Grilled Skewers · Night Market Classic
Satay
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Vendors fan the charcoal by hand table-side, cooking each skewer to order rather than grilling in batches.
Satay is small pieces of marinated meat — usually chicken or beef — grilled on skewers over charcoal and served with thick peanut sauce, cucumber, and rice cakes (ketupat). It's a fixture of Brunei's Gadong night market.
Why it's made this way: Skewering and grilling meat over open charcoal let night-market vendors cook large batches quickly to order, which is why satay became a staple of open-air markets across the wider Malay world.
Roughly what's in it
380kcal
24gprotein
20gcarbs
22gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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Part of World of Street Food — 690 dishes from 118 countries.
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