Many variants are named after their main ingredients, others after their city or region of origin. Specific examples of satay include:
Chicken '' being grilled •
Sate Ambal: A satay variant from Ambal,
Kebumen,
Central Java. This satay uses a native breed of poultry,
ayam kampung. The sauce is not based on peanuts, but rather ground
tempe, chilli and spices. The chicken meat is marinated for about two hours to make the meat tastier. This satay is accompanied with
ketupat. •
sate asam/asem: chicken/beef/tripe/pork satay with three different sambals from
Karangasem,
Bali. The sambals are yellow sambal, red spicy sambal, and coconut sambal called
sambal nyuh. •
Sate asin pedas: A salty and spicy chicken, goat and beef satay from
Bandung in
West Java. •
Sate ayam:
Chicken satay, the most common and widely distributed type of satay in Indonesia. •
Sate ayam kampung: Using
ayam kampung (
free range chicken) meat. •
Sate ayam rebus: Boiled chicken satay. It has become a side dish of
soto,
mie jawa, or
nasi goreng jawa. •
Sate Banjar: A variant of chicken satay popular in
Southern Kalimantan, especially in the town of
Banjarmasin. •
Sate Blater: A chicken satay dish from Blater Village, in
Purbalingga. The chicken is seasoned with
bumbu without sweet soy sauce before being grilled and skewered using coconut skewers. This satay is sold in the seller's home. •
Sate blendet: Chicken satay with yellow sauce from Balong District in
Ponorogo. The sauce is made of shallots, garlic, candlenuts, coconut milk, and turmeric. • '''': A variant originating in
Blora, in
Central Java. This variant is made of chicken (meat and skin) pieces that are smaller compared to the other variants. It is normally eaten with peanut sauce, rice, and a traditional soup made of coconut milk and herbs. Sate Blora is grilled in front of buyers as they are eating. The buyers tell the vendor to stop grilling when they are sated. •
Sate brutu: Fleshy part of chicken's tail satay. •
Sate kulit: Skin satay. Found in
Sumatra, this is a crisp satay made from marinated chicken skin. • '''' (Madura satay): Originating on the island of
Madura, near Java, it is a famous satay variant among Indonesians. Most often made from mutton or chicken, the recipe's main characteristic is the black sauce made from
Indonesian sweet soy sauce/kecap manis mixed with palm sugar (called
gula jawa or "Javanese sugar" in Indonesia), garlic, deep fried shallots, peanut paste, petis (a kind of
shrimp paste),
kemiri (candlenut), and salt. Chicken Madura satay is usually served in peanut sauce, while the mutton Madura satay is usually served in sweet soy sauce.
Sate Madura uses thinner chunks of meat than other variants. It is eaten with rice or rice cakes wrapped in banana/coconut leaves (
lontong or
ketupat), they are usually sliced into smaller pieces before being served. Raw thinly sliced shallots and plain sambal are often served as condiments. In
Pamekasan, there is a mini-sized Madura satay called '''' because the meat is the size of a fly. • ''
(Ponorogo satay): A variant of satay originating in Ponorogo, a town in East Java. It is made from sliced marinated chicken meat, and served with a sauce made of peanuts and chili sauce and garnished with shredded shallots, sambal (chili paste) and lime juice. The meat is marinated in spices and sweet soy sauce, in a process called bacem'' and is served with rice or lontong (rice cake). The grill is made from terracotta earthenware with a hole in one side to allow ventilation for the coals. After three months of use, the earthenware grill disintegrates, and must be replaced. •
Sate serapah: Balinese chicken satay with sauce made of mixture of
bumbu and
serundeng. •
Sate srepeh: A variant of chicken satay from
Rembang. The satay uses spicy orange sauce and eaten with rice and tofu. •
Sate taichan: A spicy chicken satay in hot
sambal sauce, served with
lontong, popular in Jakarta. It was said that the dish was an adaptation of skewered Chinese snack from Taiwan, which originally uses pork or rabbit meat, and served with soy sauce. The Indonesian version maintain the light Chinese-style seasoning, replaces pork with chicken, and adds spiciness with the addition of hot sambal. Another source mentioned that sate Taichan was devised from a Japanese man's specific request that his satay omits peanut sauce and sweet soy sauce, and only seasoned with a dash of salt and lime juice, and served with chili paste.
