Tinolang Manok (Chicken in Ginger Soup with Papaya and Chili Leaves)

I cooked the tinolang manok with all the native ingredients like chili leaves, long green chili and raw papaya. 

Serves: 7

Ingredients

• 1 kilogram whole chicken, cut into serving pieces
• 1 piece medium size raw papaya (peeled, removed seed and wedged)
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 5 cloves garlic, chopped
• 3 pieces small red onion, chopped
• 4 tablespoons sliced ginger, thin strips
• 4 tablespoons fish sauce or to taste
• 1 piece Knorr chicken cube
• 8 cups of water
• 200 grams fresh chili leaves ( 3 small bundles)
• 2 pieces long green chili
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

To Serve: steamed rice

Method

1. In a soup pot, heat oil over medium high heat.
2. Sauté garlic, onion, and ginger.
3. Add the chicken and cook, stir for 3 minutes or until light brown.
4. Stir in fish sauce.
5. Add the water, chicken broth cube, papaya and long green chili.
6. Cover and simmer for 40 minutes.
7. Season with salt and pepper to taste. 
8. Lastly, stir in the chili leaves and cover for few minutes and remove heat.
9. Serve hot.

Chili leaves

The onion is so expensive that time, around Php 600 per kilo!

Tatay and my husband!

I cooked arrozcaldo from  tinolang manok! 

Arrozcaldo

Kasubha

 

Papaya from my Tatay's farm!

"Saba" (banana) from Tatay's farm!

Psalm 86:12 

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

Mrs. Shirley Simmons