Thai-Style Grilled Chicken Satay Bowls
with Spicy Peanut Sauce, Cucumber Salad & Cilantro
- Peanuts
- Soy
- Wheat
Now with more chicken and rice! You asked, we listened: This isn't the HelloFresh you remember. Bigger menu. Upgraded recipes. Increased portion sizes. More variety. The best way to cook dinner just got BETTER. These bowls are inspired by satay, the Southeast Asian street food dish of skewered grilled meat—in this case, chicken—often served with a savory, subtly spicy peanut sauce. After grilling, you’ll plate the charred-to-perfection chicken over a bed of rice (perfect for soaking up any extra sauce!) along with a refreshing cucumber-tomato salad.
Ingredients
2 unit
Mini Cucumber
2 ounce
Sweet Thai Chili Sauce
8 unit
Wooden Skewers
12 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
½ ounce
Peanuts
(Contains: Peanuts)
4 ounce
Grape Tomatoes
5 teaspoon
Rice Wine Vinegar
¼ ounce
Cilantro
1 teaspoon
Sriracha
2 tablespoon
Soy Sauce
(Contains: Soy, Wheat)
¾ cup
Jasmine Rice
1 unit
Shallot
1 unit
Lime
2 unit
Peanut Butter
(Contains: Peanuts)
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
Cooking Oil
Sugar
Olive Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• In a small pot, combine rice, 1 1⁄4 cups water (2 1⁄4 cups for 4 servings), and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to low. Cook until tender, 15-20 minutes. • Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
• While rice cooks, preheat a well-oiled grill to medium-high heat. (If using a grill pan, you’ll heat it in Step 5.) Wash and dry produce. • Halve, peel, and thinly slice shallot. Slice cucumbers into 1⁄4-inch-thick rounds. Halve tomatoes. Quarter lime. Roughly chop peanuts. Roughly chop cilantro. • Place skewers in a shallow dish and cover with water to soak (this helps prevent the skewers from burning!).
• In a medium microwave-safe bowl, combine vinegar and 3⁄4 tsp sugar(1 1⁄2 tsp for 4 servings). Tightly cover with plastic wrap and microwave for 20-30 seconds; stir to dissolve sugar. • Add shallot, cucumbers, tomatoes, and a drizzle of olive oil to bowl with vinegar mixture. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside, stirring occasionally, until ready to serve.
• In a small bowl, stir together peanut butter(be sure to massage peanut butter packages), chili sauce, Sriracha, 3 TBSP water, 1 TBSP soy sauce, 2 tsp sugar, and juice from half the lime (6 TBSP water, 2 TBSP soy sauce, and 4 tsp sugar for 4 servings). Taste and season with salt if desired. • Transfer 3 TBSP peanut sauce to a separate small bowl and reserve for brushing chicken (set aside remaining sauce until ready to serve).
• Pat chicken dry with paper towels. Cut each cutlet into four equal-size strips. Season all over with salt and pepper. Thread chicken onto skewers. (If using a grill pan, preheat over medium-high heat now.) • Brush reserved peanut sauce onto chicken. • Add chicken skewers to hot grill (or grill pan) and grill until cooked through, 2-4 minutes per side (you may need to work in batches). TIP: If chicken is sticking to grill when you try to flip, simply continue to cook; chicken will release from grill when it’s nicely charred.
• Fluff rice with a fork. • Divide rice and cucumber salad between shallow bowls in separate sections. Top rice with chicken skewers; drizzle remaining peanut sauce over chicken and rice. Garnish with chopped peanuts and cilantro. Serve.
Poultry is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Feb 2026- Flavor: Many loved the peanut sauce, calling it "delicious" and "addictive"; some found it too sweet or peanut-buttery.
- Ease of prep: Several noted it was time-consuming to prepare, especially skewering the chicken; some found it easy despite this.
- Suggestions: Consider adding more heat to the sauce; try cooking chicken without skewers for easier preparation.
- Leftovers: Some enjoyed leftovers for lunch the next day, finding the flavors held up well.
- Cooking method: Those without grills successfully used stovetop, oven, or air fryer; grilling added great flavor.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was DELICIOUS. A NEW FAVORITE! It was definitely labor intensive and took a full 2 hours to make (I still need to clean up). But man did I enjoy this. For once, there is the PERFECT amount of rice per serving. Along with a nice portion of pickled veggies on the side. The peanut sauce was delicious too. The lime squeeze finished everything off nicely. Well done with this recipe! Please have it on the menu again. I can't wait to cook it another time.
We enjoyed the satay chicken! A couple of things...we had too much shallots in our salad. Also the time to grill the chicken skewers for 4 servings is long as it takes 2 batches. Please increase the time for cooking. Also it takes time to skewer the chicken as well.
My husband and I loved this meal! The flavor profiles were excellent! Peanut sauce and then the vinegar flavor salad combo made this a delicious meal! I felt like I could have not gotten something this great in a restaurant!
Loved all the flavors. The cucumber and tomato salad is always a great combination. We cooked the chicken on the stove and it was very easy to get this dinner on the table.
I was so excited when I saw this meal, and it did not disappoint--though getting strips of chicken on skewers is harder than I imagined! It was worth the struggle, though, and I hope to see this meal offered again soon!
I really, really liked this meal, but the directions about the peanut sauce was unclear. I didn't know if I should use the large bowl of sauce or the small bowl of sauce to put on the chicken before cooking it. Please make this more clear.
This was great! I didn't have a grill pan but used a flat griddle pan which worked great. The peanut sauce was perfect
Loved this meal. Grilled chicken was very tasty, salad combo delicious.... I would prefer yellow rice with cilantro & lime instead of the white rice
Amazing recipe! One of the bests! My only complaint was there was too much shallots in the salad compared to cucumbers and tomatoes. The shallot taste would not leave my mouth all evening.
Wasn't too keen on this dish although I usually love satay at the Thai restaurants. The sauce was gross- the peanut butter didn't have the correct taste that the dish usually has. My cucumbers were spoiled so I didn't have the side to go with it. Disappointing.
