Chicken Satés in the Style of Kajang

Sate Kajang

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6 to 8

    as an Appetizer
    • Difficulty

      Complex

Appears in
Planet Barbecue

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2010

  • About

If you’ve been to a grill joint or street food center in Malaysia, chances are you’ve eaten satés. And if you’ve eaten these tiny kebabs, often made of chicken and served with a creamy peanut sauce, chances are you’ve had saté kajang. Named for a lively city a short drive south of Kuala Lumpur, Kajang is the ground zero of Malaysian satés, the place where an Indonesian immigrant and his family transformed a simple pushcart grill business into a barbecue empire that serves tens of tho