Pork Satays with Peanut Sauce

This flavorful Thai dish makes a high protein meal, but also makes a great healthy holiday appetizer recipe! Just use smaller pieces of meat and serve on a platter with dipping sauce. Your guests won’t leave one morsel uneaten, I promise!

It’s a quick and easy weeknight recipe, since you just puree the sauce ingredients in a blender, and marinate only about 10 minutes. Broiling on tin foil makes for quick clean up too!

• 2 tablespoons natural peanut butter
• ½ medium onion, chopped
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons tamari soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon Splenda granular
• 1 tablespoon macadamia nut oil
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon sriracha hot chili sauce
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 ½ pounds pork tenderloin, trimmed of all fat

1. In a blender or food processor, combine peanut butter, onion, lemon juice, tamari, brown sugar, Splenda, macadamia nut oil, garlic, sriracha, and water. Process until smooth. ( Makes about 1 cup of sauce.) Transfer ¼ cup sauce to a large bowl and reserve the rest.
2. Slice the trimmed pork into ¼” thick ribbons.  Add the meat to the bowl, and stir to coat. Allow the meat to marinate for 10 minutes.
3. Preheat the broiler. Thread the meat onto 8 skewers, and arrange skewers in a single layer on a broiler pan covered with a piece of tin foil. Broil until the pork is browned, then flip each skewer with tongs and return to broiler to brown the other side.
4. When the pork is cooked to desired doneness, remove from broiler and brush both sides of each skewer with reserved sauce. Serve any remaining sauce in small bowls for dipping.

Makes 4 servings

Per serving: 288 calories, 11 g total fat, 2 g saturated fat, 109 mg cholesterol, 8 g total carbohydrate, 1 g dietary fiber, 38 g protein, 705 mg sodium.

Variation: Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce

Substitute 1½ pounds skinless boneless chicken breasts for pork tenderloin in the recipe above.

Makes 4 servings

Per serving: 290 calories, 10 g total fat, 2 g saturated fat, 97 mg cholesterol, 8 g total carbohydrate, 1 g dietary fiber, 42 g protein, 725 mg sodium.

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