Asian Meats Recipes - Indonesian Pork Sate Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 lb. pork tenderloin, cut into small cubes

Marinade:

• 3 Tbs. dark soy sauce

• 2 dried red chilies, crumbled or 1 tsp. samba ulek

• 2 garlic cloves, crushed

• 1 Tbs. water

• 1/2 tsp. laos powder

Sauce:

• 1 small onion, chopped

• 2 garlic cloves, crushed

• 2 dried red chilies, crumbled or 1 tsp. sambal ulek

• 1 tsp. blachan (dried shrimp paste)

• 1 tsp. chopped lemon grass or grated lemon rind

• 2 tsp. soft brown sugar

• 3 Tbs. peanut oil

• 1 Tbs. soy sauce

• 2 tsp. lemon juice

• 4 Tbs. peanut butter

• 1 cup coconut milk

Serves 6-8

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Method:

1. Combine all the marinade ingredients in a shallow bowl. Add the pork pieces and marinate for 30 minutes, basting occasionally. Thread the pork on to skewers and reserve the marinade.

2. Preheat the grill (broiler) to moderately high. Arrange the skewers on the rack of the grill (broiler) and grill (broil) for 20 minutes, turning and basting occasionally with the marinade, or until the pork is cooked through.

3. To make the sauce, combine the onion, garlic, chilies, blachan, lemon grass and sugar in a blender. Heat the oil in a saucepan. When it is hot, add the spice paste and fry for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add all the remaining ingredients and combine thoroughly. Bring to the boil. Remove from the heat.

4. To serve, pour the sauce into a shallow serving bowl and arrange the skewers across.