Malaysian Chicken Satay. Place chicken cubes in a large bowl. Place onions, brown sugar, garlic, shrimp paste, galangal powder, coriander, cumin, anise seed, black pepper, and turmeric in the bowl of a food processor. Transfer to bowl with chicken; mix well to coat chicken.

Called "Satay Ayam" in Malaysian language, any real foodies who have been to the entire Southeast Asia region will agree they are the best! There are hundreds of variations on satay across Southeast Asia - Mandy Yin takes inspiration from Malaysia, specifically her home city of Kuala Lumpur, for her take on this much-loved dish. Lemongrass, palm sugar and a range of spices form the backbone of the satay marinade and Mandy uses dry-roasted peanuts to provide deep, earthy flavour for her peanut sauce. You can cook Malaysian Chicken Satay using 25 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Malaysian Chicken Satay

It's 2 of big pieces Chicken Thigh.
Prepare of Chicken Marinate.
You need 2 cloves of Garlic.
Prepare 2 cloves of Shallot.
It's 1/2 stalk of Lemongrass.
Prepare 1 piece of Ginger.
You need 1 tsp of Coriander powder.
It's 1/2 tsp of Cumin powder.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of Chilli Powder.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of Pepper.
You need 3 tbsp of Sweet Soya Sauce.
It's 3 tbsp of Oil.
You need of Dipping Sauce.
It's 1 stalk of Lemongrass.
It's 1 piece of Ginger.
You need 1/4 piece of Onion.
You need 4 cloves of Shallot.
You need 2 cloves of Garlic.
It's 3 tsp of Coriander Powder.
It's 2 tbsp of Fish Sauce.
Prepare 1 tbsp of Brown Sugar.
You need 75 g of Water.
It's 75 g of Peanut (chopped).
It's 5 tbsp of Vegetable oil.
It's 2 tbsp of Soya Sauce.

Deliciously marinated bbq chicken skewers, these satays are hard to resist! Check out Peanut Sauce Recipe too. The Recipe Intro includes step by step pictures and Video FOR Malaysian Chicken Satay. Chicken or beef is the preferred meat, but it is the marinade that makes satay distinct.

Malaysian Chicken Satay step by step

Blend the chicken marinate in a food processor until smooth.
Cut the chicken thigh into 2cm thickness strips. Marinate the chicken with the blended chicken marinate mixture in step 1, for 30 min or more, ideal if you can marinate it overnight.
Thread the chicken into ‘S’ shapes onto the bamboo skewers.
Prepare the dipping sauce : blend the lemongrass, ginger, onion, shallot, garlic in a food processor until smooth.
Heat up the pan with some oil, panfry the mixture in step 4, add coriander powder, fish sauce, chopped peanut, sugar, sweet soya sauce and water (little at a time). Panfry all until it form a paste. Leave it cool, top with some chopped peanuts.
Panfry the chicken on a big pan until cooked or bake in oven for 15 minutes at 200 C or until cooked (Turn the satay every 5 minutes and baste with some oil). Enjoy with the dipping sauce😋.

For an authentic and delicious flavor, grilling the chicken satay over charcoal flames is best, but they also taste good when cooked in the oven. Watching a satay chef at work is truly entertaining. Malaysian Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce. Meet your new favorite grilled chicken dish: It's deeply aromatic, gorgeously charred, fast to cook, and paired with a peanut sauce you'll want to eat by the spoonful. Fatty, collagen-rich chicken thighs cook up juicier and more tender than white meat and can stay on the grill longer to pick up.