Asian Meats Recipes - Indonesian Skewered Meat with Sweet Sauce (Sate Manis) Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/2lb. (750 g.) pork fillet (cut into 1-in./2.5-cm. cubes) bamboo skewers (soaked in cold water)

Marinade Ingredients: (mixed together)                                  

• 3 cloves garlic (chopped)

• 1 teaspoon jintan putih/white cumin (ground)

• 1/4 teaspoon ketumbar/ground coriander

• 4 tablespoons kicap manis/ dark soy sauce

• a good pinch of salt

• 1 tablespoon brown sugar

• 1/2 teaspoon kicap asin/light soy sauce

• 1 tablespoon cooking oil

Sauce Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 tablespoons oil

• 1/4 lb. (125 g.) roasted, unsalted peanuts (skinned & ground)

• 2 red chilies (seeded & ground)

• 1/4 teaspoon dried shrimp paste

• 3 cloves garlic (minced)

• 6 shallots (minced)

• 1/4 teaspoon laos/ground galangal

• 1 tablespoon gula Jawa/palm sugar

• 2 1/2tablespoons lemon juice

• 11h cups thick santan/thick coconut milk

• salt to taste

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Marinate pork cubes for 3 hours.

2. Thread each bamboo skewer with 5-6 pieces of meat. Place skewered meat under a hot grill, and grill meat till tender. Baste constantly with marinade, and turn skewers every 15 minutes.

3. Transfer sate to a serving plate when cooked.

4. To prepare sauce. Heat 1/2 tablespoons oil in a pan. Stir-Cry garlic and shallots till fragrant but not browned.

5. Add the rest of the sauce ingredients, except coconut milk. Fry over medium heat for 10 minutes.

6. Pour in coconut milk, turn heat to low and simmer uncovered till sauce is smooth and thick, stirring frequently.

7. Pour sauce into individual bowls and serve with the sate. Serve sate hot.