Chicken Satay

Restaurant style Chicken Satay is marinaded for 12-24 hours, then grilled and served with a spicy Thai peanut sauce and cool cucumber salad. 

Chicken Satay is one of my favorite dishes ever! I love the slight char-grilled flavor of the deeply marinated chicken dipped in a spice Thia Peanut Sauce and a cool Cucumber Salad. This recipe plans for a little bit of planning because the chicken needs to marinate for 12-24 hours. Don’t skimp on the marinating time because it’s needed to fully flavor the chicken and give it a fork-tender texture.

The other thing I really love about Chicken Satay is that you can eat it hot but it’s even better room temperature which makes it the perfect bite for a party or a back-yard cookout. And it’s all “do-ahead”. If you make this recipe, you’ll want to be sure to serve it with my Quick and Easy Thai Peanut Sauce…you might even be tempted to eat the sauce with a spook (insert wink).

Chicken Satay

Restaurant style Chicken Satay is marinaded for 12-24 hours, then grilled and served with a spicy Thai peanut sauce and cool cucumber salad. 

• Author: krazykitchenmom
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 15 minutes
• Total Time: 20 minutes
• Yield: 4 servings
• Category: Chicken
• Method: grilled
• Cuisine: Asian, Thai

Ingredients

• 8-10 chicken tenders
• 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
• 1 TBS sesame oil
• 1 TBS honey
• 1 teaspoon fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• juice from 1 lime
• 1/2 English cucumber or a whole Persian cucumber
• 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
• 3-1/2 TBS sugar (you can add more sugar if you like it sweeter)
• Cilantro and crushed peanuts to garnish

Instructions

To marinate the chicken

1. Mix the following in a large zip-top bag: soy sauce, sesame oil, honey, fish sauce, red pepper flakes, and lime juice.
2. Add chicken tenders and marinate for 12-24 hours

Make ahead cucumber salad

1. Slice cucumber in half.
2. Using a spoon, scrape the seeds out of the cucumber.
3. Dice the cucumber small.
4. Mix together rice wine vinegar and sugar; add cucumber, cover an refrigerate for the same amount of time you marinate the chicken…12-24 hours. (Hint: I toss all the ingredients into a Mason jar and store it in the refrigerator.)

Assemble and grill chicken

1. Preheat indoor or outdoor grill.
2. Remove chicken from marinade and discard marinade.
3. Skewer each chicken tender onto a skewer.
4. Grill for 10-15 minutes, turning once.
5. Serve with cucumber salad and Thai peanut sauce

Notes

Marinate chicken for 12-24 hours

Keywords: Thai chicken, chicken skewers, Thai peanut chicken