French Market Recipe 2026 05 Satay de poulet Chicken Satay

French Market Recipe 2026 05
Satay de poulet
Chicken Satay

Ingredients for 4 servings

• 1 English cucumber – long and narrow
• 1 large red onion
• 1 white onion
• 20 Wooden bamboo skewers (long and thin)
• 500g deboned chicken thigh meat
• 2 garlic cloves
• 4 stalks lemon grass
• ½ thumb length ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons cane sugar
• 60ml Coconut oil

Directions:

1. Peel white onion and garlic and chop roughly
2. Peel the lemon grass and use the central white core, chop up
3. Peel the ginger and chop
4. Place onion, garlic and lemon grass in a blender
5. Add to blender cumin, coriander, ginger and turmeric
6. Blend until smooth, add a little water if sauce too thick
7. Cut chicken into long, thin pieces
8. Place chicken in a container and cover with the marinade to ensure chicken coated on all sides.
9. Marinate in sauce for minimum 2 hours, preferably overnight
10. Soak bamboo sticks in water for at least half an hour before using
11. Skewer the pieces of chicken onto bamboo sticks as flat as possible
12. Cook over a wood braai basting frequently with coconut oil, from 10 up to 30 minutes until tender (depends on thickness of the chicken strips) turning the satay sticks over from time to time (Alternatively grill in the oven)
13. Serve as soon as cooked, accompanied by a peanut satay sauce
14. Chop the cucumber and red onion into chunks to serve with the satay sauce

Easy Satay Sauce
Ingredients for 4 servings

• 400ml coconut milk
• 200gr crunchy peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons Soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons curry powder
• 2 tablespoons honey
• Juice of 2 limes

Directions:

15. Pour coconut milk into a saucepan
16. Add peanut butter, soy sauce, curry powder, honey and lime juice
17. Cook over a medium heat for 15 minutes until the mixture thickens
18. Pour into small bowls so that guests and dip in their satay sticks

Serve the satay with the peanut sauce, chopped cucumber and red onion and small spoon sized balls of cooked sticky rice and a glass of Gustave Lorentz Gewurtztraminer available at our French Market shop or order online at www.frenchmarket.co.za.

Bon Appétit