Asian Meats Recipes - Indonesian Spiced Skewered Meat without Sauce (Sate Bumbu) Recipe

Ingredients

• cooking oil

• 1 1/4 lb. (625 g.) lean steak (cut into 1-in./2.5-cm. squares, 1/4-in./0.6-cm. thick)

• 2/3 cup thick santan/thick coconut milk

• 1 stalk serai/lemon grass (bruised)

• 2 daun salam/1 dried bay leaf

• 1/2 tablespoon gula Jawa/palm sugar

• bamboo skewers (soaked in cold water)

Marinade Ingredients:

• 1 onion (chopped)

• 1 clove garlic (chopped)                       

• 2 red chilies (seeded & chopped)

• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

• 1 teaspoon chopped ginger root

• 1/4 teaspoon kunyit/ground turmeric

• 1/4 teaspoon ground peppercorns

• 1 teaspoon ketumbar/ground coriander

• 1/4 teaspoon jintan putih/ground cummin

• 1/4 teaspoon terasi/dried shrimp paste

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Blend together the onion, garlic, red chilies with the lemon juice and set aside.

2. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a pan. Stir-fry marinade mixture till it leaves the sides of the pan.

3. Add meat slices and stir till color of meat changes.

4. Pour in coconut milk and add lemon grass, salam or bay leaves and palm sugar. Simmer uncovered, over low heat, till almost dry, stirring frequently.

5. Remove meat from heat and allow to cool.

6. Thread meat onto skewers and place under a preheated hot grill. Grill till meat is lightly browned.

7. Remove from grill, garnish and serve with boiled white rice.