Chicken Satay and...

[VikingKvinna]

I'm having a friend over for dinner tomorrow night, very casual, but I love to cook and would like to make something yummy. Thinking about chicken satay skewers with peanut sauce (and I have a good recipe for both). What can I serve with this? Suggestions for good Thai sides, or would it be over the top to make some yam nua with it?

Thanks for suggestions!

[Emmmily]

Gado-gado! Or rojak. Both are delicious (Indonesian rather than Thai though). I do my Indo cooking from Cradle of Flavor by James Oseland, which was a COTM (some discussion here: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/6165...), but I'm sure a quick google would turn up recipes as well.

[valerie]

This cucmber salad is great. Add some thinly sliced red onion.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/foo...

[QueenB]

Vegetable summer rolls?
Pickled cucumber salad?

[davecrf]

Salad rolls are great with saty.

[thew]

papaya salad?
a green salad with some thai elements to the dressing
(although satay is originally inodnesian, isn't it?)

jasmine rice

[VikingKvinna]

Was thinking papaya salad. Thanks.

I'm not scrupling too much about the origins/ethnicity. As I said, this is very casual and I'm just going for an enjoyable meal.

Thanks.