Chicken Sate With Peanut Sauce

Submitted by Sharlene~W

"It took me a while to get around to trying this recipe I clipped from Cooking Light, but it is a winner! I will be making again and again. Despite the long list of ingredients, it actually goes together fairly quickly. Both the sauce and the marinade are only mildly spicy."

 

• Ready In: 42mins
• Ingredients: 21
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• Sate Marinade

• 1⁄2 cup chopped shallot (about 4)
• 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 1 tablespoon sambal oelek (chile paste with garlic)
• 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons coriander seeds
• 2 teaspoons canola oil
• 1 teaspoon fish sauce
• 1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black peppercorns
• 1 dash of freshly ground nutmeg
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 whole cloves
• 1 1⁄2 lbs chicken breast tenders

• Peanut Sauce

• 1⁄2 cup reduced-fat creamy peanut butter
• 1⁄3 cup water
• 3 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon hot paprika
• 1 teaspoon hot chili sauce (such as Huy Fong Sriracha)

directions

1. Preheat broiler.
2. To prepare sate, place first 13 ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth. Place shallot mixture and chicken in a large zip-top plastic bag. Seal and marinate in refrigerator 10 minutes.
3. To prepare peanut sauce, combine peanut butter with next 6 ingredients (through Sriracha) in a medium bowl; stir well with a whisk. (I found it was much easier to mix together after I microwaved for about 45 seconds to soften the peanut butter a little).
4. Remove chicken from bag and discard marinade. Thread chicken on 8 (12-inch) wooden skewers. Place skewers on the rack of a broiler or roasting pan coated with cooking spray. Broil 12 minutes or until done, turning once or twice as needed.
5. Serve with peanut sauce.

Reviews

[MarlaM]

Great tasting chicken sate! I made these last night for our New Years Eve party and they were a huge hit! I used 4 large chicken breasts sliced fairly thin and tripled the marinade recipe. Due to availability in my pantry, I used small sweet onions for the shallots, light brown sugar, and left out the fish sauce and cloves. I let the chicken marinate for about 5 hours, then cooked the skewers on the BBQ. The chicken really soaked up the sweet/spicy flavors! Before our guests had even arrived, my DH came into the kitchen with a skewer raving about how good they were. I just bought bottled peanut sauce, but my DH said it was so good without it, so I didn't even put it out. Next time I'll make them for dinner and use the peanute sauce, because that sounds so good to me! Thanks for a fab recipe!