Chicken Thighs with Preserved Lemon
A light chicken dish that is perfect for warm spring days.
Chicken Satay Skewers with Peanut-Coriander Sauce
Julian Kutos serves up this popular Asian roadside snack with a sauce made from peanuts, ginger and coriander.
For the chicken skewers:
| Ingredients | ||
|---|---|---|
| 400 | g | chicken breast (with or without skin) |
| 2 | tablespoon(s) | soy sauce |
| 1 | tablespoon(s) | lime juice |
| 1 | tablespoon(s) | fish sauce |
| fresh ginger | ||
| 1 | tablespoon(s) | palm sugar (or other raw sugar) |
| 1 | tablespoon(s) | peanut oil |
| 1 | pinch(es) | turmeric |
| fresh coriander | ||
| 1 | pinch(es) | salt |
| peanut oil for frying | ||
| black pepper, freshly ground | ||
| fresh lime wedges (to serve) | ||
For the peanut sauce:
| Ingredients | ||
|---|---|---|
| 50 | g | peanuts, whole, unshelled |
| 80 | g | peanut butter |
| 1 | teaspoon(s) | fish sauce |
| 2 | tablespoon(s) | soy sauce |
| 1 | lime, zest | |
| 1 | tablespoon(s) | lime juice |
| 3 | tablespoon(s) | palm sugar (or other raw sugar) |
| 1 | tablespoon(s) | rice vinegar |
| 1/2 | handful | garlic, grated |
| chilli to taste | ||
| black pepper, freshly ground | ||
| 100 | ml | water |
For the garnish:
| Ingredients | ||
|---|---|---|
| fresh coriander | ||
| spring onion, chopped | ||
Chicken skewers:
- For the marinade, mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
- Cut the chicken into thin strips, add to the marinade and leave in the fridge for 2 hours. Then thread the chicken on skewers.
- Fry the chicken skewers in a pan with oil or grill them. Finally season with pepper.
Peanut sauce:
- Shell the peanuts, leave the brown skin on the nuts.
- Heat a pan without oil, toast the peanuts until they are browned and you can smell the toasted aroma.
- Leave the peanuts to cool, then chop coarsely.
- Put the remaining ingredients (except the water) in a bowl and whisk together. Slowly stir in the water until you have a creamy consistency, using as much or as little as you like to achieve your desired consistency.
- Season to taste with salt, soy sauce, lime juice and sugar.
- Serve with fresh coriander and finely chopped spring onions. The sauce can be kept in the refrigerator for several days.
Tip:
- Ideally marinate the chicken overnight so that the meat can absorb plenty of flavour.
- For the best peanut taste always buy whole, unroasted peanuts. These can be stored longer with the shell and can be processed and roasted as desired.
- The thin brown skin which surrounds the peanuts should always be eaten, as it has a lot of flavour.
- The marinade is also suitable for other cuts of chicken (legs, wings, etc), meats (pork, beef) or even fish and shrimp.
