Chicken Pong teh

Chicken Pong teh

This is a traditional nyonya dish. They cook it during festivals. Sometimes bamboo shoots and potatoes are added to the dish to add more flavour. Anyway this is optional.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo chicken

• 1 tablespoon taucheong

• 4 small onions

• 2 cloves garlic

• 4 pieces black mushroom

• 1 tablespoon black soy sauce

• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce

• 1/2 tablespoon brown sugar

• 1 liter water

• 2 tablespoons oil

Method:
1. Wash and chop chicken into small pieces.

2. Soak mushrooms till soft and cut into half.

3. Pound taucheong, onions and garlic together.

4. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pot.

5. Fry pounded ingredients till aromatic.

6. Add in chopped chicken, black soy sauce, light soy sauce , brown sugar and water.

7. Simmer for 20 mins.

8. Dish out in a bowl and serve.


cooking time: 30 minutes
variation: meat can be added to the chicken if preferred.