Pork Satés in the Style of Bangkok’s Chinatown

Name: Pork Satés in the Style of Bangkok’s Chinatown
Yield: Serves 6 to 8 as an Appetizer, 4 as a Main Course
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon Freshly ground white pepper; ½ teaspoon Coarse salt (kosher or sea); ¼ cup sugar; 1 tablespoon ground turmeric; 2 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped; ¼ cup Asian fish sauce or soy sauce; ½ teaspoon Coarse salt (kosher or sea); ½ teaspoon Coarse salt (kosher or sea); 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus oil for basting; ¼ cup Asian fish sauce or soy sauce; 2 small or Kirby cucumbers, or 1 full-size cucumber; 2 small or Kirby cucumbers, or 1 full-size cucumber; 2 shallots, or 1 small red onion, thinly sliced; 2 shallots, or 1 small red onion, thinly sliced; 2 tablespoons sugar; 2 tablespoons rice vinegar; Coarse salt (kosher or sea); Coarse salt (kosher or sea); Creamy Asian Peanut Sauce or Fried Garlic Peanut Sauce; Coarse salt (kosher or sea)

Preparation info

Serves
6 to 8
as an Appetizer

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Planet Barbecue

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2010

About

Your grill master, aka me, strives to have competence in many areas, but fashion is not one of them. Fortunately, his wife, Barbara, stands ready to guide him. When we arrived in Bangkok, our first stop was a tailor shop named Mazzaro. Barbara came home with a suitcase full of swank clothes, and yours truly managed to score a perfectly fitting sports coat. But the real benefit of the visit was a trip to Chinatown to experience firsthand where Thai ladies, like shop owner Jutarat Phothisoont

Ingredients

Asia
Thailand
Starter
Main course
South East Asia
Spicy

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