A delicious mild chicken satay with five different vegetables all blended and hidden into the sauce. A brilliant family meal for your fussy eaters!
A couple of years ago I made a Hidden Veg Chicken Curry recipe which has been so popular. I still get messages to this day from parents and carers making the recipe for the first time, amazed that they can sneak so many vegetables into a simple curry sauce.
So I thought it was time for a new version. This is my Hidden Veggie Chicken Satay packed with five different veggies; carrots, courgette, cauliflower, pepper and mushrooms.
The recipe starts off by making the satay sauce. Saute onions in oil and then add garlic and curry paste.
Cook that for 1 minute before adding peanut butter, soy sauce, honey and lime juice.
Add in the chopped up veggies along with coconut milk and chicken stock.
Simmer on high for 15 minutes until the vegetables are cooked.
Then blend with a hand blender in the pan until the veggies are completely blitzed and the sauce is smooth.
Add in diced raw chicken and cook for 15-20 minutes on a low simmer.
It’s then ready to serve up. For the kids I serve it with rice alongside a vegetable like broccoli just to ensure that they are still getting exposure to veggies.
And for adults I add some dried chilli flakes, fresh coriander and crushed peanuts.
Ingredients & Substitutions
Curry Paste – this satay is quite mild but if you’re worried that it still may be too spicy for your child then you can make it with just one tablespoon of curry paste instead of two.
Peanut Butter – I used crunchy peanut butter. The small chunks of peanut will remain even after blending the sauce so if your think that your child won’t like this then it’s totally fine to use smooth peanut butter instead.
Coconut Milk – If you don’t want to use coconut milk you can substitute it for 400ml of dairy or non-dairy milk instead. To get some extra creaminess, mix in a couple of tablespoons of greek yogurt at the end.
If you liked this recipe then check out all of my other Hidden Veggie Recipes for Fussy Eaters
PrintHidden Veg Chicken Satay
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 35 mins
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4-5 1x
- Category: Hidden Veg
- Cuisine: Curry
Description
A delicious mild chicken satay with five different vegetables all blended and hidden into the sauce. A brilliant family meal for your fussy eaters!
Ingredients
- 1 large carrot
- 1 small courgette
- 150g cauliflower
- 100g mushrooms
- ½ red pepper
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 tbsp mild curry paste
- 3 tbsp peanut butter
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp honey
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 tin (400ml) coconut milk
- 300ml vegetable stock
- 650g diced chicken breast
To serve: boiled rice, dried chilli flakes, fresh coriander and chopped peanuts
Instructions
- Chop all the veggies except the mushrooms into small pieces. The mushrooms can remain whole.
- Add the oil and onions to a large pan on the hob and saute for 2 minutes.
- Add the garlic and curry paste and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Add the peanut butter, soy sauce, honey and lime juice and cook until the peanut butter has dissolved.
- Add in the chopped veggies, coconut milk and chicken stock and stir well.
- Bring to the boil and cook on a high simmer for 15 minutes until the vegetables are soft.
- Use a hand blender to blitz the sauce until completely smooth.
- Add in the raw diced chicken and cook on a low simmer for 15-20 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
- Serve immediately with boiled rice and any other accompaniments.
Notes
Leftover can be kept in an airtight container in the fridge for 2 days and reheated on the hob or in the microwave.
It can also be frozen. Defrost in the fridge overnight and reheat as above.
Ashley says
Made this last night and it’s now going into our rotation. Picky toddler ate it all up as did us adults!
Scarlet says
Two ASD fussy eaters in our house, both polished this off with no complaints – husband likes it too! Absolute winner.
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Lorraine CONWAY says
What alternative to honey could be used ? For under one’s… thanks
Vicky says
Its fine to leave it out the honey for babies, please bare in mind for the soy sauce, you may want to use low sodium soy instead.
Alex says
Maple 🍁
Lil says
Made this for my fussy eater. She loved it! Everyone loved it! Quick easy family dinner we can all enjoy. Added some chilli to the adults portion. Perfect.
