🍲 Tinolang Manok

Soup · Main ingredient: Chicken · ⏱ 30 min · Serves 5 · ~₱295 · Best for: Dinner, Lunch

Ingredients

• 1 kg Chicken, cut into serving pieces
• 3 tbsp Cooking oil
• 1 thumb Ginger, sliced into strips
• 1 pc Onion, sliced
• 4 cloves Garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp Fish sauce (patis)
• 1 pc Small green papaya or chayote, sliced
• 2 cups Malunggay leaves or sili leaves (dahon ng sili)
• 1.5 pc Green chili (siling pangsigang), optional
• 3 pinch Salt, to taste
• 0.5 tsp Pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a pot and sauté ginger until fragrant and slightly browned.
2. Add onion and garlic, sauté until soft.
3. Add chicken pieces and cook until color changes and lightly browned.
4. Pour in fish sauce and stir for a minute.
5. Add water, bring to a boil, then simmer for 20 minutes until chicken is tender, skimming off scum as needed.
6. Add papaya or chayote and green chili, simmer for 5-8 minutes until vegetables are tender.
7. Add malunggay or sili leaves and cook for 1-2 minutes more.
8. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve hot as a soup with rice.

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