Singapore-style shrimp satay with a peanut butter sauce.
The shrimp has a wonderful coating on it that starts as a marinade made from coconut milk, coconut oil, ginger, garlic, lime, shallots, chiles and peanuts. The sauce has a silky, creamy texture with a spicy, zingy flavor that is all around delicious.
The shrimp is tender and succulent after sitting in the marinade and soaking in all those amazing flavors. You can make the peanut sauce ahead of time or skip that altogether for a fast dinner that takes less than ten minutes to cook on the grill. Alternately you can use the broiler in your oven or bake them but they won’t have that great grill flavor and char.
After I made this I went out shopping and two people I never laid eyes on before told me I smelled like the beach. A positive side effect from working with the aromatic coconut oil.
I didn’t let them in on my little secret. While they stared at me with envy in their eyes I played the part, smiling mysteriously and tossing my hair back while pretending I had sandy beach waves.
Then I came home and promptly devoured the leftovers.
Who needs the beach?
Singapore-style shrimp satay with a peanut butter sauce.
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a large bowl toss shrimp and lime juice together.
- Add shallots, sugar, salt, lime zest, nuts, garlic, chiles, and ginger to the bowl of food processor and pulse until pureed into a thick paste.
- Heat coconut oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Add paste and cook, stirring, until oil separates from paste 4-6 minutes. Stir in coconut milk and remove from heat. Allow to cool and stir into shrimp. Cover and refrigerate 4 hours.
- One hour before cooking put your wooden skewers into water to soak so they don't burn on the grill.
- Make the dipping sauce by pulsing all the ingredients together in a food processor until smooth. Cover and refrigerate.
- Thread shrimp by running the skewer through the body twice - so they look like the letter c.
- Grill turning once about 4-6 minutes total depending on the size of your shrimp. Alternately you can broil them or bake them in a single layer on 425 degrees F. watching them closely - once they start to curl they're ready - about 10-12 minutes depending on the size of your shrimp.
- Remove to a large platter and drizzle with peanut sauce, sprinkle with peanuts and cilantro. To serve family style remove the shrimp from the skewers and layer on a platter; drizzle peanut sauce over top; sprinkle with chopped peanuts and chopped cilantro.
Notes
Adapted from Saveur
This recipe sounds amazing. The peanut sauce has a little more flavor added than I’ve seen and I like the look of it better. I’m pretty sure I have all the ingredients to give this a try.
Val – Once A Week Cooking recently posted..No Bake Tropical Pie
I think that I could just eat peanut sauce on shoe leather and enjoy it, I LOVE that stuff.
Chris recently posted..Almost Heaven Dock Party
oh my, a delicious meal AND you get to smell like you were at the beach. WINNER :)
Ann recently posted..Barn Charm
A wonderful recipe which I have in my “to do” list for many years. May be it’s time to try it out.
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looks delicious, i love satay sauce but never had it with shrimp