Beef , Central Java • '''': A traditional food from Gorontalo. Diced meat cooked in a pot with a variety of spices, such as shallots, garlic, candlenuts, ginger, turmeric, coriander, and cumin. •
Sate bumbon: A spiced beef satay from
Kendal,
Central Java. It serves with peanut sauce,
lontong, boiled bean sprouts, and young jackfruit
sayur lodeh. •
Sate buntel: Lit: Wrapped satay, a speciality from
Solo or
Surakarta,
Central Java. It is made from minced beef, goat,
lamb and mutton (especially meats around ribs and belly area). The minced fatty meats are wrapped by thin fat or muscle membrane and wrapped around a bamboo skewer. The size of this satay is quite large, very similar to a Middle Eastern
kebab. After being grilled on charcoal, the meat is separated from the skewer, cut into bite-size chunks, then served in sweet soy sauce and
merica (
pepper). •
Sate bulayak: Beef satay with spicy soupy sauce from
Lombok. It is eaten with rice cake called
bulayak. •
Sate cucuk manis: Beef satay from
Palembang,
South Sumatra. It served with some soups, one of them is
kuah pindang. •
Sate gajih: Beef fat satay popular in
Yogyakarta, especially in
Beringharjo Market. The fat satay is seasoned with sweet soy sauce and considered as snack since it is commonly served without any rice or additional sauces. •
Sate garo: Unskewered beef dish cooked in a peanut sauce from
North Sulawesi. •
Sate gebug: "hit" satay from Malang, East Java. The satay seller pounds the selected beef, then grills it over a fire lit over charcoal. •
Sate jando: A specialty dish from
Bandung, this satay is made from cow's breast fat. •
Sate kenul: Cubed beef satay smeared with grated coconut and spices made of turmeric, ginger, cumin, garlic, pepper, salt and coriander. It is a specialty dish from
Nganjuk. •
Sate klopo: Lit: Coconut Satay, the beef is wrapped in coconut processed spices and then grilled. It is delicacy from
Surabaya. •
/komo: Beef satay from
East Java. Diced beef is sautéed with
bumbu before grilling. •
Sate kuah: Lit: Soupy Satay, beef satay served in creamy and spicy
kuah soup akin to
soto. Sate kuah can be found in
Betawi cuisine of Jakarta and also in
Pontianak, Western Kalimantan. The Jakarta version sate kuah soup base is akin to Betawi's soto tangkar, since sate kuah was a variant of soto tangkar created in 1960s. Thus usually the seller offers both sate kuah and soto tangkar. The serving method are either grilled beef satay are dipped into soto soup, or the satay meat are stripped from the skewers and put into the soto soup. Compared to soto meat soup, sate kuah has smoky aroma due to grilling process. The Pontianak version sate kuah is smeared with peanut sauce, doused with spiced broth, and sprinkled with spring onion and calamansi juice. •
Sate lembut: A rare satay recipe of the
Betawi people. It is can be found in Jalan Kebon Kacang,
Central Jakarta. The satay is made from minced beef mixed with shredded coconut and spices, wrapped around a flat bamboo skewer. Usually eaten with
ketupat laksa betawi (Betawi style Laksa with ketupat glutinous compressed rice). •
Sate manis or
sate asem manis: Also a speciality from the
Betawi people. It is also can be found in Jalan Kebon Kacang,
Central Jakarta. The satay is made from slices of
has dalam (
tenderloin) the finest part of beef, marinated with sour and sweet spices. Usually eaten with
ketupat laksa betawi. •
Sate maranggi: Commonly found in
Purwakarta and
Cianjur, the cities in
West Java, this satay is made from beef marinated in a special paste. The two most important elements of the paste are
kecombrang (
Nicolaia speciosa) flower buds and
ketan (sweet rice) flour. Nicola buds bring a unique aroma and a liquorice-like taste. The satay is served in sweet soy sauce with
acar pickles. It is served with ketan cake (
jadah) or plain rice. •
Sate matang: A satay variant from Matang Geulumpang Dua,
Bireun,
Aceh. This satay is made from beef, usually served with peanut sauce and
soto or soup separately. •
Sate rembiga: Beef satay from
Lombok. The basic seasoning for the satay is chili. However, it is also given some additional spices, such as tamarind, brown sugar, onions, coriander, and candlenut. It is usually eaten with rice cake,
plecing kangkung, and beef bone soup. •
Sate sapi: Beef satay, served in sweet soy sauce and peanut sauce. Specialty of
Jepara,
Salatiga, and
Semarang Regency in Central Java. •
Sate sumsum: Bone marrow satay commonly found in Bogor, West Java. •
Sate susu: Literally it means "milky satay", however it contains no milk, the term
susu is actually refer to cow's breast or
udder. This dish that can be found in
Java and
Bali, is made from grilled spicy beef udder, served with hot chilli sauce. •
Sate tambulinas: Spiced beef satay from
Sulawesi. Tambulinas satay do not use peanut sauce or soy sauce, it is marinated in spice mixture containing ground chilli pepper, ginger, lemongrass, shallot and garlic, and served with juice of kaffir lime.
