Chicken Satay Recipe (2024)

This chicken satay recipe is easy and delicious! These easy chicken satay skewers are marinated in and brushed with the most delicious peanut sauce! A healthy grilled chicken recipe to make for your next BBQ!

This easy Chicken Satay recipe is one of our favorite recipes to make when we fire up the grill! Chicken is marinated in the most delicious peanut sauce, then skewered with vegetables and brushed with even more peanut sauce during grilling.

These chicken satay skewers are a healthy main dish recipe that our whole family enjoys! Serve over rice or with a salad and you have a simple and nutritious dinner ready in no time!

How to make chicken satay

Like I said above, this chicken satay recipe is very easy to make, but I thought we should walk through a few of the steps to ensure your satay success! Don’t forget to watch the video as well!

How do you make satay peanut sauce?

This chicken satay marinade/sauce is really easy to make. Just whisk all the ingredients together and you’re ready to go! There are only two pieces of information to note about the peanut sauce…

1. Gently warm the ingredients for easier mixing.If the peanut butter you use is solid at room temperature, I recommend gently warming the ingredients in the microwave or on the stovetop until they are easy to mix.
2. Only use 3/4 for the marinade, and save the rest.This is super important, because that extra brush of peanut sauce at the end of cooking really takes this chicken satay recipe to the next level!

Marinade the chicken

I recommend marinating the chicken in the satay peanut sauce for at least 30 minutes, or up to 6 hours in the refrigerator. You want to ensure that the flavor fully infuses the chicken before grilling!

Soak the Skewers

If you plan to make this easy chicken satay recipe as an appetizer, or share it with a group of friends at a BBQ, I recommend using individual bamboo skewers for serving purposes! I always soak bamboo skewers for at least 30-60 minutes before grilling in hot water. This helps prevent the skewers from getting really charred.

Or, Use Fire Wire

I love using this flexible fire wire when we make kabobs on the grill. We received this as a gift from a friend, and at first I thought it was totally gimmicky, but it’s definitely not. I love that they are reusable, dish washer safe, and that you can fit a ton of meat/veggies on each one.

I prefer to only use this when I’m cooking for just my family. To serve I just use tongs and slide the chicken satay into a large bowl and serve it with a spoon!

Pre-Cook the peppers

Vegetables take longer to grill than chicken. So this chicken satay recipe calls for pre-cooking the bell peppers for 4-5 minutes in the microwave. This ensures the vegetables will be cooked and not just get charred but still be underdone.

Grill the chicken Satay

The time it takes to grill depends on the thickness of your chicken pieces. However I recommend grilling this chicken satay for 4 minutes per side, being sure to flip it halfway through (using tongs so you do not burn your hands).

Brush with peanut sauce

Use a silicone BBQ basting brush to brush the remaining peanut sauce onto the chicken satay kabobs after they have finished cooking on the first side. This will add an extra boost of flavor that is really essential to these chicken satay skewers.

Serve

Serve this chicken satay warm over rice, a giant salad (like this asian quinoa salad), coleslaw, some roasted potatoes, etc.

Recipe FAQs

Chicken Satay Recipe: Ingredients & Substitutions

Here are a few notes about the ingredients and possible substitutions for this chicken satay recipe!

• Bell Peppers.Feel free to omit the peppers if you want to make this recipe solely chicken satay (and not chicken + veggies)! Other veggies can also be substitutes if you’re not a fan of peppers! Some suggestions: zucchini, potatoes, onions, mushrooms, etc.
• Peanut oil.Olive oil or avocado oil can be used in place of peanut oil. However, Ilove the flavor imparted by peanut oil and do not recommend leaving it out.
• Sesame oil.The same goes for sesame oil. However I think it’s flavor is even more essential than peanut oil, so I do not recommend making substitutions here.
• Soy Sauce.Coconut aminos can be used in place of soy sauce on the occasion that there is a soy allergy in your family.
• Brown sugar.Coconut sugar or honey can be used in place of brown sugar.
• Powdered spices (ginger, garlic and onion powder).The real thing can be substituted for the powders in every occasion…minced garlic, minced ginger, minced onion, etc.

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