Indonesian authentic stew chicken (or beef) in soy sauce also called chicken semur is one of my country's dishes. It's easily prepared and served with rice. This dish is very aromatic because of many spices being used and it taste like rainbow (sweet, sour, salty ~ ramai rasanya ~ ^^).

800 g chicken thighs/wings/ drumstick (boned) or beef
3 tbs vegetable oil and enough for deep frying
20 g garlics, peeled and sliced
30 g shallots, peeled and sliced
6 eggs hard boiled then deep fried until golden
1 potato, peeled, sliced then deep fried until golden
1 star anise
4-5 cloves
1 pinch of nutmeg
1 inch cinnamon stick
5 tbs soysauce
5-6 tbs sugar
1 tbs lime juice
2-3 pinches of salt, white pepper, chicken stock to taste
1 tomato sliced

How to prepare:
Deep fried potato and hardboiled egg.
brown shallots, garlic then add chicken/ beef add soysauce, staranise, nutmeg, cinnamon stick.
Add water about 2-3 cups and boil until the meat done. add sugar, lime juice, salt, pepper, chicken stock. Add tomato, fried eggs, and potato when almost done cooking (boil for 1-2 minutes)