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Gordon Ramsay's Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce Recipe

Gordon Ramsay's recipe for satay skewers from his travels in Southeast Asia

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Why it works: Peanut and tamarind share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 60 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Gordon Ramsay's Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce Recipe

6 people
Prep30 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

981Calories
44 gProtein
72 gFat
45 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 19 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chicken100g cooked165
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Peanut Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Tamarindnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Galangalnot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By lovefood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Peanut + tamarindtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together60 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Peanut + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together433 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Ginger + tamarindtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together325 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Tamarind + coconuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together151 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, creamy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, ginger, peanut, butter, tamarind, sauce, coconut):

  1. Turmericfits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Cinnamonfits about as well
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, ginger, peanut, butter, tamarind, sauce, coconut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.