Satay chicken pieces

Satay chicken pieces

Take something different to your next picnic. These aromatic drumsticks are great with sweet chilli sauce or mango chutney

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Plus marinating

Method

  1. Slash several deep cuts into each drumstick and thigh, then put into a large, non-metallic container. Put the lime zest and juice, lemongrass, ginger, garlic, peanut butter, spices, coconut cream and 1 tsp salt into a food processor, then whizz until it's as smooth as you can get it. Roughly chop the coriander leaves and finely chop the stalks, then add to the mix. Pour the marinade over the chicken, massage it into the meat with your hands, then leave to chill for at least 2 hrs, or up to 24 hrs if you have time.
  2. Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Line 1-2 large baking trays with foil and grease with a little oil. Spread out the chicken over the trays, skin-side up, and roast for 1 hr, or until the chicken is cooked through and the coating golden and slightly charred in places. Cool, then chill well and pack in a container, ready to transport. Scatter with a few more coriander leaves to serve, if you like.
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Serve with...

A ready-made rice or noodle salad, or a simple bowl of chopped tomatoes and torn mint, tossed with cumin seeds, a little oil and a squeeze of lime.

Per serving

302 kcalories, protein 34g, carbohydrate 3g, fat 17 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 0g, sugar 2g, salt 0.4 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2010.

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  • Binder photo Viv

    15 December 2010

    Viv rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This is another really lovely way to cook chicken. But I've discovered you need to use young lemongrass and you need to chop it quite finely. Marinating for 24-48 hours in the 'fridge meant that the flavours really permeated the chicken. A big thumbs up!

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  • 28 January 2011

    Claire rated and commented on this recipe

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    I ate this hot out of the oven with some rice but I can see that it would probably be better eaten cold as intended as the flavours are quite delicate and would probably be more apparent when cold. I added half a chilli to the mixture and next time I would omit the cumin as it seemed a bit at odds with the rest of the flavours.

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  • 12 February 2011

    nikk rated and commented on this recipe

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    A good one for the lunch box, great with a noodle salad.

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  • 17 March 2011

    ahmz rated and commented on this recipe

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    This was great - everyone loved it, and was very easy to make .. keep it up http://ahmz-homecooking.blogspot.com

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  • 27 April 2011

    sair commented on this recipe

    This was great. Ate it warm! Boys having it tomorrow a tried ours! Chilli may be a good addition!

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  • 03 May 2011

    Cazza commented on this recipe

    This was delicious. I think I could've eaten the marinade on it's own! I agree that a touch of chopped chilli could be nice. I made the yellow rice recipe on here to have cold with the chicken. Really nice picnic food. Mine didn't take an hour to cook but they were quite small thighs and drumsticks. I think there's a slight typo in the recipe - it says to place the chicken skin-side up, but the ingredients says skinless chicken. I took it to mean slit-side up.

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  • 27 January 2012

    peppera commented on this recipe

    How do you cook skinless chicken "skin side up"? :P

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  • 27 January 2012

    peppera commented on this recipe

    I was too slow...

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr

Plus marinating

Ingredients

  • 6 skinless chicken drumsticks and 6 skinless chicken thighs
  • zest and juice 1 lime
  • 2 lemongrass , very roughly chopped
  • 2 thumb-size chunks ginger , very roughly chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 2 tbsp peanut butter , crunchy or smooth
  • ½ tsp each turmeric and ground cumin
  • 160ml can coconut cream
  • 20g pack coriander , plus extra to serve, if you like
  • a little oil , for greasing
  • sweet chilli sauce or mango chutney , to serve
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Per serving

302 kcalories, protein 34g, carbohydrate 3g, fat 17 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 0g, sugar 2g, salt 0.4 g

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