Other red meats •
Sate kambing: Goat satay, a variant of satay popular in
Java, made with goat,
lamb or mutton meat. Different from other satays,
sate kambing (lamb satay) is not usually pre-seasoned or pre-cooked. Raw lamb, mutton, and goat is skewered and grilled directly on the charcoal. It is then served with
sweet soy sauce (
kecap manis), sliced shallots, and cut-up tomatoes. Since the meat is not pre-cooked, it is important to use young lamb. The best vendors use lamb under three to five months old. Lamb from goat is also more popular than lamb from sheep due to milder flavor. • '''':
Water buffalo satay, a variant of satay popular in
Kudus, where most Muslim believed that it is forbidden to eat beef to respect the Hindus. This satay is made with water buffalo meat. The meat is cooked first with palm sugar, coriander, cumin, and other seasoning until very tender. Some vendor choose to even grind the meat first to make it really tender. It is then grilled on charcoal, and served with sauce made with
coconut milk, palm sugar, and other seasoning. Traditionally, satay kerbau is served on a plate covered with teak wood leaves. •
Sate klatak/klathak: Goat satay with coconut milk soup from
Bantul Regency,
Yogyakarta. Uniquely, the meat is skewered with bicycle tire spokes. •
Sate kronyos: Breast of goat satay can be found in
Bantul Regency,
Yogyakarta. •
Sate loso: Water buffalo meat or sometimes replaced with beef satay, served in spicy chili peanut sauce. Specialty of
Pemalang, Central Java. •
Sate rusa: Deer satay, a delicacy from
Merauke,
Papua. In
East Kalimantan, a satay dish made of
venison called
sate payau. •
Sate Tegal (Tegal satay): A sate of a yearling or five-month-old lamb; the nickname for this dish in Tegal is
balibul, an acronym of
baru lima bulan (just five months). Each
kodi, or dish, contains twenty skewers, and each skewer has four chunks—two pieces of meat, one piece of fat and then another piece of meat. It is grilled over wood charcoal until it is cooked between medium and well done; however it is possible to ask for medium rare. Sometimes the fat piece can be replaced with liver or heart or kidney. This is not marinated prior to grilling. On serving, it is accompanied by sweet soya sauce (medium sweetness, slightly thinned with boiled water), sliced fresh chilli, sliced raw shallots (
eschalot), quartered green tomatoes, and steamed rice, and is sometimes garnished with fried shallots.
Pork •
Sate babi (pork satay): Pork satay, popular among the
Indonesian Chinese community, most of whom do not share the
Muslim prohibition against pork. This dish can be found in Chinatowns in Indonesian cities, especially around Glodok, Pecenongan, and Senen in the
Jakarta area. It is also popular in
Bali where the majority are
Hindus, it is also popular in Northern Sulawesi, Northern Tapanuli, and Nias, where most people are Christians, and also popular in the Netherlands. •
Sate plecing: Satay made with variety of grilled meat most often pork, served with
sambal plecing, sauce made from chili, garlic, onion, tomatoes, and shrimp paste, popular in
Balinese cuisine. •
Sate ragey: Pork satay popular in
Minahasan cuisine. The size is bigger than the common pork satay. It is combined of pork meat and the fat. It can be easily found in
Tomohon,
North Sulawesi.
Fish and seafood •
Sate ikan tuhuk:
Blue marlin satay, a delicacy from ,
Lampung. •
Sate ikan pari:
Stingray satay, a satay dish from
Tana Tidung Regency,
North Kalimantan. •
Sate bandeng:
Milkfish satay, from
Banten. It is a satay made from boneless
bandeng (
milkfish). The seasoned spicy milkfish meat is separated from the small bones, then placed back into the milkfish skin, clipped by a bamboo stick, and grilled over charcoal. •
Sate belut:
Eel satay, another
Lombok rare delicacy. It is made from
belut, (lit.
