How to Make Perfect Chicken Tinola with a Twist

Chicken Tinola with a Twist. Tinola is a Filipino chicken soup usually served as a main entrée paired with white rice. Traditionally, this dish is cooked with wedges of green papaya, and leaves of the siling labuyo chili pepper in broth flavored with ginger, onions and fish sauce. For a twist, I used pechay leaves and sayote.

For a twist, I used pechay leaves and sayote. Recipe: @HomebasedChef Chicken Tinola is a ginger and onion based soup with chicken as the usual main ingredient. Chicken Tinola with a Twist step by step PREPARE THE INGREDIENTS Peel the onion and slice thinly. You can cook Chicken Tinola with a Twist using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken Tinola with a Twist

1. It's 3/4 kilograms of Chicken.
2. Prepare 1 piece of Red Onion.
3. Prepare 4 cloves of Garlic.
4. It's 2 1/2 inches of Ginger.
5. You need 1 piece of Sayote.
6. Prepare 2 bunches of Pechay.
7. It's 1 tablespoon of Patis (Fish Sauce).
8. You need 2 tablespoon of Canola Oil.
9. You need 1 liter of Water.
10. You need of Salt.
11. You need of Ground Black Pepper.

Peel the garlic and chop finely. This chicken tinola with the tomato twist is different in that it's both slightly salty and tangy (with a teeny weeny hint of sweetness too from the tomatoes), with the piquant flavors of the other spices. It's perfect with a plate of steamed rice and a dip of fish sauce with lemon and lots of crushed bird's eye chili — the perfect dish. This recipe is a variation of a Filipino chicken soup dish called Chicken Tinola.

Chicken Tinola with a Twist step by step

1. PREPARE THE INGREDIENTS Peel the onion and slice thinly. Peel the garlic and chop finely. Peel the ginger (using a spoon or peeler) and slice thinly..
2. Cut the sayote (chayote) lengthwise into 4 parts. Cut out the seed and discard it. Then cut again lengthwise into sticks. Peel and discard the skin. Then cut each stick diagonally into 3 pieces..
3. Slice off the bottom of the pechay, about 1-inch from the base. Check each leaf for insects. If the leaf is too big, cut it in half vertically. Soak the leaves in salted water for 5 minutes, then rinse well under running water..
4. Cut the chicken into pieces. Wash it under running water, drain excess water, and set aside..
5. COOKING INSTRUCTIONS Heat a large skillet or pot over medium heat and add the oil. Add the ginger slices and saute for about a minute. Add the red onion and stir fry for about a minute. Add the garlic and stir fry for about a minute, until soft..
6. Add the chicken pieces. Mix and turn the chicken for about 1 1/2 minutes to coat the meat with oil. Season with fish sauce, a pinch of salt and ground black pepper. Mix well to distribute the seasoning. Cover with lid and cook for 5 minutes..
7. Add the sayote sticks and mix. Cover again with lid and cook for another 5 minutes. Add about 1 liter of hot water and bring to boil. Once it boils, turn the heat to low. Cover with lid and simmer until the chicken and sayote are tender..
8. Add the pechay leaves and soak it into the soup. Cover with lid and simmer for 2-4 minutes until the pechay leaves are tender but crisp. Lastly, give it a good stir and adjust the seasoning according to taste..
9. Serve it hot in a bowl paired with steamed rice and a side of fish sauce with squeezed calamansi or lemon juice. Enjoy!.

This recipe is a variation of a Filipino chicken soup dish called Chicken Tinola. It is usually served as the main dish paired with white rice. Hi guys, just wanna share with you my simple recipe of Chicken Tinola. It involves cooking chicken pieces in ginger broth. It is a popular cold weather dish.

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