutes before serving
- soak the skewers in water. Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat
- and lightly oil the grate.
- Remove the chicken breasts from the bowl
- and discard the used marinade. Cut each chicken breast on the diagonal into 6 long strips
- and thread a chicken strip onto one of the soaked skewers. Grill the skewers
- turning frequently and basting with the reserved marinade
- until the chicken is cooked through with brown
- crispy edges
- 5 to 8 minutes per skewer.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 8 hrs 30 mins
Servings: 4