eel) commonly found in watery rice paddies in Indonesia. A seasoned eel is skewered and wrapped around each skewer, then grilled over charcoal fire, so each skewer contains an individual small eel. •
Sate gurita:
Octopus satay, a specialty dish from
Sabang. •
Sate kepiting:
Crab satay. In
Langkat Regency of
North Sumatera, the crab's outer shell is removed and the crab is fried in flour mixed with
bumbu and then skewered. • ''
: Shellfish satay, cockle satay or clam satay. The most popular variant of sate kerang is from Medan, North Sumatra, it is rich spicy cooked shellfish in skewer and often become oleh-oleh
(souvenir) for visitors visiting Medan. In Java, sate kerang it is mildly marinated and boiled, also served as a side-dish to accompany soto. In Southeast Sulawesi, sate pokea
is made of pokea
clam or Batissa violacea var. celebensis
and the satay is smeared with peanut sauce and eaten with burasa or gogos
. Sate lokan'' from
Pesisir Selatan Regency made of
Polymesoda clam and served with yellow sauce. •
Sate tanjung: Fish satay from
Lombok. It is made from fish meat which is smeared with spices consisting of coconut milk and spices. The fish used in this satay are usually skipjack tuna and giant trevally. • '''':
Telescope snail satay, a dish from
North Kalimantan. •
Sate tuna:
Tuna satay, a specialty satay from
Gorontalo. •
Sate udang:
Shrimp satay that uses large shrimps or prawns, shelled and cleaned and often with the tails off and lightly grilled. Some recipes call for a marinade of thick coconut milk with
sambal (chili paste), powdered
laos (galangal root), ground
kemiri (candlenut, one can substitute macadamia nuts in a pinch), minced shallots and pressed garlic. One can add salt to taste. Shrimp satay seldom served with the peanut sauce so popular with other satays, because it might overpower a delicate shrimp flavour. •
Sate ubur-ubur:
Jellyfish satay. It is a specialty dish from Temajuk Village in
Sambas Regency,
West Kalimantan.
Offals •
Sate ampet: Another
Lombok delicacy. It is made from beef, cow's intestines and other cow's internal organs. The sauce for
sate ampet is hot and spicy, which is no surprise since the island's name,
lombok merah, means red chili. The sauce is
santan (
coconut milk) and spices. •
Sate babat:
Tripe satay. Mildly marinated and mostly boiled than grilled, usually served as a side-dish to accompany
soto. •
Sate burung ayam-ayaman:
Watercock satay, the satay is made from gizzard,
liver, and
intestines of
burung ayam-ayaman (
watercock). After being seasoned with mild spices and stuck on a skewer, this bird's internal organs are not grilled, but are deep fried in cooking oil instead. •
Sate hati:
Liver satay. There is two types of liver satays, cattle liver (goat or cow) and chicken liver satay. The cattle liver made by diced whole liver, while the chicken liver satay is made from mixture of chicken liver,
gizzard, and
intestines. Usually gizzard is placed on the bottom, intestine on the center and liver or heart on the top. After seasoning, the internal organs are not fried or grilled, but are boiled instead. It is not treated as a main dish, but often as a side dish to accompany
bubur ayam (chicken rice
porridge). •
Sate jebred: Cow or buffalo's skin satay commonly found in West Java. It is served with
serundeng. • '''': Cow's leg skin satay from
Java, this satay is made from boiled cow's leg skin, skewered and seasoned either in spicy peanut sauce or yellow sauce. •
Sate Makassar: From a region in Southern
Sulawesi, this satay is made from beef and cow offal marinated in sour
carambola sauce. It has a unique sour and spicy taste. Unlike most satays, it is served without sauce. •
Sate Padang: A dish from
Padang and the surrounding area in
Western Sumatra, which is made from cow or goat
offal and meat boiled in spicy broth then grilled. Its main characteristic is a yellow sauce made from rice flour mixed with spicy offal broth, turmeric, ginger, garlic, coriander,
galangal root,
cumin, curry powder and salt. It is further separated into three sub-variants, the
Pariaman, the
Padang Panjang and the
Lima Puluh Kota's '''', which differ in taste and the composition of their yellow sauces. •
Sate paru: Beef lung satay. •
Sate torpedo:
Testicles satay. Satay made from goat testicles marinated in soy sauce and grilled. It is eaten with peanut sauce, pickles, and hot white rice. •
Sate usus: Chicken
intestine satay. This mildly marinated satay is usually fried, also as a side-dish to accompany
bubur ayam.
Mixture with sate lilit'' •
Sate kalong: A satay dish from
Cirebon. The word
kalong (bat) does not mean the satay used bat meat but because the food is sold in the evening. This satay is made from minced water buffalo, which is mixed with spices, and palm sugar and dipped into buffalo broth, it is then grilled on charcoal. The peanut sauce mixed with
oncom. •
Sate lilit: A satay variant from
Balinese cuisine. This satay is made from minced pork, chicken, fish, beef, or even turtle meat, which is then mixed with grated coconut, thick coconut milk, lemon juice, shallots, and pepper. Wound around bamboo, sugar cane or lemon grass sticks, it is then grilled on charcoal. •
Sate pusut: A delicacy from
Lombok, the neighbouring island east of
Bali. It is made from a mixture of minced meat (beef, chicken, or fish), shredded
coconut meat, and spices. The mixture then is wrapped around a skewer and grilled over charcoal.
