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My summer recipes continue today with these pork satay with sweet coconut milk glaze.
When it comes to satay, we often go for chicken satay, be it Malaysian chicken satay or beef satay, Thai chicken sate, or Indonesian satay.
The truth is, pork is great as satay. Imagine sticks after sticks of porky goodness, glazed with sweet coconut milk glaze…the aroma, flavor, taste, and texture of these pork satay rival the best chicken satay you have tried.
If you go to Thailand, most of the satay you will find on the street are pork satay. They look just like the pictures I have above, thin strips of pork meat grilled to perfection, freshly displayed on the roadside carts or food stalls.
These pork satay are grilled over charcoal fire right off the street, and hence the aroma beckons in the humid and warm air.
It’s so easy to go overboard with these satay because they are cheap, so buy a bundle of 10 sticks or 20 sticks, and you just munch away as you wander around the city. It’s such a fun, and tasty experience.
Anyway, this pork satay with sweet coconut milk glaze recipe is from the recent issue of Food & Wine magazine. The recipe was developed by the talented young chef Kris Yenbamroong of Night + Market in Hollywood, an acclaimed Thai restaurant which I had tried.
This recipe yields quite many sticks of pork satay but I will assure you that they will be gone in no time if you serve them.
As July 4th is less than a week away, you might want to try out this special pork satay recipe this year!
How Many Calories per Serving?
This recipe is only 398 calories per serving.
What Dishes to Serve with This Recipe?
For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Pork Satay with Sweet Coconut Milk Glaze
Equipment
- 6 wooden skewers 15 cm , soaked in water for 30 minutes
Ingredients
MEAT
- 2 pounds boneless pork shoulder (sliced 1/4 inch thick and cut into 4-inch strips)
MARINADE
- 14 oz. coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1/3 cup condensed milk
Instructions
- In a saucepan, combine all the Marinade and whisk over moderate heat until the sugar is dissolved. Pour the marinade into a large bowl and let cool completely.
- Mix the pork in the marinade, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Fire up the grill. Skewer the pork and grill over moderately high heat, turning until the pork is lightly charred and cooked through. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
can you use any type of pork such as pork loin? thank you
Yes.
Can you substitute sweetened condensed with something else?
You can use evaporated milk and add sugar.
can I use chicken
Made this last night and it was fantastic! Kids couldn’t get enough of it.
That’s great! Glad your kids love them.
Would baking work? We’re currently grill-less! :D
Yeah you can.
I made this last night and it was delicious!!
Thank you!
I have a question about the condensed milk. Is that sweetened condensed milk? Your photos are fabulous! I hope to make this soon.
Vicky
Yes sweetened condensed milk. Thanks Vicky!
Did you omit the fish sauce from the original recipe on purpose?
Nice catch, I typed wrongly to soy sauce instead of fish sauce, haha. ;)