Beef Satay aka Sach Ko Jakak

A couple of weeks ago my boyfriend and I went to the night market in Westminster. It is pretty expensive once you add it all up at the end of the night.  Anyways this was the first time my boyfriend tried the meat on a stick beef satay aka in Khmer sach ko jakak and loved it.  I've always wanted to learn how to make it and been meaning to ask my mom and grandma how to but haven't had time. So since I didn't want to bother them I took to the web and found multiple recipes. So I came up with my own and it was pretty good for a first time. :)

This is how I made mine

I have a premixed turmeric powder and Thai galangal powder that I made myself which is 2 tb turmeric and 1tb and 1tsp galangal and I used 1 tb and 1tsp and a half (1/2) of that mixture

1 TB and 1 and a 1/2 tsp turmeric/gangala powder mixture
Pinch salt
Pinch pepper
2 tsp sugar
1 tb honey
2/3 cup oyster sauce
4-5 gloves garlic - minced
2 small red onion or shallots - minced
4 stalks of lemon grass – crushed and minced
1 tb oil
Slice beef
(Depending on how much sliced beef you use you might need a little more or less oyster sauce)

Lemon Grass: Hit the stalk with the back of the knife and minced (picture shown at the bottom)

Mix all ingredients together mix the beef into the sauce for about 1-2 minutes just to make sure the meat is completely coated since they will get stuck together.
Let marinate for 1 and a half hours to 4 hours or up to 24 hours
Once done marinating set oven to 375-400 degrees
Skewer the beef onto a skewer stick back and forth kind of making an S shape
Put it in the oven for about 5 minutes or less flip once and leave it in for another 5 minutes or less until it’s done

Also how long it takes to cook depends on how thin or thick your slice of beef is. So make sure to keep an eye on it, how long I keep mine in might burn yours if your meat is too thin.

You can also grill it which is usually how it is prepared but I suck at grilling so I baked it. Same deal with grilling though only need to flip once unless you want the char color to be all over the place then flip away

minced lemon grass and garlic

beef marinated for about 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours

the end result! serve with rice