DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Ayam Pongteh
Chicken and potatoes braised in fermented-soybean gravy with shiitake.
About Ayam Pongteh
Ayam pongteh is a Nyonya chicken stew associated with Malacca in Azlin Bloor's account. Her rendition brings chicken, potatoes and shiitake together in a dark gravy flavoured with taucheo and soy sauces.
Onion, garlic and ginger supply the aromatic paste, while cinnamon and star anise season the braise. Gula melaka adds sweetness, and a little rice vinegar finishes the sauce.
The potatoes are browned before joining the chicken and mushrooms. Plain white rice accompanies the stew, with sambal belacan bringing a separate chilli-and-shrimp-paste condiment to the table.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Soy, Crustaceans.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Ayam Pongteh
Azlin Bloor's Nyonya ayam pongteh with potatoes and shiitake.
- Chicken portionsProtein
- Light soy sauceSeasoning
- Dark soy sauceSeasoning
- Ground white pepperSeasoning
- OnionAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- Fresh gingerAromatic
- Cinnamon stickSeasoning
- Star aniseSeasoning
- Shiitake mushroomsBase
- Taucheo, fermented soybeansSeasoning
- Gula melakaSweetener
- Vegetable oilCooking medium
- PotatoesBase
- WaterLiquid
- Rice vinegarFinish
- SaltSeasoning · Optional
- Plain cooked white riceAccompaniment
- Sambal belacanAccompanimentIngredient page not linked
- Prepared cucumber saladAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Chicken portions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual151/96 bone-in drumstick and thigh family, broad chicken candidate.
- Light soy sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Soy source-confirmed. Actual152/174 ordinary soy sauce confirms Soy; additional cereal/product formula unresolved.
- Dark soy sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Soy source-confirmed. Actual153/174.
- Ground white pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual154/162/212 marinade and finish consolidated, broader white pepper candidate.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual156/178.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual157/178.
- Fresh ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual158/178; own family ginger74 retained, not described as universal.
- Cinnamon stick: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual160/203.
- Star anise: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual161/203.
- Shiitake mushrooms: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual164/182/210; no assumed dried/soaking water.
- Taucheo, fermented soybeans: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Soy source-confirmed. Actual165/180 mashed fermented soybeans, broader paste candidate retains preparation; full product formula unknown.
- Gula melaka: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual166/184; broad palm sugar candidate with exact local product retained.
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual167/169/187-195/203 explicit offered vegetable-oil route selected over peanut oil, no Peanut inferred.
- Potatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual168/188/210.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual170/208/211; no invented water for chopping178.
- Rice vinegar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual171/212 explicit first offered option.
- Salt (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual212 conditional adjustment, not mandatory named list ingredient.
- Plain cooked white rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual99 traditional named prepared accompaniment, upstream formula unprovided.
- Sambal belacan: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Actual99-100 customary side explicitly shrimp-paste chilli condiment; full compound formula unknown.
- Prepared cucumber salad (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual105-106 offered example selected over alternate kangkung dish108-109, full formula unknown.
Origins & food traditions
Cuisines & regions
- Peranakan Cuisine
- Peranakan (Nyonya) CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Peranakan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.