Egg Sauce and Boiled Yam
Egg Sauce and Boiled Yam are one of the breakfast staples in Nigeria. This is the best way to cook egg sauce or egg stew as popularly called.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time35 minutes mins
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: African, Nigerian
Keyword: egg sauce, nigerian breakfast, yam and egg sauce
Servings: 4
Author: Ajoke
- Tuber of yam enough to make 8 slices
- 1 tsp salt add more if needed
- tsp sugar optional
Egg sauce ingredients
- 4-6 large eggs
- 2 medium-sized tomatoes chopped
- 1-2 scotch bonnet chopped
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 Seasoning cube
- ½ tsp curry
- ½ tsp thyme
How to make egg sauce
Break eggs into a shallow bowl, whisk till egg white and egg yolk are well combined, add salt and whisk to combine then set it aside
Place a frying pan on a medium/low heat, add of vegetable oil, heat for about 2-3 minutes
Add chopped peppers, tomatoes and onions (this should sizzle) and cook for about 4-5 minutes or till oil floats on the sauce, add salt, seasoning, curry and thyme. Stir to combine ingredient with sauce and also avoid sauce sticking to the pan
Add whisked eggs to sauce and leave for about a minute before stirring. (this will allow the egg to set a bit) Stir to scramble egg. Serve egg sauce with boiled yam immediately.