Easiest Ever Satay Chicken Recipes

Steps:

• KIDS the writing in bold is for you. GROWN-UPS the rest is for you. Make a yummy marinade. Peel the ginger and help them to finely grate it and tip it into a bowl. Repeat with the garlic and lime zest. Halve the lime and get your child to juice it, then mix it in a bowl with the honey, soy, curry powder and peanut butter. Get them to give it a good mix, adding a small splash of water if it's too stiff, then help them spoon two-thirds of the mix into a small pan. Set aside for Step 4.
• Now for some chicken bashing! Put the chicken in the sandwich bag, one breast at a time, getting your child to flatten each one with a rolling pin or a meat mallet - this isn't essential, but they like doing it.
• Mix the chicken with the marinade you made. Cut the chicken into strips, tip it into the remaining third of the peanut-butter mix, then get your child to stir well. Cover with cling film and chill until required. This can be done up to 3 hrs ahead.
• Cook your tasty sauce. While the chicken is marinating, pour the coconut milk into the pan and get your child to stir together with the peanut butter mix. The sauce needs to be heated gently and stirred - suitable for confident seven- or eight-year olds, under strict adult supervision.
• 'Sew' the chicken onto the skewers. The chicken needs to be threaded into 'S' shapes onto the skewers. Get your child to thread the skewers away from themselves, being careful of the sharp points. Younger ones might find this a little fiddly, so they could just push on small chunks.
• Paint the tray with oil and cook the chicken. Heat the grill to high and get your child to brush a baking tray with oil. They can then line up the skewers on the tray. Grill the skewers for about 10 mins, turning occasionally, until lightly charred.
• Make cucumber ribbons with a peeler. Using a swivel-blade peeler, get your child to peel the cucumber into a bowl, then carry on peeling the cucumber flesh into ribbons until they get to the seeds. Repeat with each side of the cucumber.
• Mix a dressing for the cucumber. Get your child to mix the vinegar and sugar until the sugar dissolves - explain what dissolves means. Add the sweet chilli, if using, then pour over the cucumber. Add coriander if your child likes it, or serve on the side for the grown-ups. To serve, put the skewers on a platter, the sauce and salad in bowls, and serve with rice and lime wedges on the side.

Steps:

• Pre-heat the grill to max, with the shelf about 2" below, and remove the grill from your grill-pan.
• Place first three ingredients in a microwaveable container, and heat on full power until WARM (about one minute max).
• Slice chicken breasts in half length-ways, then into three or four "chunks" depending on size , and spear onto 4 bamboo or skewers
• using kitchen shears, cut the skewers so that they are about an inch longer than the chicken.
• place in the satay mix, and spoon over the mix, ensuring all the chicken is covered.
• you can now leave this in the fridge, or cook immediately; it needs no real marinading time.
• Place the kebabs on the base of the grill-pan, and spoon over some of the remaining mix.
• when mix starts to blacken (about five - ten minutes) turn the chicken over using tongs, and repeat the process for the second side -- The whole cooking process is about 15 minute; any more and the chicken may be dry.
• remove from heat and place on serving plate, remembering to scrape up and add all the burned caramelized sauce (believe me; someone will sit there and eat it all!) serve immediately.