Beef Or Chicken Satay With Peanut Sauce

Total Time: 2 hrs 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• 4 lbs flank steaks or 4 lbs boneless chicken breasts
• 4 fluid ounces peanut oil
• 1 stalk lemongrass, minced
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 1/2 teaspoons crushed chili peppers
• 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 fluid ounce thai fish sauce or 1 fluid ounce vietnamese fish sauce
• 1 3/4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 ounce cilantro, minced
• 13 1/2 ounces peanut butter
• 12 ounces soy sauce
• 7 1/2 ounces sugar
• 1 tablespoon rice wine or 1 tablespoon dry sherry
• 1 1/2-4 1/2 tablespoons chilies, hot

Recipe

• 1 method for meat and marinade: trim the meat and cut into long thin strips.
• 2 combine all of the marinade ingredients, add the meat, and let marinate under refrigeration for at least 2 hours and up to 12 hours.
• 3 soak bamboo skewers in water for a least 10 minutes before you are ready to grill the satays.
• 4 thread the meat on the skewers, one strip per skewer.
• 5 skewer meat can be returned to the marinade to hold until cooking time.
• 6 place the skewered meat on the grill or boiler rods.
• 7 grill or broil undisturbed for about 1 minute, turn and grill 1 minute more for medium rare, or as needed for the desired doneness.
• 8 server the satays with the spicy peanut sauce.
• 9 method for spicy peanut sauce: process all ingredients in food processor until smooth.
• 10 cover and set aside at room temperature for 1 hour or overnight in the refrigerator.
• 11 bring to room temperature before using, and stir briskly or reprocess to mix.