Chicken satay with peanut sambal
This is one of my favourite recipes of all time, and I’m really excited I’ve found a way to make it Slimming World friendly!
25 mins
25 min
279 kcal
10 mins
25 min
279 kcal
SERVES
4
DIFFICULTY
EASY
SERVES
4
Difficulty
EASY
I’ve always loved satay sauce, and in my 20’s I’d make this up for my flatmates using half a jar of peanut butter! I saw powdered peanut butter advertised on another website and wasn’t convinced, but my local health food shop ordered it in for me and I’m so impressed! You just add water to make it into peanut butter consistency, and it’s half the syns of real peanut butter! It is expensive (£7.99 a jar on Amazon for PPB the British made one Hale Naturals PPB® 180g Original Powdered Peanut Butter
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Chicken satay with peanut sambal
Ingredients
- For the chicken:
- 2 chicken breasts chopped into chunks
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
- Juice of 1 lemon reserve 2 tbsp for the peanut sauce
- 1 tsp dark brown sugar
- Ground black pepper
- For the Peanut Sambal:
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp chilli powder
- 2 tbsp powdered peanut butter
- 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 100 ml cold water
- 1 tsp dark brown sugar
- pinch salt
- Low calorie cooking spray
Instructions
- Mix all of the marinade ingredients together, add the chicken and marinade for at least one hour
- Put chicken pieces on skewers, and grill for about 3 mins on each side (check cooked through before serving)
- To make the Peanut Sambal:
- Cook the onion gently in low calorie cooking spray until soft- about 7-8 minutes
- Stir in all of the other ingredients- chilli, peanut butter powder, soy sauce, lemon juice, water, sugar and salt
- Cook gently, stirring, until the sauce is thick and smooth.
We just had this with egg fried rice and courgette fried with a little garlic and tsp of sesame oil. Really quick to make and Even my super fussy kids loved it