Indonesian Chicken Kebab - Sate Ayam

Traditional Indonesian food. You can either make it yourself or buy from the street vendor or go to the restaurant, in other word you can find this food everywhere around Jakarta (Capital city). You eat this chicken kebab with rice or with lontong (rice wrap with banana leaf), mixed the kebab with peanut sauce and sweet soy sauce or sweet soy sauce itself.

Below is the recipe I usually used when I make chicken kebab.

What you need are :

Boneless chicken thigh - cut in cube bite size - 2 lbs or more it is up to you.

Indonesian sweet soy sauce (you need lots) - you can find it at the Superstore on the Asian food isles.

Fish sauce - 1 tbsp

Salt and pepper

Sugar - 10 tbsp

Margarine - 4 tbsp - melted

Garlic - 2 cloves - crushed

Lemon or Lime - 1

Skewer - you can find it at the $ store, short or long - your choice. Soaked the skewer in water before using it, so it won't get burn on the bbq.

Sweet soy sauce - lots

Chili pepper - cut thinly

Preparation :

After cut the chicken into bite size, put into the bowl and mixed it with salt - put a side for 30 minutes

in a big bowl mixed crushed garlic - fish sauce - sweet soy sauce - lemon. After 30 minutes put the chicken into the sauce, mixed them well and put aside for 1 hour.

In a small bowl mixed together sugar - melted margarine - sweet soy sauce.

After an hour skewer the chicken and get the bbq ready. If you are using charcoal bbq get it ready about 20 minutes before you start skewer the chicken, by the time you finish skewer the chicken the fire is ready.

Put the kebab on the bbq and brush it with the sugar mixed sauce. Brushing regularly.

When the chicken kebab done put it in the serving dish and drizzle with the sweet soy sauce and ready to eat. Eat the kebab with rice. If you like a bit spicy, in the small serving bowl mixed sweet soy sauce and thinly cut chili pepper, put a bit on rice and eat together with the kebab. it will give you a bit of spicy taste in your mouth. Delicious.