Peranakan Ayam Pongteh (Chicken Pongteh) is a Nyonya dish in both Malaysia and Singapore. It is a marriage of Malay and Chinese cuisine. Palm sugar is commonly used in Malay dishes while Black bean paste or commonly known as Taucio is a common Chinese cooking ingredient.
To elaborate a little, Pongteh is a dish where meat is braised together with potatoes. Ingredients to cook the gravy include fermented black bean paste (or commonly called taucu / taucio), light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and sugar. Why is it called pongteh? Traditionally this dish is prepared using pork. ‘Pong’ is closely related to a Hokkien word ‘Hong’ which means stew in soy sauce. ‘Teh’ means pig trotters in Hokkien.
These days, this dish is commonly prepared using chicken, thus the word ‘Ayam’ which means chicken in Malay Language.
Undeniably, this dish is very delicious. It is also very easy to prepare and can be done in 30 minutes.
Recipe for Malaysian Nyonya Ayam Pongteh
Adapted from https://rasamalaysia.com/ayam-pongteh-nyonya-chicken-and-potato-stew/
Ingredients:
10 pcs chicken wings
3 potatoes
5 cloves of garlic
1 small cup of water
2 tbsp fermented black bean sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
2 tsp sugar / palm sugar
2 tbsp cooking oil
Easy steps using Philips All in One cooker :
1. Turn power on. Press saute with high temp to heat up the pot.
2. Add in 2 tbsp of oil. Saute garlic.
3. Add in potatoes. Stir in well.
4. Add in chicken wings. Stir it.
5. Add taucio, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar and water. Stir it evenly.
6. Cancel saute mode. Cover lid, turn the knob at the lid to seal mode.
7. Press pressure cook button until you find steam mode. Default time is 10 minutes. Use 10 minutes. If you would like to adjust cooking time, press cooking time and press + or - to adjust cooking time. Recommended cooking time for this recipe is 6-10 minutes steam mode.
8. Basically is done. Let the cooker do its job. See note below for opening the lid when food is cooked.
9. Serve it hot and enjoy.
Note: When it is cooked, it will have a beeping sound. Let the steam release naturally (open lid after 15 minutes). Alternatively, you can put a wet cloth on the knob where the steam release, and release it slowly. This can be done by turning the knob slightly towards vent, not all the way to vent as there will be a gush of hot steam coming out.
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