Ainsley Harriott served up tasty Chicken Satay Skewers with a Pickled Cucumber Salad on Ainsley’s Fantastic Flavours.

The ingredients for the Chicken Skewers are: 2 tbsp reduced salt soy sauce, 2 tsp groundnut or vegetable oil, 1 tbsp golden caster sugar, 3 cm fresh ginger, grated or minced, 3 garlic cloves, minced, 1 stalk of lemongrass, outer leaves removed, bashed and finely chopped, 2 tsp turmeric, 1 tsp ground coriander, ½ tsp ground cumin, ¼ tsp white pepper and 3 tbsp full fat coconut milk.

6 large chicken thighs, skinless and boneless, cut into 1inch chunks
For the Satay Sauce: 2 tsp groundnut or vegetable oil, 2 garlic cloves, grated or minced, 2 birds eye chillies, deseeded and finely chopped, 1 tsp golden caster sugar, 5 tbsp crunchy peanut butter, 2 tbsp kecap manis (sweet soy sauce), 1 tbsp reduced salt soy sauce, juice of ½ lime and 250ml full fat coconut milk.

For the Cucumber Salad: 1 cucumber, ribboned, 1 tbsp golden caster sugar, 2 tbsp rice or white wine vinegar, ½ tsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce and 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander, plus extra to serve.

To Serve: steamed basmati rice, 1 tbsp chopped roasted peanuts & lime wedges.

See more recipes by Ainsley in his book titled: Ainsley’s Good Mood Food: 100 easy, comforting meals (including all the recipes from the major ITV series) available from Amazon now.