SATAY CHICKEN WITH PEANUT SAUCE

SERVES 4

PREP AND COOK: 20 MINS

500g chicken breast fillets

1 tsp ground turmeric

1 tblsp ginger paste

2 tsps garlic paste

1 tsp fish sauce

2 Lebanese cucumbers, halved lengthways, thinly sliced diagonally

¼ cup chopped fresh mint

PEANUT SAUCE

½ cup crunchy peanut butter

165ml can coconut milk

1 tblsp fish sauce

1 tblsp soy sauce

2 tblsps lime juice

1 Trim and cut chicken into 3cm pieces. Combine with turmeric, ginger, garlic and fish sauce in a large bowl. Toss to coat.

2 Heat an oiled, large frying pan over medium to high heat. Add chicken in two batches. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.

3 Meanwhile, make sauce. Combine peanut butter, milk and sauces in a small saucepan. Stir over a medium to low heat for about 4 minutes, or until sauce just comes to the boil. Remove.

Stir in lime juice.

4 Combine cucumber slices and mint in a bowl. 5 Serve chicken with peanut sauce and cucumbers. Garnish with mint leaves and lime wedges, if desired.