Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A dish of southeast Asia consisting of strips of marinated meat, poultry, or seafood grilled on skewers and dipped in peanut sauce.
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- n. A popular dish made from small pieces of meat or fish grilled on a skewer and served with a spicy peanut sauce, originating from Indonesia and Malaysia.
Etymologies
Examples
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While waiting, we sampled chicken, pork, and beef satay from the vendor next door.
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Even fussy kids enjoy chicken satay, which is cooked on skewers over coals and served with a peanut sauce.
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The grilled, skewered meat dish known as satay is common in Indonesia and is often served with a spicy peanut sauce.
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My curry was sorely underwhelming in flavor, but the satay was a crisp and dignified representation of the avian species.
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This is very similar to the peanut dipping 'satay' sauce found in Singapore cuisine.
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I'm not so sure what part of it was the 'satay', since the sauce it came with was a sweet soy-based sauce, more like condensed teriyaki than what I think of as 'satay' sauce.
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"uniquely Malaysian," like the satay, which is skimpier than at Sanur, a noodle dish called cho kueh teow, and curry beef brisket.
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I could have just stayed on the plane and enjoyed great chicken satay for days going all around the globe.
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This was a good place to rest one's tuchus, eat a little hummus and chicken satay and get into a heated discussion with the artist and musician Casey Spooner about Lady Gaga's new album and the experimental theater group Wooster Group.
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Their "Royal Tea Tray" includes tasting portions of appetizers like sweet corn cilantro pancakes and soy 'chicken satay' as well as desserts like blueberry coconut cake and mocci.
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bilby commented on the word satay
Indonesian form is sate.
July 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word satay
Westernised, it usually means any sort of Asian-ish dish with a peanut sauce.
July 20, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word satay
Indonesian kebab, i.e. chunks of food cooked on a stick
July 20, 2008