These succulent Thai-style chicken satay sticks with a smooth and creamy peanut sauce make a delicious appetizer or part of a main meal with jasmine rice and a crisp green salad.
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp less sodium soy or tamari sauce
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 tsp minced ginger
- 1 tbsp lime juice
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- For the Sauce:
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp less sodium tamari or soy sauce
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 2 tbsp creamy peanut butter
- 2 tbsp lime juice
Preparation:
Cut chicken breasts into eight strips. Place in a large resealable plastic bag. Combine brown sugar, soy sauce, garlic, ginger and lime and add to bag. Marinate chicken strips in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Presoak eight bamboo skewers for 30 minutes.
Preheat grill or broiler, coated with cooking spray
For the sauce, combine brown sugar, soy sauce, garlic, peanut butter and lime juice, stirring until smooth and creamy. Thin with a little water if you like.
Thread chicken strips on to presoaked skewers. Grill or broil chicken for 10 minutes, turning once. Serve 2 skewers per person with a tablespoon of peanut sauce on the side.
Serves 4.
Per Serving: Calories 205, Calories from Fat 50, Total Fat 5.5g (sat 1.2g), Cholesterol 66mg, Sodium 476mg, Carbohydrate 10g, Fiber 0.6g, Protein 28.8g
