Ayam Ponteh

Ingredients:

• 1 kg chicken, cut into bite size pieces
• 500g potatoes, quartered and peeled
• 2 cups of water
• 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 4 tbsp oil
• salt to taste

pounded ingredients:

• 8 shallots }
• 4 cloves garlic } pounded together
• 2 tbsp salted soya beans (tau cheong)

Method:

Heat oil and lightly brown garlic and shallots. Add salted soya beans and fry until fragrant. Add chicken pieces and stir fry for 2 minutes.

Pour in water and seasoned with sugar, dark soy sauce and salt. Add in potatoes and cook until the potatoes are soft and the gravy is thick.

Serve hot.