Skewered Chicken Thighs with Peanut Sauce

Name: Skewered Chicken Thighs with Peanut Sauce
Yield: makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 1/2 cup natural peanut butter, preferably chunky; 1 tablespoon curry paste (page 9) or curry powder, preferably homemade (pages 592–593), or to taste; About 1/2 cup coconut milk, homemade (page 584) or canned; 2 tablespoons nam pla or soy sauce; 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice; 1 1/2 pounds boneless chicken thighs, cut into large chunks; Lime wedges for serving; Chopped fresh cilantro leaves for garnish

December 14, 2011

These are best grilled slowly so that the sweet sauce caramelizes slowly as the chicken cooks through. You can use boneless breasts for these, but they will almost invariably dry out. Do not marinate these for more than an hour or so; the meat will begin to get mushy. In fact I don’t bother to marinate them at all unless it fits into my schedule. Thai fish sauce (nam pla) is described on page 500.

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