Satay Chicken

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Satay Chicken! A comfort food for me that brings me back to Friday lunches at a Chinese takeaway in the Queen Victoria Building. I was a bank clerk in my past working life and this was where my best work mate and I would hang out to escape the busyness and office dramas. A hearty meal with body and soul.


This recipe has many ingredients. The secret is to get organsied and have the ingredients prepared before you start cooking. Once preparation is complete the rest of the recipe will be pretty quick.

Serves 6

Ingredients:

  • 1 & ½ cups Basmati rice cooked to packet instructions

  • 500 grams Chicken thigh fillets

  • 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil

  • 1 red onion, sliced

  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed

  • 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated

  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce

  • 1 tablespoon honey

  • 2 tablespoons peanut butter

  • 2/3 cup coconut cream

  • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric

  • 1 lime zested and juiced

  • ½ cup toasted peanuts

  • Coriander to garnish

 Method:

1.     Preheat grill to 165-degree Celsius and line a baking tray with baking paper, set aside

2.     Chop chicken into 2cm cubed bite size pieces and put into a stainless-steel bowl.

3.     Then add soy sauce and honey and mix thoroughly, set aside.

4.     In a wok over medium heat, sauté onion until translucent then add garlic and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant.

5.     Add marinated chicken and all the sauce and cook until chicken is cooked through, around 15 minutes.

6.     In the meantime, add peanuts to baking tray and grill for 5 minutes or until slightly golden and fragrant. Be Vigilant as you do not want your nuts to burn. Then take out of grill, switch off heat and set aside.   

7.     Turn down heat of wok then add turmeric, lime zest, juice and peanut butter. Give a mix through then add coconut cream.

8.     Cook for 10 minutes on medium heat then turn down to a simmer. Add coriander and toasted peanuts.

9.     Serve with ½ cup basmati rice a side salad and a generous amount of satay.

10.  Enjoy!

Nutritional analysis per serve of satay and rice

Energy:             405 Cals/ 1722kJ

Protein:                                  23g

Fat:                                        23g

Saturated fat:                         8g

Carbohydrate:                    26g

Sugars:                                   7g

Fibre:                                      3g

Sodium:                           547mg

Theresa GrayComment