Remember a time before food blogs, when the very best recipes were handwritten on the backs of envelopes and shared?
When I asked my Mum if she would share her chicken satay recipe with you all, it arrived as this photo. I can picture the exact accordion file that it came from – a treasure trove of well-worn, favourite, hand-written recipes. skip to recipe
The recipe makes 30 small satays, so they’re perfect for offering as finger food as a function. We mostly just eat them as a tasty, nourishing mid-week meal.
mum's delicious chicken satays
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Yield 30 satays
My mum has been making this recipe since I can remember. The satay sauce is so good I could eat it by the spoonful!
Ingredients
500g chicken thighs
for the marinade
1/2 tsp curry powder
2 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp honey
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp cumin
2 tbs oil
for the satay sauce
3 tsp oil
1 onion, finely diced
1 clove garlic, minced
125ml coconut milk
125ml water
1/4 tsp sambal oelek
1/4 tsp palm sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 tbs lemon juice
Instructions
Combine the marinade ingredients in a medium bowl. Slice the chicken into thick strips. Add the chicken to the marinade. Cover and refrigerate for two hours.
Soak the skewers in cold water.
To make the satay sauce, gently fry the onion and garlic in oil over a low heat. Increase the heat to medium and add the remaining ingredients, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens. Remove from heat.
Thread the chicken pieces onto skewers and cook on an oiled barbeque, fry pan or hibachi grill (if you have one).
Serve the skewers over rice, drizzled with satay sauce. Enjoy!
Courses Dinner
Cuisine Asian
I have a folder of saved recipes, much like my mum. That said – mine is a fraction of the size and the recipes are mostly typed. I doubt mine will ever be as well-organised as hers or as extensive!
do you have a folder of saved recipes?
This looks delicious and I’ve been looking for a good satay recipe.
How much chicken is used and is it breast?
Hi Jenny, I’m sorry the ingredients weren’t displaying, should be fixed now. I used chicken thigh but you can use beef, lamb or pork.
A x
Thanks for this, it looks good. I was given a recipe from a dutchman who had lived in Indonesia when it was Dutch. It is sadly long lost but was very delicious and this looks similar. I think there were small amounts of a couple of other ingredients, but I will definitely give this a go. I love satay.
Me too Jan! 🙂
Hello, I’ve printed this before even commenting – hooray! Where can I buy sambal oelek?? Is it in the supermarket?? Have never ever used it before, getting into new territory here.
My kids love chicken satay so this is on for a dinner next week.
Thank you to your muma nd you too. From all of us!
I have a recipe book where I have handwritten recipes, but also a folder with printed faves… and a folder in my computer too.
It’ll be in the Asian aisle at the supermarket Seana. It’s a spicy chilli sauce, so if you don’t have any you could substitute sriracha. A x
This chicken satays is looks so yummy and delicious !!!…Thanks for the recipe.
No worries Aria – glad you enjoyed them!
Hi Amanda, this was absolutely amazing!!!!! I made it last night and it was so good. Will definitely be adding it to my regular dinner list!
Glad to hear it Lucy! A x
My mum has a similar thick book. Which I love to go through.
But we are truly a modern cooking family. Favourite recipes are typed into Google drive documents, on a shared folder. This has the advantage of being able to share with others, but also gives us access to popular ones when we are away from home (or even just when grocery shopping!)