Tinolang Manok

How to Cook Tinolang Manok

Tinolang manok is one of the most popular Filipino chicken dish. Not only it is delicious, it is also simple to cook. There are three basic ingredients in cooking this dish, the chicken, unripe papaya and chili leaves. And the spices that should never be omitted are ginger, onion and garlic that makes up the flavor and of course, the seasoning that is a must is the patis or fish sauce. 

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. chicken cut into serving pieces
• 1 cup hot pepper leaves
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 piece unripe papaya wedged
• 6 cups of water
• 1 piece knorr chicken cube
• 1 piece onion sliced
• 4 cloves garlic crushed and chopped
• 3 thumbs ginger julienne
• 2 tablespoon fish sauce or patis
• 3 tablespoon vegetable oil

Instruction

1. Heat oil in pot.
2. Saute garlic, onion and ginger. Add the ground black pepper.
3. When the onion starts to get soft, add the chicken. Cook for 5 minutes or until it turns light brown.
4. Pour The water, let boil . Cover and then set the heat to low. Boil for 40 minutes.
5. Scoop and discard the scums and oil on the soup.
6. Add the knorr chicken cube and chayote or papaya, Stir. Cover and cook for 5 minutes. 
7. put the malunggay and hot pepper leaves in the pot and pour the fish sauce in continue to cook for  minutes.
8. Transfer to a serving bowl, and serve.

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