Chicken Satay (Sate Ayam)

Chicken Satay is well-known as one of the most popular dishes from Indonesia. It's a dish of seasoned - marinated - skewered - grilled chicken, dipped in peanut sauce.

Indonesian food recipe usually involves many steps and many ingredients. But not for Chicken Satay. It's quite simple to make, yet it is so irresistible.

Chicken satay can be served with either steamed rice, or lontong (Lontong is an Asian dish made of compressed rice wrapped inside a banana leaf that is then cut into small cakes as staple food replacement of steamed rice).

Indonesian Chicken Satay

Ingredients:
Peanut Sauce (for dipping and marinating)
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 cloves shallots, finely chopped
- 1 cup peanut butter/grinded roasted peanut
- 3 tbsp sweet soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp olive oil

Chicken Satay
- 250 gr chicken breast
- Skewers

Method:
Peanut Butter (for dipping and marinating):
- Add olive oil to a pan, set in medium heat.
- Saute garlic and shallots until fragrance.
- Add peanut butter/grinded roasted peanut to the pan, mix well.
- Add water to the pan, mix well until the sauce is creamy, then turn off the heat.
- Add sugar and sweet soy sauce to the mixture.

Chicken Satay:
- Cut the chicken into dices.
- Add 3 tbsp peanut butter sauce into the chicken and marinate for minimum 2 hours.
- Thread marinated chicken into skewers, 4-5 dices in one skewer.
- Grill 4-5 minutes each side until cooked through. Serve with warm peanut butter.