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Yam and Spicy Egg Sauce

Yam and egg sauce is a Nigerian delicacy enjoyed by every tribe in Nigeria. It can be eaten as breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Egg sauce can be served with fried yam or the boiled one and is found to contain calcium and Vitamins (A and C)

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"Yam and Spicy Egg Sauce" from the Wikibooks Cookbook (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Yam_and_Spicy_Egg_Sauce, revision 4521637), by its contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Yam_and_Spicy_Egg_Sauce&action=history), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Cut the yam to your desired shape. Please note the shape for boiled and fried are different. Fried has a more light cutting compared to boiling.
  2. Either boil the yam in salted water until tender OR salt the yam and fry in groundnut oil until golden brown.
  3. Heat a little oil in a saucepan.
  4. Add the diced tomatoes, chile, and onions. Fry for about 5 minutes until softened.
  5. Add salt and seasoning to taste.
  6. Crack eggs in a clean bowl, and whisk until smooth.
  7. Pour the eggs into the pan with the sauce. Cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes or until the egg is cooked.
  8. Serve the sauce with the yams.