Chicken Satay Skewers

Chicken Satay Skewers

When it was Chinese New Year I bought some ready made Chinese snacks to have with the girls for lunch. One of the snacks was chicken satay skewers. Elizabeth loved them, so I thought I'd make some from scratch.

I started with Annabel Karmel's recipe for chicken satay, and tweaked it a little:

Ingredients

• 2 chicken breasts cut into smallish cubes
• cocktail sticks

Marinade

• 2 tbsp peanut butter
• 4 tbsp chicken stock
• 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp honey
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 garlic clove crushed

Sauce

• leftover marinade sauce
• 4 tbsp chicken stock
• about 50ml water
• 1/2 tsp chili powder
• Black pepper

Method

• Mix together the marinade ingredients. Put the chicken in the marinade and leave in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
• Thread the chicken onto the skewers. Save what's left of the marinade for the sauce.
• Cook in the oven at 180°C for about 18 minutes, turning them once.
• Meanwhile put the leftover marinade sauce in a small saucepan. Add the chicken stock, water, chili powder and pepper. 
• Bring to the boil to make sure any raw chicken that might have remained gets cooked off. 
• Let it simmer for 5 minutes or so, until it has reduced a little.

This was so tasty and just the right size for children. Great party food too!

If you tried the chicken satay skewers, let me know what you think. Leave a comment below.
Also, I'm always looking for new ideas for baking/cooking, if you have any suggestions, leave a comment!