Blooming delicious recipes: Sticky lamb skewers with satay sauce

This lip-smackingly tasty dish from Bloom stalwart, Neven Maguire, was showcased on the Dunnes Stores Quality Kitchen Stage at Bord Bia Bloom this year. 

Serves 4 

Ingredients:

For the lamb skewers:

600g Bord Bia Quality Assured lamb pieces 

14 bamboo skewers (soaked in cold water if using on a BBQ) 

Flatbreads, to serve 

For the marinade:

2 cloves garlic, crushed 

2 teasp. mild curry powder 

2 tablesp. honey 

4 tablesp. soy sauce 

Zest ½ lemon 

1 teasp. fresh thyme leaves 

For the satay sauce:

1 x 400g can coconut milk 

100g crunchy peanut butter 

2 tablesp. soy and ginger sauce 

2 tablesp. Irish-made sweet chilli sauce 

1 teasp. demerara sugar (or any brown sugar) 

Juice of 1 lime 

Method:

For the lamb skewers and marinade: 

• Carefully place the lamb pieces on the bamboo skewers, lengthways. Place 3-4 pieces of lamb per skewer and set aside. 
• In a large shallow dish place all the marinade ingredients together. Mix well to combine. Add the skewered lamb to the marinade and coat each of the lamb skewers. Cover with cling film and leave to marinade for 2-3 hours in the fridge or overnight. 

To cook the lamb skewers: 

• Heat a griddle pan with 2 tablespoons rapeseed oil until smoking hot. Carefully add the lamb skewers to the pan (repeat these steps and cook in batches if necessary). Drizzle some of the marinade over each of the skewers.  
• Reduce the heat to a medium. Cook for 2-3 minutes, turn over and spoon over another drizzle of marinade. Allow to cook for a further 2-3 minutes. If the marinade begins to catch on the pan add a tablespoon of cold water. 

 For the sauce: 

• In a pot add the coconut milk, peanut butter, soy and ginger sauce, chilli sauce, sugar, and lime juice and stir well to combine. Allow it to thicken and reduce slightly. Season with salt and pepper and turn off.

 To serve: 

Serve the skewers on a plate with flatbreads drizzled with the satay sauce or alongside a dipping bowl of sauce. 

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