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Skewered meat grilled over charcoal, with peanut sauce or sweet soy.

Sate is grilled on skewers over charcoal and served with peanut sauce, sweet soy sauce, shallots and rice cakes. There are dozens of regional variations.

Sate Madura with peanut sauce, sate Padang with a thick spiced gravy, sate maranggi from Purwakarta and sate lilit from Bali are just a few.

Cultural context

Grilled everywhere, from roadside carts to family celebrations.

Key ingredients

  • Chicken, goat or beef
  • Peanut sauce
  • Kecap manis
  • Shallots
  • Rice cakes

Good to know

  • Grilled over charcoal
  • Dozens of regional styles
  • Peanut sauce or kecap manis

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