Easy Thai Chicken Skewers

How often have we gone to a Thai restaurant and enjoyed Thai chicken skewers? Every time we go, we end up ordering that and we can’t get enough of it. We always get extra peanut sauce to go with it. Therefore, I thought what’s better than trying to make and perfect Easy Thai Chicken Skewers with peanut sauce at home myself? Here we are. I did it! And believe me, when you try this peanut sauce, you will wonder why you ever went without it! Or ever got store bought peanut sauce.

The Ingredients for Easy Thai Chicken Skewers

Combine some peanut butter, herbs, and spices, and you will have an amazing sauce used as a marinade.

Ingredients List for Easy Thai Chicken Skewers:

• 1 red or yellow chili
• 2 green onions (scallions)
• 1/2 cup fresh coriander (cilantro)
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 inch fresh ginger
• 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 1/4 cup smooth peanut butter (peanut only)
• 1 lime (juice of)
• 2 tablespoons Thai sweet chili sauce
• 2 large chicken breasts

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The Marinade for Easy Thai Chicken Skewers:

Let’s start with making the marinade. This is indeed such a delicious marinade. In fact, it’s a perfect satay sauce that can be used as a side or a dip for many dishes.

• Let’s start with washing and chopping the coriander, green onion, ginger, and chili.
• Add all of them to a blender or food processor.
• Peel and add the garlic.
• Then, add the peanut butter, soy sauce, lime juice, and Thai style sweet chili sauce to the food processor as well.
• Blend everything together until you have a smooth sauce and give it a taste.
• However, if it’s not salty enough, add more salt to the sauce and blend again to ensure the salt gets evenly distributed.

I love this sauce so much, that I can eat it by the spoonfuls before I even get a chance to marinate. I always make extra and leave it in the fridge. Try it on crackers and you will never want another dip.

Watch How to Make the Marinade

Marinating the Chicken

• Once the sauce is ready, chop the chicken into bite size cubes and place them in a large bowl.
• Add half the marinade into the bowl and mix well so that all of the meat is evenly coated.
• Although I usually start with half the sauce, if needed I add more. Instead, if I have extra, I save it and use it as a dipping sauce. It’s a fresh satay sauce and you will love it.
• Then allow the meat to sit for about 10 mins in the marinade. But this step is not necessary and can easily be skipped.

The peanut sauce is so delicious that it will flavour any protein without having to let it sit for too long. You do want to avoid letting it sit in the marinade for too long since the acidity from the lime and the soy sauce tenderizes the meat if left for too long. If left in the marinade too long the protein will start to fall apart on the barbeque.

Barbecuing Process:

Once the Thai chicken is marinated

• Begin with putting the marinated chicken pieces onto skewers. I use metal skewers, which can be washed after each use and reused. However, if you use wooden skewers, remember to soak them in water for about an hour prior to using them. This helps prevent them from burning.
• Immediately place the skewers on a 400 degree F preheated barbeque.
• You only need to cook them on each side for about 2-3 minutes. The breast cooks up really fast and if you overdo it, it tends to get dry. So avoid walking away from the barbeque once you place the skewers on it.

Oven Baking Process:

If you don’t have a barbeque or it’s too cold to barbeque, fret not, you can put the skewers into the oven and they will turn out just as delicious as barbequed chicken.

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Bake the skewers for about 20 minutes.
• Remember to flip them over at least once in between.
• And once they are cooked, turn the oven to broil and let them sit under for a minute to allow them to brown a little.

Serving Suggestions for Easy Thai Chicken Skewers:

There are so many ways of enjoying the barbeque chicken

• Enjoy hot with a side of the reserved dipping satay sauce.
• Wrap the skewers in a pita and drizzle more sauce on them
• Enjoy with a side of Fresh Mango Salad.
• Try them on my Crunchy Vegetable Salad.
• I personally like to have them with Plain Bastami Rice and more satay sauce on the side.

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