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Pork Satay with Peanut Sauce
5 from 15 votes

Pork Satay with Peanut Sauce

This recipe prepares pork satay skewers marinated with aromatic spices and herbs like lemongrass, shallots, and ginger, then grilled until charred. The accompanying peanut sauce combines ground peanuts with fragrant spices, tamarind, coconut milk, and red chilies for a rich, creamy dip. These satays deliver a complex balance of savory, sweet, and mildly spicy flavors, perfect for serving warm with the sauce for dipping.

Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 8
Calories: 543 kcal
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Asian, Malaysian

Ingredients

Satay:
  • 1 kg pork beef, or chicken, cut into pieces, lean
Aromatics:
  • 4 shallot
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 talk lemongrass
  • 1" piece ginger
  • 2 tablespoon water
Spice mixture:
  • 2 tablespoon cumin powder
  • 1 tablespoon fennel powder
  • 1 tablespoon curry powder
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 2 teaspoon galangal powder
  • 2 teaspoon chili powder
  • 2 tablespoon soy sauce light
  • 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • ½ teaspoon salt sea salt
  • 4 tablespoon granulated sugar or brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoon peanut oil for brushing
Satay peanut sauce:
  • 8 shallot or 1 large onion
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 2 talks lemongrass
  • 1 piece Turmeric thin, pinky-sized, fresh
  • 2 thick galangal about 1", slices
  • 2 tablespoon tamarind paste thick
  • 15 dried red chili
  • 1 C water hot
  • ½ tablespoon curry powder
  • ½ tablespoon cumin powder
  • ½ tablespoon coriander powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or peanut oil
  • 200 g peanuts ground, roasted
  • 200 ml coconut milk ½ can, thick
  • 100 g palm sugar 2 discs, or granulated sugar
  • 1 C water room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon Chili oil optional

Instructions

Prepare the meat marinade:
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  1. In a food processor or high-powered blender, add in shallots, garlic, lemongrass, ginger, water and process until smooth.
  2. Add in the spices: cumin, fennel, curry powder, turmeric powder, galangal powder, chili powder, light soy sauce, vegetable oil, salt and sugar.
Marinate the meat:
  1. Pour the mixture into the meat and marinate overnight, or at least 4 hours.
Prepare the satay:
  1. Soak the bamboo skewers for 2-3 hours, or use metal skewers.
  2. Thread the meat with skewers.
  3. Turn on the oven broiler to 500°F/260°C.
  4. Brush each meat skewer with vegetable oil on both sides.
  5. Arrange the meat skewers on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil, with a wire rack sitting on top.
  6. Grill for 3 minutes per side, and carefully flip, grilling for another 3 minutes, or until browned and slightly charred.
  7. Garnish with chopped peanuts and/or fresh cilantro, and serve warm with peanut sauce.
Cook satay peanut sauce:
  1. In a food processor, combine shallots, garlic, lemongrass, turmeric, galangal, tamarind paste, red chilies, hot water and blend into a smooth paste.
  2. Add in curry powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and salt and blend.
  3. In a large pot, heat 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and transfer the blended mixture. Cook the spice mixture until the paste is fragrant.
  4. Add in ground peanuts, coconut milk, palm sugar and 1 C of room temperature water.
  5. Cook until the sauce is thickened, about 45 minutes. Drizzle with chili oil.
  6. Serve peanut sauce with satay skewers.

Notes

  • The satay peanut sauce makes about 3 cups, enough for generous dipping.

Nutrition Information

Calories 543kcal (27%) Carbohydrates 46g (15%) Protein 38g (76%) Fat 25g (38%) Saturated Fat 8g (40%) Polyunsaturated Fat 6g (35%) Monounsaturated Fat 9g (45%) Trans Fat 0.03g (2%) Cholesterol 81mg (27%) Sodium 928mg (39%) Potassium 1304mg (28%) Fiber 6g (24%) Sugar 23g (46%) Vitamin A 993IU (20%) Vitamin C 126mg (140%) Calcium 111mg (11%) Iron 6mg (33%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 8 Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 543

% Daily Value*

Calories 543kcal 27%
Carbohydrates 46g 15%
Protein 38g 76%
Fat 25g 38%
Saturated Fat 8g 40%
Polyunsaturated Fat 6g 35%
Monounsaturated Fat 9g 45%
Trans Fat 0.03g 2%
Cholesterol 81mg 27%
Sodium 928mg 39%
Potassium 1304mg 28%
Fiber 6g 24%
Sugar 23g 46%
Vitamin A 993IU 20%
Vitamin C 126mg 140%
Calcium 111mg 11%
Iron 6mg 33%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.