Pork Satay with Peanut Sauce

This Thai-inspired Pork Satay with Peanut Sauce is so versatile and easy to cook. Serve these as an appetizer, a side or main course. The skewered meat pieces are flavored with a sweet-savory and spicy marinade that comes alive once it’s grilled. Simply marinate the sliced pork shoulder pieces a few hours or up to overnight. Serve it with a nutty sauce made of tamarind juice, coconut milk and sprinkled with crushed peanuts. This was inspired by a recipe from the cookbook “Nong’s Thai Kitchen” by Nongkran Das and Alexandra Greeley, with a foreword by Nancie McDermott (Tuttle Publishing). Serves 2 as a main dish up to 4 for a side dish.

Course: Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: American, Asian, Filipino

Keyword: Asian Pork Satay Peanut Sauce

Servings: people

Calories: 275kcal

Ingredients

1/8 cup fish sauce
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 Tablespoons soy sauce
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon yellow curry powder
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper powder
1 pound pork shoulder sliced in 1-inch pieces
12 to 14 pieces bamboo skewers pre-soaked
1/2 cup crushed unsalted peanuts for sauce
1/8 cup brown sugar for sauce
1/4 cup tamarind juice concentrate
1 Tablespoon chili sauce bottled
2 teaspoons fish sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
for serving: garlic rice or boiled rice

Instructions

Mix together in a medium sized bowl the marinade ingredients : fish sauce (or patis), brown sugar, soy sauce, vegetable oil, curry powder, cornstarch, sea salt and black pepper powder. Blend well. Pour over the pork shoulder slices. Store in a resealable plastic bag (Ziploc bag) and refrigerate for 4 to 6 hours or overnight.
The next day, prepare the bamboo skewers by soaking at least 30 minutes before you start skewering the meat. Soaking the bamboo skewers prevents the wood from burning while you grill or from splinters getting into the meat. (Note: for this recipe I used re-usable stainless skewers which were a gift from family).
Preheat the outdoor grill to a medium high for about ten minutes. Meanwhile, skewer the meat, about 4 to 5 pieces per stick. Spread the meat apart and don't let the slices clump up or it will not cook evenly.
Place the skewers with the pork pieces on the grill. Turn the heat down to a medium. Cook on a gas or charcoal grill for about 10 to 12 minutes, turning them around to cook evenly. (Important: for safety reasons, pork must be cooked thoroughly until no pink parts remain).
While the pork satay in skewers are grilling, prepare the side dipping sauce. Separately, in a small stock pot, pour the coconut milk. Heat this over medium high heat. When it boils, reduce the heat to a medium low. You don't want the coconut milk to curdle, so keep the heat low.
Add the remaining ingredients (except for the crushed peanuts) for the side sauce. Continue to cook for about 5 to 8 minutes till sugar dissolves and sauce boils. The sauce will thicken by then. Sprinkle the crushed peanuts on the sauce.
Remove the sauce from the heat and pour into a small serving bowl or gravy boat. Serve the skewered pork satay straight from the grill. Serve with the Peanut Sauce. Additionally, serve with garlic or boiled white rice and a big bowl of salad greens.
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