Easiest Way to Make Favorite Pongteh Chicken (Nyonya-style Yellow Bean Chicken Stew)

Pongteh Chicken (Nyonya-style Yellow Bean Chicken Stew)
Pongteh Chicken (Nyonya-style Yellow Bean Chicken Stew)

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, pongteh chicken (nyonya-style yellow bean chicken stew). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Nyonya Chicken Pongteh is another classic Nyonya dish. It is easy to prepare, yet delicious! Made with chicken, potato and flavored with taucheo (fermented soy bean sauce) and gula Melaka (palm sugar), ayam pongteh is a homey and wonderful dish… I adapted this ayam pongteh recipe from my friend House of Annie, except that I reduced the amount of dark soy sauce because dark soy.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pongteh chicken (nyonya-style yellow bean chicken stew) using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Pongteh Chicken (Nyonya-style Yellow Bean Chicken Stew):
  1. Make ready 350 g Chicken Meat (boneless, skinless, cut into pieces)
  2. Take 200 g Potatoes (cubed)
  3. Take 100 g Mushrooms (Shitake or Brown, sliced)
  4. Prepare 100 g Carrots (sliced)
  5. Prepare 2-4 cups Water (as needed)
  6. Get Pre-Sauce Mix (mix well in a bowl);
  7. Get 1 Tbsp Light Soy Sauce
  8. Take 1 Tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
  9. Take 2 Tbsp Fermented Yellow Bean Paste (Taucu)
  10. Take Other Ingredients;
  11. Make ready 2-3 Tbsp Palm Sugar (this one is necessary)
  12. Make ready 30 g Shallots (minced)
  13. Prepare 30 g Garlic (minced)
  14. Get 30 g Ginger (minced)
  15. Make ready 4 Tbsp Cooking Oil

It is usually salty-sweet with thick creamy gravy. Finally there's a third special ingredient that balances out the taste: sugar. Without it, the stew would be way too salty so a nice spoonful of sugar marries the flavor well. Ayam Pongteh (Nyonya stewed chicken) is one of the signature dishes of the Melaka Peranakan in Malaysia.

Instructions to make Pongteh Chicken (Nyonya-style Yellow Bean Chicken Stew):
  1. SAUTÉ; In a medium size pot, heat up the Cooking Oil until hot and sauté the Garlic, Shallots and Ginger until fragrant.
  2. SAUCE & CHICKEN; add the Pre-Sauce Mix and stir well. Then add the chicken pieces and cook them until brown all over (2 minutes each sides 4 minutes total, on medium to high heat).
  3. VEGGIES & PALM SUGAR; add the Potatoes, Mushrooms, Carrots and Palm Sugar. Then mix well.
  4. WATER; The amount of water depends in the size of the pot, and the quantity of ingredients. Start with 2 cups of Water first and add just enough to submerge all the ingredients. You don't want to add too much water.
  5. STEWING; Bring the stew to a Boil and then lower the heat to a Simmer. Cover with a lid and let it stew until the Potatoes and Carrots are tender and the liquid has thicken (depending on the amount of Water, it could take 15-45 mins). REMEMBER to stir the pot occasionally. SERVE hot.

Lower the heat and continue to. I first tried Ayam Pong Teh at a Nyonya restaurant in Kuala Lumpur. My cousin had taken me to eat it and we all enjoyed the flavorful tender chicken and potatoes and also the savory sweetness of the It was the most popular dish that day. I had been wanting to try to make Ayam Pong Teh ever since then. Try this Fusion Chicken Pongteh recipe by Chef NMDR.

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