Satay skewers with quick pickled cucumber

Name: Satay skewers with quick pickled cucumber
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 8 metal skewers (or wooden skewers soaked in water for 30 minutes); 600g skinless and boneless chicken thighs, cut into 4mm-thick slices; 90g crunchy peanut butter; 2 tbsp olive oil; For the marinade; 90ml soy sauce; 90ml maple syrup; 4 red chillies, very finely chopped (pith and seeds removed if you prefer less heat); 2 small garlic cloves, peeled and crushed; 8 makrut lime leaves, stripped off their stalks (discard the stalks) and very finely chopped; 3 tbsp lime juice; For the pickled cucumber; 200g cucumber, peeled, halved lengthways, seeds scooped out and discarded, and flesh sliced at an angle into thin half-moons; 1 tbsp lime juice; 1 tbsp rice vinegar; Salt

10 steps

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 01:02:11 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories1983.6 kcal (99%)

Total Fat99.3 g (142%)

Carbs130.1 g (50%)

Sugars92.7 g (103%)

Protein154.5 g (309%)

Sodium7207.9 mg (360%)

Fiber11.4 g (41%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

0 servings

8metal skewers

or wooden skewers soaked in water for 30 minutes

600gskinless and boneless chicken thighs

cut into 4mm-thick slices

90gcrunchy peanut butter

2 Tbspolive oil

90mlsoy sauce

90mlmaple syrup

4red chillies

very finely chopped, pith and seeds removed if you prefer less heat

2garlic cloves

small, peeled and crushed

8makrut lime leaves

stripped off their stalks, discard the stalks, and very finely chopped

3 Tbsplime juice

200gcucumber

peeled, halved lengthways, seeds scooped out and discarded, and flesh sliced at an angle into thin half-moons

1 Tbsplime juice

1 Tbsprice vinegar

salt

Instructions

Step 1

Whisk all the marinade ingredients in a medium container for which you have a lid.

Step 2

Transfer half the mix to a medium bowl, then put the chicken in the container, toss to coat, cover and set aside at room temperature for at least an hour (or overnight in the fridge).

Step 3

Put the peanut butter in the remaining marinade and whisk smooth - if need be, add a tablespoon of water to help it along to a smooth, dipping consistency.

Step 4

Put all the ingredients for the pickled cucumber in a small bowl, add an eighth of a teaspoon of salt, toss to combine, then set aside.

Step 5

Heat the grill to its highest setting and line a large tray with foil.

Step 6

Drain the marinated chicken through a sieve set over a container to collect the marinade.

Step 7

In a separate small bowl, mix two tablespoons of this marinade with the oil; the rest of the marinade can now be discarded.

Step 8

Thread the chicken on to the sk rs and lay them on the lined tray, spaced apart so they don't touch.

Step 9

Brush the skewers with some of the oily marinade, then grill near the top of the oven for three minutes on each side, basting them twice with the remaining marinade as they cook.

Step 10

Remove, leave to cool for five minutes, then serve with the peanut sauce and cucumber.