Chicken Tinola

Tinola is a ginger and onion based soup with chicken as the usual main ingredient. This is an authentic Filipino main dish and best complimented with green papaya wedges (an alternative is chayote) and chili pepper leaves. As a traditional dish, the chicken is usually cooked in low heat for quite some time to bring out the natural flavor. This dish is best served during cold and rainy weather because of the warming effect of the soup.

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken, cut into serving pieces

36 ounces rice washing

1/2 pc small green papaya, cut into wedges

1 tbsp garlic, minced

1 medium sized onion, chopped

1 thumb ginger, cut into strips

2 tbsp fish sauce

Hot pepper leaves

Cooking Procedure:

1. Sauté the garlic, onion, and ginger

2. Put-in the chicken and cook until color turns light brown

3. Add the fish sauce and mix well

4. Pour-in the rice washing and put to a boil. Simmer for 45 minutes.

5. Add the green papaya wedges and simmer for 5 minutes

6. Add the hot pepper leaves

7. Add salt and pepper to taste

8. Serve hot. Share and enjoy!