Chicken Braised with Yam

Chicken Braised with Yam is a savoury dish which I learn to cook after eating it at a restaurant which had since closed down.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 medium size chicken
• 1/2 of a small yam
• 2 tbsp dried prawns
• 3 cloves garlic, choped
• 1 tsp salt or to taste
• 1 tbsp light soy sauce
• 1 tbsp dark soy sauce (or more if darker sauce is preferred)
• 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
• 1 stalk green onion, cut into small pcs.
• 2 cups water

Method:

• Wash and cut the chicken into bite sizes.

• Peel, wash and cut the yam into cubes, deep fry them and then set aside.

• Using the same oil, deep fry the dried prawns (whole). Scoop them up when they have turned slightly brown.

• Saute some garlic till fragrant.

• Add the chicken and fry till they are fragrant.

• Add seasoning – salt, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and pepper, to taste.

• Add water to the chicken. When the sauce has boiled, transfer the chicken and sauce into a pot.

• Add the yam cubes and dried prawns.

• Put the pot over low fire and let the contents simmer until the chicken is soft and the yam cubes are mushy.

• Serve the chicken braised with yam in a shallow dish, garnished with spring onions.