Pork Saté with Peanut-Mirin Sauce

Skewers of marinated meat called satés are a popular street food in Indonesia. Mirin is a sweet, low-alcohol rice wine found in the Asian foods section of many supermarkets. Total time: 45 minutes.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 skewers and about 4 teaspoons sauce)

Ingredients

• Pork:
• 2  teaspoons  grated lime rind
• 2  tablespoons  fresh lime juice
• 1  tablespoon  peanut butter
• 2  teaspoons  sugar
• 2  teaspoons  fish sauce
• 1/2  teaspoon  curry powder
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground coriander
• 2  garlic cloves, minced
• 1  pound  pork tenderloin, trimmed and cut into 16 (4-inch-long) strips
• 
  Sauce:
• 1 1/2  tablespoons  sugar
• 1  tablespoon  chopped fresh cilantro
• 2  tablespoons  seasoned rice vinegar
• 2  tablespoons  fresh lime juice
• 2  tablespoons  mirin (sweet rice wine)
• 1  teaspoon  fish sauce
• 1  serrano chile, seeded and finely chopped
• 1  tablespoon  dry-roasted peanuts, chopped
• 
  Remaining ingredient:
• Cooking spray

Preparation

1. Prepare grill to medium-high heat.

2. To prepare pork, combine first 9 ingredients in a medium bowl, stirring until smooth. Add pork to bowl; toss well to coat. Let stand at room temperature 15 minutes.

3. To prepare sauce, combine 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar and next 6 ingredients (through chile), stirring with a whisk. Stir in peanuts.

4. Thread 2 pork pieces lengthwise onto each of 8 (12-inch) skewers. Place skewers on a grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 3 minutes on each side or until done. Serve with sauce.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

232 (30% from fat)

Fat:

7.7g (sat 2g,mono 3.4g,poly 1.5g)

Protein:

24.9g

Carbohydrate:

14g

Fiber:

0.9g

Cholesterol:

63mg

Iron:

1.6mg

Sodium:

589mg

Calcium:

19mg