Thai Street-Style Smoked and Grilled Chicken Satay Skewers with Peanut Sauce

Name: Thai Street-Style Smoked and Grilled Chicken Satay Skewers with Peanut Sauce
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons (12 g) Thai red curry powder (sub 1 tablespoon [15 g] Thai red curry paste); 1 tablespoon (7 g) turmeric powder; 1 tablespoon (6 g) ginger; 1 tablespoon (10 g) garlic, minced; 1 tablespoon (5 g) lemongrass, minced finely; 1 teaspoon white pepper; 3 pounds (1.4 kg) boneless, skinless chicken thigh, cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) strips; 3 pounds (1.4 kg) boneless, skinless chicken thigh, cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) strips; 1 cup (224 g) coconut milk; ½ cup (130 g) creamy peanut butter; 2 tablespoons (30 ml) soy sauce; 2 tablespoons (24 g) palm sugar or brown sugar; 2 tablespoons (24 g) palm sugar or brown sugar; 1 tablespoon (15 g) Thai red curry paste; 2 tablespoons (30 ml) fish sauce; 1 tablespoon (15 ml) fresh lime juice; ½ teaspoon Thai chili powder or flakes (adjust to spiciness preference); ½ teaspoon Thai chili powder or flakes (adjust to spiciness preference); 1 shallot, sliced; 2 Thai chilies, sliced (adjust to spiciness preference); ½ cup (118 ml) white vinegar; ¼ cup (50 g) white sugar; ½ teaspoon salt; ¼ cup (60 ml) water; Red onion, sliced; Cucumber, sliced; Lime wedges

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Asian Smoke

By Andrew Ho , Andrew Samia and Sean Wen

Published 2026

About

This is one of our favorite snacks to eat anytime we visit a Thai restaurant in North America. The really great Thai joints will have a perfectly marinated and charred piece of juicy chicken thigh with a savory and not overly sweet peanut sauce. It’s unctuous, approachable, and undeniably delicious. Interestingly, if you’re in Thailand gallivanting around, you may actually struggle to find chicken satay skewers—unless you are in a tourist zone or in an area with a large Muslim community. Be

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Thailand
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Snack

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