October 28, 2006
Beef Satay
It’s hard to make delicious satay if you do not have a charcoal grill and lots of oil, because the taste is just different. The best satay I have tried so far is Fatman Satay from Lau Pa Sat.
When the craving hits, I’d try any possible satay recipe I can get my hands on! I found this Chinese recipe from Nicholas Zhou’s Chinese Cookbook and had tweaked it a bit to suit the amount of beef strips I was using.
Ingredients:
- 1 lb beef strips (you can find them pre-cut in some supermarkets)
- 1/4 small white onion, cut into wedges (optional)
- 1 small cucumber (optional)
Marinate:
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 1 tsp minced ginger
- 1 tsp minced garlic
Sauce:
- Satay sauce (sold in bottles in Asian supermarkets)
Method:
1. Combine all ingredients for marinate and pour over meat. Refrigerate overnight.
2. Drain off marinate. Thread each strip of meat lengthwise on a soaked bamboo skewer, weaving it in and out. Broil or grill briefly, until browned on both sides.
3. Serve with small wedges of white onion and cucumber pieces. Dip in satay sauce.
Tip:
Soak bamboo skewers in water for about 30 minutes before using. This to prevent them from burning when placed in the oven.
Do you like this recipe? Leave a comment and let me know!
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October 30th, 2006 at 9:34 am
hiho, where to get pre-cut beef strips ?
October 30th, 2006 at 9:52 am
I got mine from Safeway.
I’ll need to try this recipe again, using a grill pan instead of broiling in the oven. I think the contact of meat with a hot pan brings out the flavor better.
Also, the satay sauce I bought was “Asian Meals” satay sauce. There wasn’t enough peanuts and it tasted strange. So I suggest you buy some other brand.
October 30th, 2006 at 10:26 am
Looks like you are fully equipped with kitchenware.;p
The asian sauces (mostly) outside Asia often taste strange, don’t they ? It’s like curry is not spicy but sweet. I’ve tried those red curry paste(thai) before and it does not taste authentically Thai as well :(
October 30th, 2006 at 3:09 pm
The Rasaku chicken curry premix I used in my previous curry chicken recipe (
http://simcooks.com/110/curry-chicken-recipe) was from Singapore, and I think I saw it being sold here too (not Ranch99 though). So it’s safer to stick with brands we tried before :)
November 1st, 2006 at 11:18 am
I want to tell u a “secret”…(or maybe you know it long before)…I saw GLORY brand spicy satay sauce in R99(Cupertino) today !!!, and thought may interest you the next time you make satay. At least, this is a made-in-Singapore product, so may not be a disappointment. Hiya, I was looking for GLORY sambal belachan on the shelves (someone from S’pore got hers in R99(not Cupertino) and I thought I could get it BUT…I spent nearly 10 mins combing the sauces’ shelves and still could not find it…arrrghhhhh…only saw GLORY brand kaya and satay sauce. If you happen to see it, let me know, okie ?
November 1st, 2006 at 2:08 pm
I am looking for sambal belachan too. Was thinking of making nasi lemak.
Maybe we can check out Ranch99 Milpitas. I will definitely let you know if I see it :)
November 1st, 2006 at 3:29 pm
Milpitas so far from my place. Is that store bigger than Cupertino? My desperation drove me to asking the customer service in R99(Cuper.) and I don’t even know how to pronounce sambal belachan in Mandarin !!! But the service was also very poor. She just told me to look around the chilli sauces lane…arrgghhh…
November 12th, 2006 at 7:05 pm
Thanks for the reference. Nice blog you have here, all about food. Have added your blog to my Bloglines. ;)
November 13th, 2006 at 12:02 pm
Hi IndraPr, Thanks for visiting and for adding my blog to your Bloglines! Hope you are enjoying the food in Singapore!
January 18th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
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