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Serves: 4
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INDONESIA
Special Equipment: 30 short bamboo skewers, soaked for 1 hour in cold water to cover and drained
Sate Lalat is the smallest of Indonesian sates - not much bigger than a fly, which is what lalat literally means. Typically, the skewers for sate lalat are the size of broom straws; the meat portion is about 1 inch long; a serving would include three or four dozen sates. To suit American skewers and appetites, I make my sate lalats a little bigger.
A specialty of the isalnd of Madura near Java, sate lalat owes its distrinctive textrue and flavor to the addition of shredded coconut. To be striclty authentic you should use freshly grated coconut, but I like the touch of sweetness (not the mention the convenience) offered by the shredded dried coconut sold at the supermarket. An Indonesian would use fresh turmeric; I approximate its flavor by combining the more readily available ground turmeric and fresh ginger.
These sates are so flavorful you really don't need a sauce.
__ oz ground beef chuck or sirloin, lean
___ tsp turmeric, ground
_ tsp ginger, minced or grated fresh
___ c coconut, shredded (dried or fresh, sweetened or unsweetened)
_ tbs soy sauce, sweet (ketjap manis) or 1 1/2 teaspoons each regular soy sauce and molasses
_ tsp lime juice, fresh
_ tbs peanut oil or other vegetable oil
___ tsp salt, or more to taste
___ tsp black pepper, freshly ground, or more to taste
1. Combine the beef, turmeric, ginger, coconut, sweet soy sauce, lime juice, oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a medium-sized bowl. Mix to a smooth paste with your hands, then saute a small amount of the mixture in a nonstick skillet until cooked through and taste for seasoning. Add salt and pepper to the remaining mixture as necessary.
2. Lightly wet your hands with cold water, then take a small amount (about 1 tablespoon) of the meat mixture and mold it around a skewer to form a thin strip about 5 inches long. Continue until all the mixture is used up, placing the sates as they are finished on a platter or baking sheet lined with plastic wrap until ready to cook.
3. Preheat the grill to high.
4. When ready to cook, oil the grill grate. Arrange the sates on the hot grate and grill, turning with tongs, until nicely browned on the outside and cooked through, 2 to 4 minutes in all. Serve immediately.
Recipe from The Barbecue! Bible by Steven Raichlen Copyright 2009 by Steven Raichlen. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Workman Publishing.
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