Thursday, October 03, 2013

Tiger Mike's Ayam Pong Teh

Dear OP John Louis O'Hara,

I prefer the Ayam Pong Teh over the highly rated Ayam Buah Keluak. Here is the recipe for you to mess around with. I add 2 cili kering. Soak them in hot water and tumbuk finely. Buy Thai charcoal roasted cili kering at RM 5.00 per pkt of 500 gm from Jaya Grocer (Empire Hypermarket) which belongs to OP Francis Teng. The cili is aromatic and lebeh sedap.

You can, if you wish use ayam mutiara or guinea fowl instead of normal chicken. The address to purchase the guinea fowl is given: //edwardianrecipes.blogspot.com........ you may have to pressure cook the fowl for 15 minutes.

Sorak & good luck.

Btw, OP Fong Seng Fook and I cooked this dish in my house In Terengganu a few years ago. His wife a Taiping Nyonya, and a great cook was watching us with a smirk and apprehension. She was waiting to save the situation. All of us were surprised we got a C+, and not gaited by the OCPDs!!!

June 17th July 2012
Chicken Pong Teh


Today, I want to share Chicken Pong Teh(Ayam Pong Teh) recipe.This is one of our favourite nyonya dish.My mom used to add pork meat into this dish.But, we like it this way, without the pork meat.The kids loves the gravy mix with white rice.Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:
2 whole chicken legs,cut into pieces.
5-6 mushrooms ( Use fresh Eryngii mushroom, RM 8.00 per pkt of four in Carrefour)
200 gm potatoes,peeled and cut into pieces
2 tbsp oil
4 shallots, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1-2 tbsp chopped ginger ( Use Bt. Tinggi aromatic ginger)
2 tbsp soy bean paste (tauchu)
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
11/2 tbsp gula melaka/palm sugar/coconut sugar ( Pandan scented gula Melaka in bottles available in Carrefour at RM 5.00 per btl)


* if using granulated sugar, I suggest use 1/2 tbsp, but anyway, it's different ppl different taste bud.
200 ml water

Method:
Soak the mushroom in water for about 30 minutes or until soft. (No need for Eryngii)
Wash and squeeze the water from the mushrooms and cut it into half.
Chopped the whole chicken legs.
Peeled the potatoes and cut into pieces.
Chopped shallots, garlic and ginger.
Heat a wok, pour in 2tbsp oil.
Stir fry shallot, garlic and ginger till fragrant.
Add in soy bean paste(tauchu) and stir fry a bit.
Add in mushrooms and stir fry,it will become dry a bit.
Add in chicken and stir fry again until half cooked.
Add in potatoes and water, cover to cook, about 5 minutes,keep stirring in between.
Lastly add in gula melaka/palm sugar/coconut sugar.


Serve.

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