Chicken Soup With Green Papaya Food

TINOLANG MANOK

Steps:

• In a pot over medium heat, heat oil. Add onions, ginger, and garlic and cook until softened.
• Add chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 to 7 minutes or until chicken starts to change color and juices run clear.
• Add fish sauce and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add water and bring to a boil, skimming scum that floats on top. Lower heat, cover and simmer for about 30 to 35 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
• Add papaya and cook for about 3 to 5 minutes or until tender yet crisp.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Add spinach and push down into broth. Cook until just wilted. Serve hot.

CHICKEN PAPAYA SOUP

Steps:

• Add vegetable oil to a cooking pot in medium heat. Once hot, add ginger and chopped garlic. Stir for a minute.
• Add chopped red onion. Give a quick stir till it turns transparent.
• Add chicken and stir to mix for 5 minutes before pouring water
• Once it started to boil, add fish sauce and chicken bouillon cubes.
• Lower to fire to low heat to let it simmer for 20 minutes. Make sure you cover the pot with the lid to let it cook faster.
• Add green papaya in the pot, and let simmer for 3 minutes
• Add the spinach, and let it simmer for additional 2 minutes before turning off the fire. Do not remove the lid of the pan since the steam will help continue cooking the vegetables.

GREEN PAPAYA CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat the oil over medium heat in a large pot.
• Add the onions and saute until transparent, about 3-4 minutes.
• Add the garlic and ginger and saute another 2-3 minutes.
• Add the chicken pieces and saute another 5 minutes to partially cook and lightly brown.
• Add the fish sauce and stir well.
• Add water to cover the chicken and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer 25-30 minutes, stirring and skimming off fat and scum occasionally.
• Add cubed papaya and simmer another 5-10 minutes until papaya is tender.
• Remove from heat, salt and pepper to taste and stir in the chopped spinach.
• This dish will be soupy when done.

TINOLANG MANOK (CHICKEN GINGER WITH GREEN PAPAYA)

Steps:

• In a saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Saute ginger, garlic and onion for 2 minutes. Add chicken and saute until chicken colors slightly, about 10 minutes. Season with patis and salt. Add water and papaya; bring to a boil.
• Lower heat andsimmer 30 minutes or until chicken and papaya are tender (unripe papaya has papain which helps tenderize meat and aids in digestion). Add pepper leaves; taste and correct seasoning. Cover and remove from heat. Let stand for 5 minutes to allow pepper leaves to cook from soup's heat.
• Zucchini or chayote may be used instead of green papaya.