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    Published: May 3, 2019 · Modified: Sep 8, 2021 by Ajoke

    Egg sauce and Yam

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    a bowl of yam and egg sauce.

    Egg sauce and boiled yam is one of the breakfast staples in Nigeria or should I say weekend breakfast. Last Saturday, Olu made breakfast and I thought I would share with you my bae’s yam and egg sauce.  Truth be told, he makes the best and I don't even argue when we are in the egg sauce department.

    Boiled yam and egg sauce is very easy to make.  Typically in Nigeria, we use tomatoes, scotch bonnet chilli and onions in making this sauce. Feel free to make this your own, Egg sauce can also be eaten with Agege bread.

    Nigerian egg sauce and boiled yam.

    Ingredients for egg sauce and boiled yam

    Tuber of yam

    4-6 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 plus 1 tsp for yam

    1 Seasoning cube

    ½ tsp curry

    ½ tsp thyme

    breakfast ingredients; yam, eggs, chopped tomatoes, chopped onions, chopped ata rodo, curry, salt, and thyme.

    How to cook yam

    Slice yam into about 1-inch size and peel the skin off.

    Rinse in clean water till water runs clear and no residue in water.

    Put yam in a pan, add enough water to cover it, add salt and place on medium heat and cook till soft. Test with a fork, if it goes through, then the yam should be soft enough. Drain water from yam if you want.

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    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 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.

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    Add whisked eggs to sauce and leave for about a minute, this will allow

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    4.91 from 10 votes

    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

    Ingredients

    • 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

    Instructions

    How to cook yam

    • Slice yam into about 1-inch size and peel the skin off.
    • Rinse in clean water till water runs clear and no residue in water.
    • Put yam in a pan, add enough water to cover it, add salt and place on medium heat and cook till soft. Test with a fork, if it goes through, then the yam should be soft enough. 
      Drain water from yam and move on to making the egg sauce.

    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. 

    If you love this egg sauce, you might also like this Egg stew or Corned beef stew. These are great Nigerian breakfast recipes you would love.

    Don’t forget to leave me feedback. Tag me on Instagram and save away to your Pinterest

    Enjoy .x

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Adama says

      December 10, 2024 at 8:40 pm

      5 stars
      Thanks so much,it really helps

      Reply
    2. Favour says

      September 19, 2024 at 9:39 am

      5 stars
      I cooked this recepie for an occasion and they all loved it. I am really happy i found this recepie.one more thing beef seasoning and beff maggi is it advisable for the source when next i cook the source. Awsome recepie for source

      Reply
    3. Stacey says

      March 24, 2024 at 11:25 am

      5 stars
      Greetings Ajoke - thanks to your instructions on other recipes, I am learning how to make your delicious food.
      I’m trying the egg sauce next, what kind of seasoning cube? Beef or chicken I think are the only ones.

      Thanks

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        April 06, 2024 at 9:22 am

        Hi Stacey. Thank you for your kind feedback and I am glad you are loving my recipes. I recommend using chicken seasoning cubes or vegetables for eggs.

        Reply
    4. kim says

      July 06, 2022 at 10:31 am

      thanks for the recipe i'm loving my egg sauce and yam

      Reply
    5. precious says

      June 29, 2022 at 4:45 pm

      5 stars
      i love your yam and egg

      Reply
    6. Jolly says

      April 14, 2022 at 9:28 am

      5 stars
      How many calories does it have please it was nice thank you

      Reply
    7. Debbie says

      February 19, 2022 at 7:18 pm

      Great one, thanks

      Reply
    8. Steph says

      February 16, 2022 at 5:24 am

      Thanks so much. This really helped me.

      Reply
    9. Samuel fred says

      September 11, 2021 at 9:35 am

      Thanks for the help now i can make egg suage very well

      Reply
    10. Rose says

      September 08, 2021 at 7:29 am

      I love this video,God bless you dear

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        September 08, 2021 at 6:27 pm

        My pleasure, Rose, I am glad you found it helpful.

        Reply
    11. Edith says

      August 04, 2021 at 1:39 pm

      This recipe is amazing..
      I'm enjoying my egg sauce with white rice

      Reply
    12. Ezeh ogechukwu says

      July 06, 2021 at 5:52 pm

      Thanks I love your recipe😊

      Reply
    13. Gbenga says

      March 25, 2021 at 7:30 am

      thansk for the instruction. i just made mine too

      Reply
    14. favour says

      May 09, 2020 at 5:45 pm

      Please I saw sugar, among the ingredients, what’s it for?

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        May 09, 2020 at 4:46 pm

        Hi favour, the sugar is for the yam and it is optional. Thanks

        Reply
        • Z says

          May 25, 2021 at 6:57 pm

          You’re a Yoruba girl that’s why you added sugAr 🤦🏾‍♂️

          Reply
    15. solomon Edikpo Anwan says

      November 16, 2019 at 5:44 am

      5 stars
      Thankz very much, u make me enjoy social media, believe me i can do it better than u right now thanks for ur videos

      Reply
    16. Ann says

      September 05, 2018 at 11:17 am

      Thanks for your yam and egg sauce recipe.I enjoyed it so much when I visited Nigeria and I wanted to try making it when I got back to UK but I lost the written recipe someone gave me. I can now confidently give it a try. My only small complaint in your recipe is that you failed to mention the tomatoes in your cooking instructions.

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        September 08, 2018 at 10:44 pm

        Thank you Ann, the peppers mentioned in the cooking instructions includes the tomatoes too. I will edit it so its clearer. thanks for the observation

        Reply
    17. Ogo says

      April 12, 2018 at 4:35 pm

      Glad to find you. I can now get started cooking my own delicious yam and egg sauce

      Reply
    18. Ogo says

      April 12, 2018 at 4:35 pm

      Glad to find you. I can now get started cooking my own delicious yam and egg sauce

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        April 13, 2018 at 5:53 am

        Thanks, it's good to have you here too

        Reply
    19. NancyK says

      June 24, 2016 at 5:20 pm

      Wow enjoying my egg sauce nd yam

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        June 26, 2016 at 6:27 pm

        Thanks for the feedback Nancy

        Reply
    20. ownyee says

      March 21, 2015 at 9:16 pm

      So yummy looking

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        March 21, 2015 at 10:54 pm

        thanks

        Reply
    21. Funmi says

      March 17, 2015 at 2:19 pm

      nice one, my breakfast is sorted for tomorrow.

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        March 19, 2015 at 10:42 pm

        yes funmi, you can never go wrong with yam and egg. lol

        Reply
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