🌶️ Chicken Halang-halang

Meat · Main ingredient: Chicken · ⏱ 42 min · Serves 5 · ~₱315 · Best for: Dinner, Lunch

Ingredients

• 1 kg Chicken, cut into serving pieces
• 2 tbsp Cooking oil
• 1 pc Onion, chopped
• 5 cloves Garlic, minced
• 2 thumbs Ginger, julienned
• 3 stalks Lemongrass, pounded and tied into a knot
• 2 cups Coconut milk
• 1 cup Coconut cream (kakang gata)
• 2.5 pcs Finger chili or siling labuyo, to taste
• 1 pc Chayote, cubed (or green papaya)
• 2 cups Malunggay leaves
• 2 tbsp Fish sauce
• 3 pinch Salt, to taste
• 0.5 tsp Pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a pot and sauté onion, garlic, and ginger until fragrant.
2. Add chicken pieces and cook until lightly browned.
3. Add lemongrass and coconut milk; bring to a boil, then simmer covered for 15-20 minutes.
4. Add chayote and fish sauce, and simmer for 8-10 minutes until vegetables are tender.
5. Pour in coconut cream and chili, and simmer uncovered for 8-10 minutes until sauce thickens and oil starts to surface.
6. Add malunggay leaves and cook for 1-2 minutes more.
7. Season with salt and pepper to taste, remove lemongrass stalk, and serve hot with rice.

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