Satay Spice Blend - Spice Collections - Auria's Malaysian Kitchen
Satay Recipe with Satay Spice Blend - Auria's Malaysian Kitchen
Satay Recipe
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Satay Spice Blend - Spice Collections - Auria's Malaysian Kitchen
Satay Recipe with Satay Spice Blend - Auria's Malaysian Kitchen
Satay Recipe
Nutrition Value - Calories
Satay Spice Blend - Spice Collections - Auria's Malaysian Kitchen
Satay Recipe with Satay Spice Blend - Auria's Malaysian Kitchen
Satay Recipe
Nutrition Value - Calories

Satay Spice Blend

Love to grill? This blend is our tribute to the satay vendors in the tiny town of Kajang, which is famous for its mouthwatering satay. Each pouch holds enough to flavor 2lbs of your choice of protein - we recommend chicken, beef, pork, shrimp, or extra-firm tofu.
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Ingredients

Satay Spice Blend Ingredients: Ingredients: Shallots, Garlic, Brown Sugar, Turmeric, Lemongrass, Chilli Powder, Dried Chillies, Cumin, Coriander, Fennel, Ginger, Galangal

How To Use: Satay Spice Blend

Satay! If you love to grill, you're going to LOVE this blend.

Back home in Malaysia, Sunday was usually the day we all went out to dinner to give Mum a break from the cooking. The hawker stalls were a frequent destination. Everyone ordered their individual meal, and more often than not, an order of 30 sticks of satay came to the table to share.

Satay at a hawker stall in Malaysia is a thing unto itself! You're sitting on a small square stool, at a wobbly table. The space is lit by a few kerosene lamps, or a string of lights powered by a generator, the sound of which fills your ears! The smoke rising from the long charcoal grill beckons you to come find a seat and put in your order. Like Pavlov's dog, your mouth waters as soon as you see the smoke and get a whiff of the cooking satay!

This Satay Spice Blend is inspired by my memory of the famous satay vendors in a small town called Kajang near where I grew up. It's well-known in Malaysia for having the best satay around. The key was to know which of the many satay vendors was actually the KING! Over the years, vendors would come and go, but Kajang always maintains its reputation as the destination for satay. I've tinkered with this recipe for a couple years, and finally landed on what tastes like the satay that I remember from Kajang.

Here are just a few tips to help you make your delicious version at home:

1. For chicken, I use boneless, skinless chicken thighs. For beef, I prefer top sirloin. For a vegetarian option, use extra firm tofu - you just have to be gentle with the skewered tofu, so it doesn't break and fall off your skewers.

2. For tender beef satay, cut the top sirloin in 1/4" thick long rectangles. Slicing it this way cuts through the tough fibers so you get more tender bites of beef. For chicken, cut no larger than 1" thick long pieces. The long pieces make it easier to thread onto your skewers. Be consistent with the size and shape of your meat - this way, you know everything will cook at the same rate. You may be tempted to put large pieces of meat on fewer skewers, but they may be burnt on the outside, before the inside is done. This is especially important for chicken.

3. After you've combined the contents of your pouch with oil, and seasoned it with salt (since the spice blends are quite mild, I add a tablespoon of Hot Chilli Sambal for the heat level that I like), reserve 1 heaping tbsp of that if you'd like to make your own peanut sauce (recipe below) and use the rest to marinate the meat.

4. Before threading your bamboo skewers, soak them in water - this helps to ensure they don't burn to a crisp while your meat is cooking.

5. Cook satay on a very hot grill. Satay without a char or at least grill marks is disappointing - you want the grill hot enough to caramelize the sugar in the marinade. Place your skewers on the grill, and leave them there. After two and a half to three minutes, turn them over and cook for another three minutes. Remove from grill and serve with peanut sauce.

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Rachael A.
Amazing!!!!!

I’ve tried satay spice blends from others, I’ve tried various recipes of my own. This hands-down is THE BEST satay spice blend!! It is perfectly balanced and soooo delicious! Great on the grill, or like last night, I ran out of gas for the grill and threw it in a skillet with coconut milk and some left over veggies and put it over basmati rice. Delicious!! This will 💯 be a regular order! If I could give 10 stars I would! Delicious and also versatile!

