Sate Ayam Madura - Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce

5.0 from 11 reviews

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Main Dish

Cuisines: Indonesian

Ingredients: Chicken Nuts and Seeds

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 1 hour

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• Peanut Sauce
• 250 gram peanut, toasted/roasted
• 3 candlenuts (Indonesian: kemiri)
• 6 red cayenne chilies (Indonesian: cabe merah keriting) (*)
• 4 tablespoon coconut palm sugar (Indonesian: gula Jawa)
• 2 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 600 ml water
• Satay
• 600 gram chicken thigh meat, cut into 1/2 inch cubes (**)
• 4 tablespoon sweet soy sauce (Indonesian: kecap manis)
• 2 teaspoon oil
• bamboo skewers (about 20)
• Accompaniments
• sweet soy sauce (Indonesian: kecap manis)
• lime wedges (Indonesian: jeruk nipis)
• deep-fried shallots (Indonesian: bawang goreng)

Instructions

• Peanut Sauce
  1. In a food processor, grind together peanuts, candlenuts, and chilies.
  2. Transfer to a saucepot along with the rest of the peanut sauce ingredients, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and continue cooking until the sauce thickens. Turn off heat.
• Satay
  1. Place chicken, sweet soy sauce, oil, and 150 gram of peanut sauce in a mixing bowl. Mix together and marinate for 30 minutes.
  2. Skewer the marinated chicken with bamboo skewers. Grill/broil until cooked and slightly charred, baste with marinating sauce as needed.
  3. Serve the satay with peanut sauce and accompaniments.

Notes

• (*) Use bird eye chilies for spicier peanut sauce
• (**) Chicken thigh is juicier, but you can also use chicken breast