Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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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- noun A popular
dish made from small pieces ofmeat orfish grilled on askewer and served with a spicypeanut sauce, originating fromIndonesia andMalaysia .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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While waiting, we sampled chicken, pork, and beef satay from the vendor next door.
You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » 2005 » April 2005
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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.
Singapore 2007
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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.
MIT Admissions 2009
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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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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.
Archive 2005-05-01 2005
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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.
johnmperry commented on the word satay
Indonesian kebab, i.e. chunks of food cooked on a stick
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
bilby commented on the word satay
Indonesian form is sate.
July 20, 2008