Chicken skewers with sweet chili and peanut dipping sauce
Lately I’m cooking a lot of Asian influenced food. The fridge contains fish sauce, oyster sauce, different soya sauces and chili. I have fresh cilantro on the kitchen counter and yesterday I even planted some cilantro seeds as my consumtion is so high. These little skewers and dipping sauce was one of the dishes that I cooked for an Asian dinner some weeks before Christmas. The recipe is from Olive; it’s easy, delicious and I’ve modified it a bit.
- Chicken skewers with sweet chili and peanut dipping sauce
Marinade:
2 garlic cloves
2 tsp fish sauce
2 tsp honey
3 spring onions, chopped
2 tsp vegetable oil
4 chicken breasts, cut into cubes
Dipping sauce:
150 ml rice vinegar
100 gram caster sugar
2 tbsp cilantro, chopped
1 red chili, finely chopped
1 tbsp roasted peanuts, very finely chopped
Soak as many wooden skewers as you have chicken breat cubes (around 15) in water. Combine all the marinade ingredients in a food processor. Pour the marinade into a bowl and add the chicken breast cubes. Chill for at least 1 hour.
Heat rice vinegar and sugar in a small sauce pan. Let simmer for around 5 minutes until it thickens a bit. Cool and add the remaining ingredients.
Skewer the chicken and cook it on a grill or frying pan until brown. Serve with the dipping sauce. I always divide dipping sauce in individual small bowls, one for each guest.
January 18th, 2009 23:48
My local Chinese restaurant does skewers with peanut sauce; they’re delicious. Sure yours are, too!
January 19th, 2009 07:11
That looks mighty tasty and delicious!
Cheers,
Rosa
January 19th, 2009 09:34
Oh, there it is! This was one of the tastiest dipping sauces ever, I can’t wait to make it myself :)
January 19th, 2009 21:56
Ooo… this was amazing. The dipping sauce was like a piece of heaven. Mmmm.. so yummy.
January 19th, 2009 23:23
This really looks great and will be wonderful for super bowl Sunday!!
January 20th, 2009 02:30
This sounds so good and easy!
January 29th, 2009 05:51
I’m on the same track. Asain food just has amazing flavors that isnt to complicated to put together. This would be perfect for entertaining or a casual evening.
February 10th, 2009 13:13
Wow I love this kind of food, and this recipe looks easy enough to do! Yum!
March 3rd, 2009 10:48
nice post, thanks for sharing!
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February 23rd, 2010 01:03
Looks absolutely fantastic