satay

Grilled peanut-sauced meat

Satay is a Southeast Asian dish of skewered, grilled meat served with a sauce, typically peanut-based: We ordered chicken satay as an appetizer.

The meat is usually marinated in spices before grilling.

Also spelled saté or sate.

ingredients

peanut

Edible underground legume

galangal · coconut · coriander · cumin · ginger · chili · garlic · shallots · lime · sambal

grilling

charcoal

Burned wood residue

embers · sear · basting · marinade · flames · sizzle · fanning · brazier · heat · charring

origins

Indonesian

Southeast Asian islander's identity

Javanese · hawker · street · vendor · stall · night market · pushcart · roadside

protein

chicken

Domestic fowl for eating

goat · prawn · pork · tofu · tempeh · rabbit · duck · offal · heart · liver

sauce

dip

Brief immersion or condiment

onion · sambal · pickled · relish · accompaniment

variations

yakitori

Skewered grilled fowl, Japanese-style

Categories
Opposites
cooking method

sataystew

Slow-simmered meat dish

braise · soup · raw · tartare · sashimi

presentation and form

sataystew

Slow-simmered meat dish

casserole · roast · curry · meatloaf · pulled pork

Phrases
Family

sate, satays

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G