Asian Poultry Recipes - Indonesian Grilled Chicken on Skewers (Sate Ayam)  Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 chicken (3lb./1 1/2 kg.) (cleaned & boned) skewers

• 2 tablespoons cooking oil

• 4-5 tablespoons hot water

• 1 tablespoon kicap manis/dark soy sauce

• 3 tablespoons melted fat

• lime-halves 

Pounded Ingredients:

• 3 red chilies (steamed)

• 10 tablespoons peanuts (fried & skinned)

• 1 tablespoon brown sugar

• 3 lombok rawit/bird chilies

• 2 tablespoons shallots

• 5 buah keras/candlenuts (dry-fried)

• 1 tablespoon salt

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Cut chicken-meat into small, thin pieces. Skewer them, five pieces onto each skewer, alternating with pieces of fat (if any). Melt excess fat for basting.

2. Heat oil and fry pounded ingredients till the oil  separates.

3. Stir in water and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer till thick. Remove from flame.

4. Mix 3 tablespoons of cooked mixture with dark soy sauce and 3 tablespoons melted fat.

5. Marinate skewered meat in this for at least 5 hours.

6. Grill skewered meat slowly, basting often with the left over marinade.

7. When done, serve with remaining marinade and lime-halves.