Chicken Sate with Cucumber Avocado Relish

Name: Chicken Sate with Cucumber Avocado Relish
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 pound chicken tenderloins; 2 tablespoons sugar; 2 cloves garlic; 2 strips lemon (peel without white pith (1/2 x 2 inches), minced); 1 jalapeno (or Thai chile pepper, seeded and minced); 1 1/2 teaspoons coriander (ground); 1/2 teaspoon turmeric (ground); 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 3/4 cup unsweetened coconut milk; 3 tablespoons fish sauce; 2 tablespoons lime juice; 3 tablespoons cilantro (chopped); 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 2 cloves garlic; 1 jalapeno (seeded and minced(for hotter sauce, leave the seeds in)); 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger (peeled, minced fresh); 1/2 large shallot (, minced); 1/3 cup peanut butter (I used chunky); 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons unsweetened coconut milk; 1 1/2 tablespoons cilantro (chopped, fresh); 1 1/2 tablespoons Nam Pla (aka Asian Fish Sauce); 1 tablespoon lime juice; 1 1/2 teaspoons brown sugar; 1/2 teaspoon coriander (ground); 1 cucumber (, peeled, seeded and chopped into 1/2" dice); 2 tablespoon sugar; 2 cloves garlic (, minced); 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper; 2 tablespoon unseasoned rice wine vinegar

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In South Florida, grilling season is year round! Aside from the occasional torrential downpour or (knock wood) hurricane, it’s always a good time to fire up the grill and this is one of our favorite recipes. Chicken Sate with Cucumber Avocado Relish. It’s also got a chunky peanut dipping sauce that is lick your lips good!

For this recipe, there are a few things I like to make ahead. The dipping sauce, for one. As sublime as it is when you make it, the flavors are even better a few days later, so it’s best to assemble a day or so in advance and store it in the fridge until you’re ready to go.

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For this recipe, I use chicken tenders, but you could also use a chicken breast, cut into strips. There’s a tendon that runs through the chicken tender. To remove it, place the chicken, tender side down on a cutting board, hold the tendon with one hand, and slide a sharp paring knife horizontally along the tendon.

The marinade for this chicken is so aromatic, I just want to dive into the bowl. With ingredients like garlic, jalapeño, ginger, coconut milk, fish sauce and citrusy lime, you know you can’t go wrong!

Pour the marinade over the chicken tenders (not the skewers) and let them soak up those flavors for 20 minutes to an hour. I used the large Rubbermaid® BRILLIANCE™ storage container for this. Every so often, I’d remove the chicken from the fridge and hold the container vertically (chicken side down) to give it a shake and make sure the chicken was well coated. FYI – that leakproof promise is true — I didn’t get a drop of marinade anywhere! Love that!

While the chicken marinates, I do the beginning prep on the relish. Dicing the cucumber and red onion and assembling the dressing. I wait until just before serving to add the avocado and cilantro and combine it with the dressing. That middle sized Rubbermaid® BRILLIANCE™ storage container was the perfect size for the relish.

Now for the fun… grilling! Place a piece of tin foil on one side of the grill (this is the area where the ends of the skewers will go — so they don’t burn). Place the chicken sates on the grill and cook for 1 1/2 -2 minutes. Flip them and cook for another 1 1/2 – 2 minutes or until they’re done. Transfer to a cutting board to rest for a few minutes.

If you’ve made it in advance, the peanut sauce will solidify in the refrigerator, but no worries, just nuke it! Rubbermaid® BRILLIANCE™ is fantastic in the microwave because it’s splatter resistant! Just leave the side vents open to heat the sauce, without the mess!

While the chicken rests, add the avocado, cilantro and dressing to the relish and get ready for an awesome dinner! The chicken is moist and flavored with spice and coconut. A drizzle of the rich peanut sauce is complimented by the tang and freshness of the cucumber avocado relish! I’m telling you, this is a flavor explosion! Cross my heart!

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