Curry Peanut Chicken Skewers

      These skewers are something I started making a year or so ago to be an easy cheap freezer food.  They are meant to be like a Thai chicken Satay, but to be honest I never really did any research to make them traditional, but they are darn good.  I usually use chicken thighs because it stays juicy even when I forget about them and overcook them a bit.  The cheap boneless, skinless chicken thighs come in a big package, so I just buy the whole thing, clean the extra fat off and cut them into about one inch square pieces.  Then I make my marinade/sauce
1/2 Cup peanut butter
3 TBS red Curry Paste
1 TBS fresh grated ginger
3 cloves garlic
1 cup coconut milk
1/4 Cup soy sauce
All of this goes into the food processor and is blended until smooth.  This makes a medium spicy sauce, if you want it milder decrease the amount of curry paste, and if you like it really hot add some sambal or sirachia.
      Take your sauce and mix it a little bit at a time into the diced chicken so that it covers the chicken.  Don't use up all of your sauce, you will want it for a dipping sauce after the chicken is cooked.  I usually like to have at least 1/2 a cup left over, then add more of the coconut milk (like the rest of the can) to thin it out a little bit for a dipping sauce.  Let the chicken marinade for at least 2 hours, and up to 2 days then skewer it onto small 6 inch skewers.  Be sure as you are skewering them to not pack them too tightly, you really only want to have 3 or 4 pieces per skewer.  Then too the grill!!! Grill them for approximately 5-7 minutes on each side (you know, make sure they are cooked through).  Warm up your sauce a bit, brush it over the skewers, and then serve with any extra sauce for dipping. 

      These are great for a fun hors douvres, or with some ginger rice and vegetables for a yummy dinner with friends. Mark and I tend to make a bunch of them and then only cook enough for the project at hand, the rest of the skewers get laid out flat and put into the freezer.  Then we take them and wrap them up with 8-10 pieces a package so that we can thaw them for an easy week night dinner.