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Chicken Tinola
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Chicken Tinola

Chicken Tinola or Tinolang Manok is a classic Filipino dish. It is a chicken ginger soup based dish.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Filipino

Ingredients
  

  • 500 grams Chopped Chicken
  • 3 Tablespoons Fish Sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
  • 3 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil
  • 2 pieces Thumb - sized Ginger, cut into strips
  • 6 cloves Garlic, chopped
  • 1 bulb Onion, chopped
  • 4 cups Rice Wash or Water
  • 250 grams Green Papaya, sliced into wedges
  • 1 1/2 cups Chili Leaves or Dahon ng Sili
  • Fish Sauce
  • Ground Black Pepper

Method
 

  1. Thoroughly clean the chicken. Marinate the chicken in fish sauce and ground black pepper for 30 minutes.
  2. Sauté ginger, garlic and onion in vegetable oil. Add the chicken and let it sit for 5 minutes. Dot not stir.
  3. Pour in the rice wash or water and simmer for 30 minutes over low heat.
  4. Add the green papaya and simmer for 5 minutes or until the papaya is cooked but still tender.
  5. Drop in the chili leaves and season with fish sauce and pepper. Simmer until the leaves wither. Alternatively, drop in the leaves and season with fish sauce and black pepper. Switch of the heat and cover the pan for 5 minutes. Serve.