Thai Chicken Skewers with Spicy Peanut Sauce
May 19, 2017, Updated Mar 18, 2025
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Make these delicious Thai Chicken Skewers with Spicy Peanut Sauce for an amazing family-friendly meal. The marinade is the key to these juicy and tasty skewers.
Well hello my friend, good to see you here again!
I’ve been very good this week. I’ve been exercising almost everyday, and have worked through my schedule which has helped me a lot with getting things done. It feels like when I write stuff down to do, they just get done quicker than when they’re just on my mind. Is it the same for you?
So I’m trying to make as many recipes as I can for the next month as Ramadan is approaching and with all the fasting, I know I won’t be able to cook as much and will probably spend the whole month of Ramadan planning the summer recipes and writing posts to publish.
Knowing that Ramadan is coming soon, I’m also trying out new recipes that don’t take long to make and can be served with rice and vegetables so that I can make a big batch of brown rice and have it with whatever I have that day for Sahur (the meal before sunrise)
Some quick meal ideas for you:
- Cauliflower potato curry
- 4-ingredient baked honey mustard chicken
- Chicken asparagus stir fry
- Lemon ginger shrimp orzo
These Thai chicken skewers are also going to be on my list of foods to make in Ramadan because they’re really simple and you can even cook them in the pan instead of the skewers – whatever works for you. I love this spicy peanut sauce, too. It brings a new layer of flavor to the chicken and goes so well with the rice.
If you prefer, here are some ways that you can customize this Thai chicken skewers recipe:
- Instead of chicken tenders, use cubed chicken breast.
- Cook the chicken on the barbecue instead of the oven
- Serve with noodles instead of brown rice
Enjoy these Thai chicken skewers and see you soon!
Thai Chicken Skewers with Spicy Peanut Sauce
Ingredients
- Chicken and Marinade:
- 8 chicken tenders
- 1/4 cup + 2 tsp soy sauce
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tsp fresh ginger, minced (or 1 tsp dry ginger powder)
- Juice of 2 limes
- 1/8 cup olive oil
Spicy Peanut Sauce:
- 4 tbsp peanut butter
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tsp minced ginger, or 1/2 tsp dry ginger powder
- juice of 1 lime
Instructions
Chicken and Marinade:
- Whisk all the ingredients except chicken in a bowl, place chicken tenders in the marinade and let it marinate in the fridge for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 400 F and line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Place the chicken tenders on skewers and place them on the baking sheet. Brush the rest of the marinade on the tenders.
- Bake in the oven for 15 - 20 minutes until chicken is cooked but not dry.
Meanwhile, make the spicy peanut sauce:
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and adjust the saltiness by adding more soy sauce.
- Serve Thai chicken skewers with brown rice, broccoli, cherry tomatoes and spicy peanut sauce.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
My daughter will love these! Great weeknight family dinner recipe – thanks!
Made these for dinner last night with cubed chicken breast, and we were very impressed. We especially enjoyed the spicy peanut sauce. We find most peanut/satay sauces too sweet for us, so we really appreciated your spicy version! Just lovely!
My idea of heaven and the sauce is perfect. This will be great for dipping anything – so easy and tasty too.
Loved these chicken skewers. The marinade gives the chicken the best flavor.Thank you for sharing
The marinade for these chicken skewers were delicious. My family loved the peanut sauce. It worked well with the tasty chicken!