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Jen says
What mild curry paste do you recommend using? Is it like a korma paste? Many thanks
Vicky says
Anything like a Tikka or korma paste will be fine, depending on your tastes. Enjoy!
ANNA MACDONALD says
Hi would this work in a slow cooker please? And could you replace the chicken with beef? Thank you 🙂
Anonymous says
Could you use an alternative nut butter in this?
Thanks
Vicky says
Hi, we do have a recipe for Sunflower butter https://www.myfussyeater.com/sunflower-butter/ this could work as a alternative butter, if you do use this please come back and let us know how it turned out.
Joanne says
You could use Wow butter, its in Holland and Barrett. Tastes and looks just like peanut butter but it’s soy
Charlotte says
Winner! winner! chicken curry dinner …. and with hidden veg. Can this be frozen ?
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Vicky says
This recipe is best Served immediately with boiled rice and any other accompaniments. Happy cooking.
Vicki Jane Mcgrann says
So delicious!
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Dani D says
I recently made this for a small gathering of friends one night, wanted something quick,easy and tasty. And didn’t want to be in the kitchen all night, added chill flakes,fresh coriander and crushed peanuts as suggested. And OMG everyone loved it and also took home doggy bags for the next day 😂👌
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Vicky says
Absolutely love this!! the doggy bag bit especially made us laugh. Happy everyone enjoyed.
Sara Tappin-Moore says
This is the best satay curry I’ve ever tasted, and a extra bonus as my children love it too!!! Thank you My Fussy Eater for another amazing recipe. xx
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Vicky says
So happy to hear this!! Thank you so much for taking the time to come back to us.
Roseanna says
If I’ve no curry paste can I use powder?
Looks delicious, can’t wait to try it
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Vicky says
Hi Roseanna, yes powder would work just as well. Please come back and let us know what you thoughts or please share your creations with us on our Facebook and Instagram. Happy cooking.
Roseanna says
Made it yesterday, kids and husband loved it. Will be a new regular dinner for us 😍
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Latasha says
Hi! would love to know how much curry powder you used- and was it spicy? I need it to be kind for my kids.
Thanks so much!
Justine says
Is it possible to make this without peanut butter, will it still takes as nice? Or is there a nut free substitute I could use?
Thank you
Vicky says
Hi Justine, thank you for your question. We have never made this recipe without the peanut butter, bit we do have a nut free sunflower butter substitute http://www.myfussyeater.com/sunflower-butter. If you do try please come back and let us know how it worked out. Hope this helps 😃
Charlotte says
Hi, can I ask if this can be frozen and reheated?
Vicky says
Hi Charlotte, yes this recipe can be both frozen and reheated. Enjoy.
Kathrine says
I made this year and it was delicious. I’d like to batch cook the sauce ahead for a super quick meal other days. Is this sauce freezable before adding the chicken?
Vicky says
Hi Kathrine, yes you certainly can batch cook the sauce,it will keep in the fridge for 2 days, or freeze straight away. Happy cooking
Chris says
I made this with no expectation that my children would eat it (‘I tried it but I didn’t like it’ is the default response to nearly everything I cook that isn’t sausages or chicken dippers…..) but to my total surprise, my daughter announced ‘I love this, can you make it again?’ I was so gobsmacked, that when I finally spoke, I asked if she was joking. She wasn’t. She ate it all up & her brother did the same. It was delicious. Thankyou!
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Mya. S says
The only meat my children will eat at the moment is Chicken, so this recipe is great for us and the hidden veg is a bonus.
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Lorraine says
Made this recipe last night after seeing it on your Pinterest page. So good ! both the kids asked for seconds.
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Vicky says
So good to hear Lorraine. Enjoy !
Wilma says
Thank you for creating recipes with hidden veg.
I look firward to trying this recipr.
The only time consuming thing wilk be translating into cups and chickrn into number of breasts
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Vicky says
Hi Wilma, Please let us know how it goes. Happy cooking.