Crocodile Or Chicken Skewers With Cashew Nut Satay

Total Time: 36 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 crocodile filets or 2 large chicken breasts, cut into thin strips
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground pepper, to taste
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 -2 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons crunchy peanut butter
• 4 ounces unsalted cashews, crushed (110 g)
• 1 limes, juice of or 1 lemon, juice of
• 0.5 (12 ounce) can coconut milk
• fresh green chile, chopped (to taste)
• splash soy sauce, to season
• palm sugar (optional) or light muscovado sugar, to taste (optional)
• 8 -12 bamboo skewers or 8 -12 cocktail sticks, for assembling

Recipe

• 1 soak the bamboo skewers or cocktail sticks in cold water for 10 minutes to prevent them from burning.
• 2 season the crocodile or chicken generously with salt and freshly ground black pepper. cut into strips about 1cm x 2cm (0.5in x 1in).
• 3 mix together the marinade ingredients and marinate the crocodile or chicken strips for half an hour or longer if possible.
• 4 to make the satay sauce, combine all the satay sauce ingredients together in a small pan, adding just enough soy sauce to season. add a little palm sugar or light brown muscovado sugar to sweeten, if necessary.
• 5 simmer very gently for five minutes.
• 6 preheat a barbecue, grill or griddle pan until very hot.
• 7 thread two or three strips of marinated crocodile or chicken meat onto each skewer and place on the barbecue or griddle pan or under the grill.
• 8 cook for a few minutes on each side until cooked through and golden, being careful not to overcook.
• 9 serve the skewers with the hot satay sauce for dipping.