Eggs and vegetarian •
Sate aci: The satay is made from
tapioca starch batter. •
Sate jengkol:
Jengkol satay. •
Sate jamur: Mushroom satay. It is usually made from
oyster mushroom. • '''': Lit: Poorman's satay. A cheap vegetarian satay made from grounded
tempe from
Solo city, served in peanut sauce and pickles. There are two kinds of
tempe: the most popular is made from soybean, and the second is made from the side product material of tofu production (called
tempe gembus).
Sate kere is usually made from
tempe gembus. The word
kere in the
Javanese language means "poor"; it originally was meant to provide the poor people of Java with the taste of satay at an affordable price, since meat was considered a luxury. Although originally it was only vegetarian tempeh, today,
sate kere also includes intestine, liver, and beef satays mixed with tempeh ones. The materials are pre-cooked in
baceman before being grilled, then served with peanut sauce. •
Sate pencok: The satay from
Lombok is made from
sago starch. It is smeared with
pelalah sauce. •
Sate tahu: Lit: Tofu satay. A specialty from
Ponorogo. Tofu is soaked first with
bacem seasoning before being grilled on a clay kiln.
Betawi-style
sate tahu is not skewered. It is fried tofu doused with seasoned
peanut sauce. •
Sate telur muda: Young egg satay. This satay is made from premature chicken egg (
uritan) obtained upon slaughtering the hens. The immature eggs that have not developed the
eggshell yet are boiled and put onto skewers to be grilled as satay. The
telur muda or
uritan is often cooked on the same skewer as chicken skin satay, and mixed with chicken satay. This kind of satay is also usually served as a side dish to accompany
bubur ayam. •
Sate telur puyuh:
Quail eggs satay. Several hard-boiled quail eggs are put into skewers, marinated in sweet soy sauce with spices, and boiled further also served as a side dish for soto.
Others •
Sate bebek: Duck satay, a specialty dish from
Cilegon,
Banten and
Banyumas. • ''''. Land snail satay is served in Southern Mountainous region of East Java. •
Sate biawak. Monitor lizard satay, one of extreme dishes in Indonesia, which is believed to be able to eliminate skin diseases and increase stamina. •
Sate blengong: The satay is made from
blengong meat, an animal that is the result of crossbreeding between ducks and
muscovy ducks or locals called
menthok. It is a delicacy of
Brebes. •
Sate bulus: Turtle satay, another rare delicacy from
Yogyakarta. It is a satay made from freshwater
bulus (
softshell turtle). It is served with sliced fresh shallots (small red onion), pepper, and sweet soy sauce. Bulus meat is also served in soup or
tongseng (Javanese style spicy-sweet soup). • ''''.
Estrildidae bird satay. A delicacy dish from Kediri, East Java. •
Sate kelinci: Rabbit meat satay, this variant of satay is made from rabbit meat, a delicacy from
Java. It is served with sliced fresh shallots (small red onion), peanut sauce, and sweet soy sauce. Rabbit satay usually can be found in mountainous tourist region in Java where locals breed rabbit for its meat, such as
Lembang in
West Java,
Kaliurang in
Yogyakarta, Bandungan and Tawangmangu resort in
Central Java, also Telaga Sarangan in
East Java. •
Sate keong: Freshwater snail satay. This kind of satay is also served as a side dish of
pecel. In
Minahasan cuisine,
sate keong is grilled and smeared with spicy sambal and known as
sate kolombi. In Bali,
sate keong is called
sate kakul with Balinese
bumbu. •
Sate kuda: Horse meat satay. Locally known in Javanese as
sate jaran, this is made from horse meat, a delicacy from
Yogyakarta. It is served with sliced fresh shallots (small red onion), pepper, and sweet soy sauce. •
Sate landak: Porcupine satay, it is rare satay served in Central Java and East Java. • '''':
Sea turtle satay. This satay is no longer produced due to sea turtle conservation concerns. •
Sate ular: Snake satay, a rare and exotic delicacy usually founds in foodstalls specialise on serving exotic reptile meats like snakes and
biawak (monitor lizards), such as the one founds near Gubeng train station in
Surabaya, or near Mangga Besar and Tebet train station in Jakarta. It usually uses
ular sendok (
cobra) or
sanca (
python) meat. It is served with sliced fresh shallots (small red onion), pickles, pepper, and sweet soy sauce. •
Sate ulat sagu: Sago caterpillar satay from
Papua,
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