Chicken Satay with Peanut Butter Dipping Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 lb chicken thighs, boneless and skinless, cut into cubes
• vegetable oil, for basting
• cooking spray

For Chicken Marinade:

• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 4 oz lemongrass, (2 stalks), chopped, tender parts only but do not discard the rest
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled
• 5½ oz red onions, peeled and quartered
• 2 tsp ground turmeric
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 2 tbsp honey
• 2 tsp salt
• water, as needed

For Dipping Sauce:

• 1 cup peanuts, roasted
• 1 tbsp tamarind powder, plus more to taste
• ¼ cup vegetable oil, or cilantro leaves, chopped
• ¾ cup water
• 4 tbsp water, plus more as needed
• ½ tsp salt, plus more to taste
• 2½ tbsp brown sugar, or palm sugar
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tbsp sweet soy sauce
• 4 red chili fingers, preferably Thai bird chilis, seeded
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled
• 3 oz red onions, peeled and quartered
• 1 tbsp ginger, peeled and chopped
• 2 oz lemongrass, (1 stalk), chopped, tender parts only but do not discard the rest