Chicken Satay

Chicken Satay

This is Malaysian style Chicken Satay. Very simple and an easy recipe, it can be served as an appetizer in any in-house party. It can be either pan grilled or oven grilled to perfection. Served with Peanut Sauce, they are an amazing treat to be relished.

Ingredients

• 3-4 chicken breasts, cut into strips
• 1-2 lemongrass (only the white portions) -
• 1 " galangal, sliced (ginger can be used as a substitute) -
• 4-5 garlic cloves -
• 5-6 fresh red chilies -
• 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder - to taste salt -
• 1 tsp. cumin powder - 1 tsp. coriander powder -
• 1 tbsp. oil
• few wooden skewers, soaked in water for an hour - oil to shallow fry
• lime wedges, fresh chilies and chopped coriander to garnish

Directions

1. Grind together lemongrass, galangal, garlic, red chilies along with some water into a fine paste.
2. To it add all the dry spices and 1 tbsp. oil.
3. Marinate the chicken strips with this marinade, preferably overnight.
4. Grease the skewers and thread the chicken strips in them.
5. Oven grills them for 25-30 minutes by basting with the leftover marinade midway.
6. Serve along with peanut sauce, onion roundels, lime wedges, fresh chilies and coriander leaves.

Chicken Satay