Topic: Chicken Kebabs with Thai Peanut Sauce

[976bar]

Another dish I made yesterday and was so busy forgot to take pics. But here's the recipe they're great

Sauce:

0.5 (120ml) cup smooth peanut butter
0.5 (120ml) cup soy sauce
0.25 (60ml) cup rice vinegar (I didn't have any so used cider vinegar)
0.3 (40ml) cup sugar
0.25 teaspoon red pepper sauce

Kebabs
boneless skinless chicken breasts (2 lb), each cut lengthwise into 4 strips
large red bell pepper, cut into 24 pieces
Cooking spray (oil for spraying)

Method:
Heat gas or charcoal grill. In a large saucepan, mix peanut butter, soy sauce and vinegar until smooth. Stir in sugar and pepper sauce. Cook over medium-high heat for about 2 minutes, stirring constantly, until thickened. Place 3/4 cup sauce in small serving bowl to use as dipping sauce.

On each skewer, thread 4 chicken strips and 4 bell pepper pieces alternately, leaving about 1/4-inch space between each piece. Brush chicken and bell pepper with some of the remaining sauce.

Spray kebabs with cooking spray to prevent sticking. Place kebabs on BBQ over medium heat. Cover BBQ. Cook for 7-8 minutes turning kebabs constantly, and brush with sauce. Cook until the chicken is done and not pink in the middle. Discard any remaining sauce used for brushing kebabs during grilling.

Serve kebabs with reserved sauce for dipping.

[George]

0.5 (120ml) cup soy sauce

I might try this but, before I do - please confirm - does the recipe really take almost a full bottle of Soy sauce? My existing bottle is 150ml.

[976bar]

Hi George,

The recipe calls for half a cup of soy sauce which unfortunately is 120ml sorry....

But they're well worth it

[George]

The recipe calls for half a cup of soy sauce which unfortunately is 120ml sorry....

Is your 'sorry' comment about the health risk?! It just seems like an awful lot, even if you serve up only a smear of the sauce on each kebab portion. If you say it's good,  though, I must try it. When we taste stuff which is wonderful in a restaurant, I bet it's equally unhealthy a lot of the the time.

[976bar]

Hi George, yes.

The recipe does call for low sodium soy sauce, but I've never found any here. The recipe did come from my Fiance in Florida though!!

[George]

Hi George, yes.

The recipe does call for low sodium soy sauce, but I've never found any here. The recipe did come from my Fiance in Florida though!!

By chance, I made a first attempt with peanut sauce last month, from a recipe book I bought for peanuts in a charity shop. It wasn't bad, but I thought there must be better recipes out there. Your recipe will be tried next! I envisage the main application being a dip for nibbles in a canapes/cocktail party type setting, People only need take 1-2 ml of the sauce so I guess it doesn't matter how unhealthy it is, if it tastes good.

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Hi George,

Yes the rest is used as a dipping sauce for the kebabs. Oh incidently, when I made mine I added 1 tbsp lime juice to the mixture as well. Very refreshing