John Torode served up tasty chicken satay skewers with Asian herb salad on This Morning.
The ingredients are: 400g chicken thighs (skin on) or beef tenderloin/pork fillet/peeled prawns/scallops and 10 bamboo skewers, soaked in water.
For the marinade: 3 lemongrass stalks, peeled bottoms only , 2 tbsp coconut milk (taken from coconut milk for sauce), 1 tbsp turmeric, 1 tsp ground cumin, Big pinch salt , 1 tbsp caster sugar and A little vegetable oil.
For the satay sauce: 300g salted peanuts or chunky peanut butter , Curry paste (or use 1 large tbsp pre-made red Thai curry paste), 20 long dried chillies, soaked in boiling water for 20 minutes, 1 onion, roughly chopped, 2 garlic cloves , Thumb of ginger, peeled and grated, 3 lemongrass stalks , 100ml vegetable oil, 100ml tamarind concentrate , 75g caster sugar, Good pinch of salt , 400ml water, 50ml ketchup manis (or soy with sugar) and 800ml coconut milk.
For the salad: 200g shredded Chinese cabbage, 3 lime leaves, julienne , 2 red chilli, seeds removed, julienne, 30g mange tout, julienne, 50g mint leaves, 2 spring onions, 10 long French beans, sliced, good handful of coriander, good handful Thai basil and big handful of bean sprouts or mixed small sprouts.
For the dressing: 50ml lime juice, 50ml sunflower oil, 30ml fish sauce, Chopped chilli and 1 clove garlic, sliced finely.
See recipes by John in his book titled: My Kind of Food: Recipes I Love to Cook at Home available from Amazon now.