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Spencer
So good.

Amazing flavor! Reminds me so much of being in Singapore. Next time, I'll need to order a couple bags...or, like 10.

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Amy Goff
Household Favorite!

I love all of Auria's Malaysian Kitchen products, but this is probably my favorite. All I need is some coconut milk and some seafood and veggies for a dinner that my husband and I will devour!

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Julia
Super legit satay - so easy, so good!

This satay spice blend is so ridiculously delicious! Made chicken satay and the peanut sauce, incredible depth of flavor and couldn?t be easier to make. I stirred leftover peanut sauce into noodles and fried rice, definitely a great sauce to have in the fridge. Thank you Auria as always for your incredible products!

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C.
So easy and tasty!

Don't know why I waited so long to get this! Just add a pack of the Satay Spice Blend and a can of really good quality coconut milk to a pot, add protein or root veggies of choice, and stir until it thickens. That's all you need to do to make a really quick meal that also tastes incredibly delicious! We like it hot, so we normally add a few spoonful of the Hot Chili Sambal to it.

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Mary Kate
A taste of home

Growing up in Singapore, we ate satay almost every week. To this day, if we see it on a menu, we order it! This is the best satay I?ve had since we moved back stateside. The meat caramelized on the grill beautifully and the peanut sauce was to die for! Seriously, follow the directions on the website it is worlds above any peanut sauce you can find in your standard grocery store. I wish I could add a photo to show you how well it turned out! We will definitely be ordering more and I really can?t wait to use the Rendang pack!

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Dharshyani Jackson
It?s everything

Literally something that I crave frequently and I am not even sure how I found Auria?s Malaysian Kitchen(@thesamballady on Instagram). I?m just really happy that I did! This satay is everything that I have missed about Singapore! I just marinated with some coconut milk and for about 6 hours (overnight if you have the time). Also holy heat! ?

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Henya
Lumpy

This was very lumpy and maybe moldy? Did not look or smell right. I?m only writing this review because you sent me an email asking me to.

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Vanitha
Can I make this review 7 stars??

Malaysian satay is an elusive thing to find in the US. No matter how good the Malaysian restaurant, the satay is never up to snuff and is lacking all the right textures. This spice blend was PERFECT and DELICIOUS and the PEANUT SAUCE was the REAL DEAL (I ate the leftovers with a damn spoon, that's how good it was). And Auria is right, this spice blend is definitely the sleeper hit among her 3 offerings. The caramelization on the satay was exactly as I remember it, more than 20 years ago now for me. Thanks Auria, you've done it again!

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Yvonne
I'm never straining my neck to make my own satay spice blend ever again!!

My husband and I absolutely love Malaysian food, with him growing up with it with family roots in Malaysia. Malaysian satays are one of my husband's (and my) favorite foods, and so I'd previously attempted to make the satay marinade and accompanying peanut sauce from scratch, sourcing all of my own ingredients, and it was literally a pain in the neck! I strained my neck pounding the fresh spices and made my wrists sore from the mortar and pestling! And so when I found out Auria was releasing a spice blend that made making satay super easy (literally, you just add oil and salt!!!), I nearly passed out with glee. I just used this spice blend to make chicken satays as well as her recommended peanut sauce (recipe on this site - DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP!!!), and my husband and I both agree that not only are the flavors super authentic, delicious, and complex, but DAMN, I'm never going to make my own spice blend for satay ever again because I have the lovely Auria to provide this for me and make the process insanely simple and easy - no bodily injuries needed. :D Whenever I have a satay craving and don't feel like going out, I am certainly keeping this as a pantry staple to whip up easy, delicious, authentic satays! And because my husband and I love heat, we add more chili flakes to the peanut sauce. THIS IS JUST SO GOOD. I can't wait to try her other spice blends, which are currently in my pantry waiting to be used!

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Joyce
Sedap! ????

Ok have to admit that I was skeptical at first? but this is really the real deal! Haven?t had decent satay in ages, but this really tastes like what you get back home. The hubs has already decided this will be out go-to pot luck dish for the holiday season?. (Excuse me while I go stock up some more?)

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Brian

The salmon recipe you posted to Instagram a while back is go to with this seasoning