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Sate ayam — chicken satay
Indonesia's most travelled dish: sweet-soy marinated chicken over coals, with a peanut sauce you will want to eat with a spoon.
Serve with rice and a cucumber salad, or lontong as the natives would call it. Always with the sauce. Always.
Method
- 01
Mix the kecap manis, soy, garlic, spices and oil, turn the chicken through it and marinate 2 hours.
- 02
For the sauce, fry the shallot-garlic paste in a little oil for 5 minutes, add the sambal and cook 2 minutes.
- 03
Stir in the peanuts, tamarind, palm sugar, coconut milk and water and simmer 10 minutes until thick and glossy. Season with kecap manis and salt; loosen with water if needed.
- 04
Thread 4–5 cubes onto each soaked skewer, leaving a little space between pieces.
- 05
Grill over hot coals or a ridged pan for 3 minutes a side, basting with the leftover marinade, until charred at the edges.
- 06
Pile onto a platter, spoon over some sauce and put the rest in a bowl, and serve with cucumber salad or lontong and fried shallots.
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