Gary Rhodes' Beef satay and peanut sauce recipe
This great Malaysian dish can be prepared in advance and only takes a couple of minutes to cook once you are ready to eat.
Note: Kicap manis is a sweet soy sauce from Indonesia.
Ingredients
- 500 g beef (fillet or sirloin 'tails') cut into 1½ - 2 cm dice
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp kicap manis
- 1 tsp finely grated ginger
- 0.5 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp chopped fresh coriander
- 0.5 tsp turmeric, optional
- 0.5 tsp crushed coriander seeds, optional
- 0.5 tsp crushed cumin seeds, optional
- 12 bamboo skewers
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 225 g crunchy peanut butter
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 0.5 tsp dried chilli flakes, optional
- 15 coriander leaves, chopped
- 50 ml soy sauce
- 150 ml coconut milk
- 1 water, to loosen
- 1 small cucumber, peeled and quartered, lengthways and de-seeded
- 150 ml sour cream
- 1 lime, juice
- 0.5 tsp caster sugar
- 2 tsp chopped mint
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper
Details
- Cuisine: Malaysian
- Recipe Type: Starter
- Difficulty: Medium
- Preparation Time: 120 mins
- Cooking Time: 5 mins
- Serves: 4
Step-by-step
- For the beef sticks: Mix all of the ingredients, except the beef, together in a bowl.
- Add the diced beef and leave to marinate for 1-2 hours.
- Meanwhile, soak the bamboo skewers in water for 1 hour before drying and rubbing each with a little of the oil.
- Thread 3-4 pieces of beef on each skewer.
- The beef will now take just a few minutes to cook, searing it quickly in a hot pan with the remaining oil.
- For the sauce: The satay sauce can be made while marinating the beef.
- Simply blend together the peanut butter, garlic, chilli flakes, if using, and coriander leaves in a blender or food processor.
- Mix together the remaining ingredients, pouring the mix slowly into the peanut butter until completely blended in. If too thick, simply loosen with a little water. The sauce can be served cold or warmed.
- For the salad: Cut each of the cucumber quarters into 6cm pieces, dividing each into thin sticks.
- Whisk all of the remaining ingredients together, adding enough to bind the cucumber sticks just before serving. Any remaining sauce can be offered apart.
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