Friday, 18 October 2019

Satay

Don't know how this came out yet; documenting so I can tweak.  Anyone else may want to wait and see what I have to say about outcome...
Done this twice now.  Is good.

Starting from: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-chicken-satay/ (Original recipe in parens, if different from what I used instead.)

Marinade - let sit for at least overnight.

3 tablespoons oil
2 stalks lemongrass - whites only
4 cloves garlic (2 cloves)
2 small red onions (6 shallots)
2 teaspoons tumeric
1 teaspoon coriander poweder
1/2 teaspoon cayenne powder + 1 dried chipotle, diced (1 teaspoon chili powder)
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 raw sugar cubes (2 teaspoons sugar)
~1 cup water (a little water)

Recipe calls for it to be run through a food processor.  We don't own one.  So I diced or grated everything, ran it through a mortar and pestle, and used more water than called for to get it a bit more liquid.  I'm marinading ~1kg diced chicken thigh.

Peanut sauce from the same site: https://rasamalaysia.com/malaysian-sataynow-with-peanut-sauce/
Haven't done this bit yet - will come back and modify with what I actually do...
  • 1 1/2 cup unsweetened crunchy peanut butter (dry roasted peanuts, unsalted)
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce (sweet)
  • 4 raw sugar cubes (1 1/2 tablespoon sugar, palm sugar preferred)
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 1 tablespoon tamarind pulp, soaked in 1/4 cup water for 15 minutes, squeeze the tamarind pulp for juice and discard the pulp

Spice Paste:

  •  4 dried chipotles (6-8 dried red chilies) seeded and soaked in warm water
  • 6 (3) cloves garlic
  • 1 red onion (3 shallots)
  • 2 lemon grass, white parts only
  • 1 inch ginger (galangal preferred)
  • 1 tablespoon coriander powder, (optional)
Chop the spice paste ingredients and mortar and pestle (blend) until fine. Heat oil and fry the spice paste until aromatic and smell spicy. Add the peanuts, tamarind juice, water, sugar, sweet soy sauce and stir thoroughly. Simmer in low heat while continue stirring for about 3 minutes until the peanut sauce turns smooth. Serve at room temperature with the satay.