Grilled satay chicken skewers

There is always a time when it's hot, or when you have a few friends over where it would be easiest to just throw a barbecue. You have your steak, sausages, prawns, chicken wings and lamb chops. But rarely do people make chicken skewers. Why? Perhaps you don't have a good recipe? Don't have the time?

Well, I can help you out with the first question - as I have found a fool-proof recipe for satay chicken skewers.

The recipe I used:
Satay Chicken Skewers

So there was just one thing with the recipe that I was hesitant about. So many different ingredients, all using just minute portions. Most of the time, we don't want to buy an ingredient and use 1/100 of it - in which case there aren't many other dishes you cook requiring that ingredient. 

Well, to solve the problem for this recipe, what I substituted for the coriander powder, lemongrass, shallots, chilli powder and turmeric powder was Ayam Satay Seasoning powder. For each teaspoon or tablespoon of the above ingredients, I substituted 1:1 using the powder. 

Having trouble finding the kecap manis - Indonesian sweet soy sauce? They're sold at the majority of Asian supermarkets so you won't be out of luck finding that ingredient.

For this recipe, I did not add water. I only marinated the chicken for 30 minutes as it was an improvised dinner on the menu. The chicken tasted just as beautiful as I cut the chicken into about 1cm cubes (this also helped with the cooking process). Another thing, I added capsicums and onions to the skewers - so sort of like a satay chicken kebab, really (but oh so delicious).

The first few times I had used this recipe I made it for a barbecue, but most recently I rushed, so I pan-fried the skewers.

Now, in my opinion pan frying the skewers take a shorter amount of time to cook the chicken through. Tip: put a lid on your pan whilst frying as it will cook the chicken much faster! You do not need to add extra oil, as your recipe already calls for oil. 

Even though I pan fried it, it looks as if it was grilled! Yay :)

I haven't found a good recipe for the peanut sauce though, but stay tuned as I will keep looking for good peanut sauce recipes!


Bakerella