Sticky Satay Chicken

The authentic Satay marinade is the key part of this recipe. It works fantastically well with chicken and is super fast to make. In this post we are baking sweet potato, which does take approx 1 hour, if you dont have that amount of time you can whip up a fast firey noodle salad instead to go with this (method for that at the end of this post)

Serves 2

Time : 1hr 10mins

Ingredients

2 Large free range chicken supremes

2 Large sweet potatoes

1 pack or 1 bunch of fresh baby spinach

Olive oil

For the satay;

3 Tbsp of good quality crunchy peanut butter

1 Good glug of dark soy sauce

1 Red chilli, Chopped finely

1 Handful of corriander, Chopped finely

The juice of 1 Lime

The zest of 2 Limes

Method

Get your oven preheated to approx 220 degrees first and when its up to temperature, pierce your sweet pots a few times and get them onto the middle shelf of the oven and bake for approx 1 hr.

Now make your sticky satay marinade. Mix the peanut butter, chilli, corriander, lime juice, lime zest and soy sauce together in a bowl. Fast, Authentic, Delicious Satay marinade DONE!

Approx 25 mins before your sweet potatoes are ready to come out of the oven, Heat a large pan on a medium/high heat and cook your chicken breasts for approx 5 minutes, turning over. If you don't do this and cook in the oven straight away, the chicken will dry out.

After 5 minutes of cooking in the pan, lift the chicken out and onto a baking tray with a tiny bit of oil. Now using a spoon coat the chicken in your satay marinade all over, make sure you flip them over to get the bottom covered also.

Now chicken into the oven with your potatoes, on the bottom shelf. And bake for the remainder of time (Around 20 mins).

2 minutes before your chicken and potatoes are ready, wash and then add your baby spinach to a saucepan with a dash of cold water and wilt the spinach over a high heat for 2 minutes. (Remember to put a lid on the pan while doing this)

Now to serve, cut your sweet potato in half and take the end off if its not completely round. Place on your plates and add a small dollop of peanut butter ontop. Serve with your spinach and chicken.

ALTERNATIVE

Serve your chicken and spinach with a firey cold noodle salad.

Ingredients

1 x pack of plain noodles

1 x Small red onion, finely chopped

1 x Red chilli, finely chopped

Juice of half a lime

Method

Cook the noodles as per instructions on the pack. When they are done transfer to a colander and rinse with cold water.

Now add the noodles, red chilli, red onion and lime juice to a mixing bowl and toss together.

Serve cold with your Satay Chicken!