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Shrimp On Skewers In Peanut Sauce

Type: Chicken
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb 454g / 16ozLarge uncooked shrimp - (20 to 21)
  Peanut Sauce
2 tablespoons 30mlGreen onion
1   Garlic - minced
2 teaspoons 10mlCooking oil
3/4 cup 177mlChicken broth
3 tablespoons 45mlPeanut butter
1 tablespoon 15mlSoy sauce
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlFinely shredded lemon peel
1 tablespoon 15mlLemon juice
1 teaspoon 5mlChili powder
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlBrown sugar
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlGround ginger

Recipe Instructions

Cook onion and garlic in hot oil until tender but not brown. Stir in broth, peanut butter, soy, lemon peel, lemon juice, chili powder, brown sugar and ginger.

Simmer, uncovered, about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; cool. Peel the shrimp, leaving tail attached. Devein.

Thread shrimp onto 4 bamboo skewers. Marinate shrimp in peanut mixture for 1 hour at room temperature.

Grill over hot coals, 8 to 10 minutes or until done, turning once.

Serve with peanut sauce.

Source:
Chris Yeo's and Joyce Jue's "The Cooking of Singapore"

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