Chicken Satay Skewers with Pickled Cucumber Salad - Ainsley Harriott

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp reduced salt soy sauce
• 2 tsp groundnut or vegetable oil
• 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
• 3 cm fresh ginger, grated or minced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 stalk of lemongrass, outer leaves removed, bashed and finely chopped
• 2 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• ½ tsp ground cumin
• ¼ tsp white pepper
• 3 tbsp full fat coconut milk
• 6 large chicken thighs, skinless and boneless, cut into 1inch chunks
• 2 garlic cloves, grated or minced
• 2 birds eye chillies, deseeded and finely chopped
• 1 tsp golden caster sugar
• 5 tbsp crunchy peanut butter
• 2 tbsp kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)
• 1 tbsp reduced salt soy sauce
• juice of ½ lime
• 250ml full fat coconut milk
• 1 cucumber, ribboned
• 2 tbsp rice or white wine vinegar
• ½ tsp sesame oil
• 1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
• 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander, plus extra to serve
• steamed basmati rice
• 1 tbsp chopped roasted peanuts
• lime wedges