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May 3, 2019 Breakfast Recipes

Egg sauce and Yam

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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 yam-and-egg7

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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 mins
Cook Time20 mins
Total Time35 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 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.

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Comments

  1. favour says

    May 09, 2020 at 5:45 pm

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

     
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    • Ajoke says

      May 09, 2020 at 4:46 pm

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

       
      Reply
  2. 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
  3. 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.

     
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    • 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. NancyK says

    June 24, 2016 at 5:20 pm

    Wow enjoying my egg sauce nd yam

     
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    • Ajoke says

      June 26, 2016 at 6:27 pm

      Thanks for the feedback Nancy

       
      Reply
  7. ownyee says

    March 21, 2015 at 9:16 pm

    So yummy looking

     
    Reply
    • Ajoke says

      March 21, 2015 at 10:54 pm

      thanks

       
      Reply
  8. 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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