Indonesian by birth, although I reside in Spain. I’d like to give you my satay ayam recipe. It has significantly aided me in overcoming homesickness. I hope you’ll consider this to be one of your all-time favorite Asian recipes. The peanut sauce’s sweet and salty flavor will be impossible to resist!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 40 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken thighs, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch ground white pepper
- 1 tablespoon sunflower seed oil
- 24 wooden skewers
- 1 cup water
- 5 tablespoons peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
Instructions
- Combine chicken thighs, 3/4 teaspoon salt, white pepper, and sunflower seed oil in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours.
- Soak wooden skewers in water to prevent burning during cooking.
- Bring water, peanut butter, kecap manis, brown sugar, garlic, and 1/2 teaspoon salt to a boil in a small saucepan; stir to combine. Remove from heat and add lime juice; transfer peanut sauce into a bowl.
- Thread marinated chicken onto skewers; brush 2 tablespoons of peanut sauce over chicken skewers.
- Heat a grill pan or large skillet over medium-high heat. Arrange chicken skewers in batches on the grill pan and cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Serve skewers with remaining peanut sauce.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 326 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 9 g |
| Cholesterol | 70 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 25 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 1339 mg |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Fat | 22 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I love this recipe! I have traveled to Indonesia 7 times over the last three years, the Sate is always the beat in the world. This recipe is really close and I make it when I am missing the beautiful Riau or Java islands. My fiancée absolutely adores the recipe.
Kept it the sames yum yum!
I only made the peanut sauce portion, since I used a family recipe for the satay. My husband’s dad was born in Holland and his parents are both Dutch Indonesian, this recipe got 5 stars all around! Very authentic! Thank you!
Great basis for a recipe (I’m very naughty at following them step by step) however I followed the more tedious steps (marinate chicken, glaze chicken with sauce prior to cooking) which made the chicken juicier and cruncher! Hot tip – oven bake 30 mins then grill for 5 each side. ADD FRESH VEGGIES. It was a little too one texture for me so will make it again but will add blanched carrots, capsicum and maybe even some cucumber to freshen it up! Also, I added an egg – spot on choice.
LOVE this recipe, with some simple changes. I don’t marinade beforehand. I pan fry the chicken on skewers in a little oil. For the satay sauce, I omit the salt as the soya sauce is already salty. I add a pinch of red pepper flakes. Fantastic!
My picky family was crazy about this!
Very good flavor. Sautéed chopped up chicken tenderloins in sesame oil with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Added peanut butter, lime juice, red pepper flakes, a little water, brown sugar, and regular soy sauce. Did it all in one pan…no skewers or anything. Did everything to taste as well. Was very good and simple.
The marinade consists of oil, salt & pepper, so it’s not adding any flavor to the chicken. I found the peanut sauce very diluted/watered down, so if I were to make again, I’d definitely reduce the amount of water. You’re pretty much relying on the peanut sauce for the flavor on this recipe. Made it exactly as written, tasted, and then started adding ingredients to make it work for us. I cut the chicken into 1” pieces, and did not sauce the skewers until the chicken was just about cooked. If you brush on the sauce too soon, you’ll end up with burned skewers waiting for the chicken to cook. I bought a bottle of kecap manis for this recipe (not a staple in my pantry), and for any others who aren’t familiar with it, just wanted to give you a heads up that plain soy sauce is not a good substitution. Consistency is very thick, and it tastes a bit like molasses IMO. The chicken was juicy, and with modifications, we enjoyed it, but as written, it would have been a disappointment.
It’s delicious…yummy….enak. I tried and everyone in the family loved it so much. Though I am a vegetarian and so does my daughter, I still tasted it to know how yummy it was and yes it was good. delicious. Two thumbs for you. My husband and my boy loved so …so much. Thanks for the recipe. Cheers. Chef69
Made this for my boyfriend because it was his favorite meal. I wasn’t too sure about it since I have never had it. I thought it was good and he loved it!! He grew up in Indonesia so I guess I did good! This is going to be my go to recipe from now on!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!!!
This is one of the better tasting peanut sauce here! Love it! Adjust the salt and sugar to taste. I doubled the sauce and used just over 1 tbsp of brown sugar. Will be making this again for sure!