Grilled Honey-Sate Chicken

Today, I will introduce this recipe to my readers. Sate is a combination sauce of garlic, shallot, lemongrass and fresh hot chili or dry. The sate sauce is another signature in Asian kitchen. Every household has his or her own sate recipe. However, nowadays, the sate sold in an Asian grocery is very good. This recipe can be baked or grilled. It is a meal easily put together. Enjoy!!

Ingredients:

6 chicken thighs

Marinade sauce:

3 tbs sate homemade or store-brought*

2 tbs honey

1 tbs apple cider vinegar

1 tbs blackstrap molasses

1 tsp 5 spice

2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp black pepper

1 tbs soy sauce

2 tsp fish sauce

Other ingredients:

Green onions, cilantro

Hot cooked rice

Directions:

Wash and dry the chicken thighs.

Combine all the ingredients and mix well. Adjust the seasoning to your liking. Pour the sauce over the chicken thighs.

 Cover and let chicken marinate for few hours or overnight.

Remove chicken from the marrinade and either bake or grill

If baking, line the baking sheet with foil and bake in a preheated oven set to 375° for 30 minutes. Turn chicken over halfway through baking.

If grilling, Prepare the grill and grill about 2 minutes on each side of the meat.

Sprinkle chopped green onions and cilantro on top. Serve with rice.

* follow the instructions for homemade sate posted in my blog on July, 18,2015.