Madura Chicken Satay | Sate Ayam Madura

Ingredients:

• 7 Shallots
• 10 Candle nuts
• 8 Garlic cloves
• Bamboo skewers (as needed)
• 7 lbs. (3.5kg) Chicken (cut into 1" cubes)
• 1/4 cup (62ml) Oil
• Salt (as needed)
• 2 cups (500ml) Sweet soy sauce
• 2 Red peppers
• 16 Birdseye chilies (optional)
• 2 lbs. (1kg) Roasted Peanuts (ground to a paste)
• 1/4 cup (62ml) Lime juice

How to make:

1. Ground shallot, garlic, candle nut, Holland red pepper, and birds eye chilies to a fine paste.
2. Heat oil in a saucepan then sauté the paste until lightly brown.
3. Add ground peanuts, 1 cup sweet soy sauce, salt and water.
4. Mix well and slowly bring to a boil. Remove saucepan from heat and add lime juice.
5. Cool to room temperature.
6. Impale chicken pieces on bamboo skewers until 3/4 full.
7. Marinate chicken satay for at least 2 hours with a quarter of the sauce and 1 cup of sweet soy sauce.
8. Sprinkle salt on satay before grilling.
9. Grill satay for 10-15 minutes, turning occasionally.