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Chicken Satay with Thai Carrot and Radish Salad

An unbelievable chicken satay recipe that brings great flavours, with an unbelievable satay sauce accompanied by a sweet, hot and crunchy radish salad.
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Servings: 4 people

Ingredients

Chicken Satay

  • 4 chicken breasts cut into large chunks
  • 2 tbsp. ketjap manis
  • 2 tbsp. fish sauce
  • 2 Garlic cloves crushed
  • 4 flat breads

Satay Sauce

  • 1 red chilli deseeded and cut into chunks
  • ½ red onion roughly chopped
  • 2 cm ginger peeled
  • 2 Garlic cloves crushed
  • 2 tsp. Light brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp. Light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp. fish sauce
  • 1 tsp. olive oil
  • 100 g crunchy peanut butter
  • 200 ml coconut milk
  • 1 Lime juiced

Thai Carrot and Radish Salad

  • 4 tbsp. sweet chilli sauce
  • 1 Lime zest and juice
  • 1 tsp. fish sauce
  • 2 Carrots coarsely grated
  • 10 radishes thinly sliced
  • 2 large red spring onions thinly sliced
  • handful thinly shredded basil only when required to stop it going black

Instructions

  • To start put the ketjap manis, fish sauce and garlic in a bowl and mix well. Add the chicken pieces, then cover and marinade in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours but up to 24 hours if possible.
  • Soak 8 wooden skewers in water while the chicken marinades (this stops them from burning when you cook the chicken).
  • To make the satay sauce put the red chilli, red onion, ginger, light brown sugar, soy sauce and fish sauce in a food processer and blitz until you have smooth paste.
  • Heat a small pan over a medium to high heat, add the olive oil, then add the paste and cook for about 2 minutes. Add the peanut butter and stir until the peanut butter starts to loosen and then add the coconut milk and stir until you have a nice thick sauce. Stir in the lime juice then place to the side until required.
  • To make the salad mix together the chilli sauce, lime zest and juice and fish sauce in a medium sized bowl. Add the rest of the ingredients, a pinch of sea salt, half the basil and stir well.
  • When ready, heat a skillet on a high heat or start the BBQ and when thread the chicken onto the wooden skewers. Place the skewered chicken on the skillet or BBQ and cook until well coloured (a little charred edge is good) and cooked through which should be between 8 and 10 minutes and then allow to rest for a few minutes before service.
  • While they are cooking warm the satay sauce ready to serve.
  • To serve, place some chicken skewers on a plate along with some satay sauce, crunchy Thai salad, a warm flat bread and finish with a little chopped basil and extra lime if you desire.

Notes

I used 2 Pataks creamed coconut sachets mixed with 150 ml hot water instead of the coconut milk.
The recipe has been adapted slightly from those found on Great British Chefs and BBC Good Food.