Chicken Satay Burger
Chicken Satay Burger – Savory marinated chicken satay with spicy peanut sauce, zesty red onion and sliced cool cucumber…in a burger. No skewers required!
- Prep time
- 3 hr
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 8 pieces boneless skinless chicken thigh
- 4 stalks fresh lemongrass (or 2 tablespoons frozen minced lemongrass)
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon ground turmeric (or 2 cm of fresh turmeric)
- 2 teaspoons galangal powder (or 1 cm of fresh galangal)
- 4 tablespoons of brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 small shallots
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons cooking oil
- 1/4 cup water
- 8 hamburger buns
- 1 small red onion (sliced thinly)
- 1 cucumber (sliced thinly)
- 1 1/2 cups prepared spicy peanut sauce
Instructions
- 1
Thinly slice only the pale portion of the lemongrass. Place in food processor or blender.
- 2
Add ground coriander, ground cumin, turmeric, galangal, brown sugar, salt, shallots, garlic, soy sauce, cooking oil and water into the food processor or blender.
- 3
Blend until smooth.
- 4
Pour marinade over chicken. Gently massage the marinade into the chicken (don't forget to wear disposable gloves!)
- 5
Allow the chicken to marinade in the fridge for at least 2 hours, up to overnight.
- 6
Grill or pan-fry for about 2 minutes on each side or until fully cooked.
- 7
Place grilled satay chicken on the bottom hamburger bun.
- 8
Top with sliced red onion and sliced cucumber.
- 9
Smear spicy peanut sauce on the top hamburger bun, then place it on the rest of the burger.
- 10
Serve with fries, potato chips or shrimp crackers.
- 11
Enjoy!