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Chicken Satay with Spicy Peanut Sauce Recipe

An easy recipe for grilled chicken that's been marinated in coconut milk and red curry, served with peanut sauce and simple, spicy cucumber pickles.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Chicken Satay with Spicy Peanut Sauce Recipe

Why it works: Coconut and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 934 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Chicken Satay with Spicy Peanut Sauce Recipe

About 30 skewers
Cook1 hr 50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

797Calories
42 gProtein
58 gFat
32 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chicken100g cooked165
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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 chow. 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. Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Coconut + peanuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together433 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Peanut + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together877 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Peanut + limetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together458 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Garlic + limetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,411 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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 (coconut, milk, fish sauce, sugar, chicken, peanut, lime):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against coconut, milk, fish sauce, sugar, chicken, peanut, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.