Tiki Torch Chicken Satays Food

CLASSIC THAI CHICKEN SATAY

Steps:

• If using wooden skewers, soak them in water while you prepare the meat (to prevent burning). I put mine in the kitchen sink.
• Cut chicken into thin strips and place in a bowl.
• Place marinade ingredients in a food processor and process well.
• Taste the marinade - you will taste sweet, spicy, and salty. The strongest tastes should be SWEET and SALTY. Add more sugar or more fish sauce (in place of salt) to adjust the taste. You can also add more chili if you want it spicier.
• Pour the marinade over the meat and stir well to combine. Allow at least 1 hour for marinating, or longer (up to 24 hours).
• When ready to cook: Thread meat onto the skewers, leaving the lower half empty so that the person grilling has a "handle" to easily turn the satay during cooking.
• Grill the satay on your BBQ, OR on an indoor grill, basting the first time you time it with a little of the leftover marinade from the bottom of the bowl (remember there was raw chicken in the marinade so you don't want to baste all the way through the cooking process)
• OR you can broil in the oven on a broiling pan or baking sheet with the oven set to "broil" Place satay close beneath the heating element and turn the meat every 5 minutes until cooked (be sure to soak your wooden satay sticks in water before skewering). Depending on how thin your meat is, the satay should cook in 10 to 20 minutes.
• Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor. Blend or process until sauce is smooth. If you prefer a runnier peanut sauce, add a little more water or coconut milk.
• Do a taste test, adding more fish sauce (or soy sauce) if not salty enough, or more cayenne if not spicy enough. If too salty, add a squeeze of fresh lime juice. If you'd prefer it sweeter, add a little more sugar.

QUICK CHICKEN TIKKA SATAY

Steps:

• Chop the peppers, garlic and ginger in a food processor.
• In a bowl, mix the above ingredients with the curry powder and yogurt.
• Cut the chicken breasts into narrow strips.
• Paint the chicken strips with the spicy-yogurt mixture. Use a spoon, brush or your hands. Refrigerate it to marinade as long as you can. 10 minutes will do but it will be better if you have 30 minutes.
• Heat the oil in a skillet, iron preferred, and when really hot toss the chicken strips inches Cook on each side until brown or black.
• Serve with toothpicks,a small bowl of chopped coriander, plain yogurt, or any other condiment you find in your refrigerator. Dried figs, blue cheese, chutney and pine nuts might be considered.
• Serve with left-over rice if you have it.

CHICKEN SATAY

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, combine peanut butter, soy sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, curry powder, garlic and hot pepper sauce. Place the chicken breasts in the marinade and refrigerate. Let the chicken marinate at least 2 hours, overnight is best.
• Preheat a grill to high heat.
• Weave the chicken onto skewers, then grill for 5 minutes per side.