Chicken Pandan

Filipino Style Recipe: Chicken pandan is a simple yet delicious chicken dish originated from Thailand. This dish is made of chicken pieces marinated then wrapped with pandan leaves. Deep fry until golden brown then serve with toyo-mansi sauce. This is usually serve together with steamed rice or can be serve as pulutan.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes(plus marinating time)
Estimated time of cooking: 15 minutes
Good for 10-14 pieces

Ingredients:
400 grams chicken fillets, cut into pieces
10-14 pandan leaves
cooking oil for frying

Marinade:
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoon calamansi juice
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon sesame oil
salt and pepper to taste

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a large bowl, combine marinade ingredients then mix until well blended.
2. Add chicken then marinate for 2-3 hours inside the fridge.
3. Drain chicken then wrap each pieces with pandan leaves.

Part 2
1. In a frying pan, heat enough oil then deep fry wrapped chicken until golden brown. Drain.
2. Transfer to serving plate then serve with dipping sauce and steamed rice.

Native Chicken Tinola

Filipino Style Recipe: Native chicken Tinola or chicken ginger soup is similar to tinolang manok. We used Philippine native chicken(wild chicken) which delivers more flavorful broth but it takes more time until tender. This simple Filipino recipe is usually served to patients and lactating mothers specially during rainy season.

Estimated time of preparation: 20 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 60-70 minutes
Good for 5-7 persons

Ingredients:
1 kilo native chicken, cut into serving pieces
2 pieces green papaya or chayote(sayote), cut into small pieces
1 cup malunggay leaves or chili leaves
5 stalks lemongrass(tanglad), knotted and crushed
1 thumb-sized ginger, cut into strips
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 onion, chopped
1 litre of water or rice washing
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 tablespoons fermented fish sauce(sabaw ng bagoong isda)
fish sauce or salt to taste

Procedures:
1. In a sauce pan, heat oil over medium heat then saute ginger, garlic and onion.
2. Add chicken and fermented fish sauce then continue sauteing until the color chicken turn to light brown.
3. Add water and lemongrass then simmer in a low heat for an hour or until chicken is tender. Add more water if necessary.
4. Add papaya then continue simmering for another 5 minutes.
5. Season with salt to taste then add malunggay leaves and simmer for another minute.
6. Remove from heat then transfer to a serving dish and serve. Enjoy!

Chicken Tinola with Sotanghon

Filipino Style Recipe: Chicken tinola with sotanghon is a chicken ginger soup with sotanghon noodles. This soup dish is simple and easy to prepared. Like the usual tinolang manok, the chicken sauteed in ginger, garlic and onion until brown then simmered and cooked in rice washing until tender with chayote, chili leaves and sotanghon noodles. This dish is usually serve  as main dish specially during rainy season.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 45-50 minutes.
Good for 4-6 persons.

Ingredients:
1 kilo chicken, cut into serving pieces
2 pieces chayote squash(sayote) or green papaya, cut into small pieces
1 cup chili leaves or malunggay leaves
1 thumb-sized ginger, cut into strips
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 onion, chopped
2 tablespoon fish sauce(patis)
1 litre of water
4 tablespoon vegetable oil
salt to taste

Procedures:
1. In a sauce pan, heat oil over medium heat then saute ginger, garlic and onion.
2. Add chicken, fish sauce, ground pepper and continue sauteing until the color chicken turn to light brown.
3. Pour water then simmer for 10 minutes or until chicken is tender.
4. Add in chayote then continue simmering for another 5 minutes.
5. Adjust seasoning according to taste then add sotanghon and simmer for another minute.
6. Add chili leaves then turn off the heat, let stand for a few minutes to cook the leaves.
7. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve hot with steamed or garlic rice. Enjoy!

Chicken Binakol

Filipino Style Recipe:Chicken binakol or binakol na manok is another chicken soup popular in Visayas Region specially in Iloilo. This is similar to tinolang manok, instead of regular water we used coconut water and coconut meat. This simple Filipino dish is traditionally cooked inside the bamboo and they used native chicken to give more aroma and taste.

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 45 minutes. Good for 4-6 persons.

Ingredients:
1 kilo chicken, cut into serving pieces
2 pieces green papaya or chayote(sayote), cut into serving pieces
1 cup chili leaves or malunggay leaves
1 thumb-sized ginger, cut into strips
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 onion, chopped
2 tablespoon fish sauce(patis)
6 cups coconut water
1 cup coconut meat
4 tablespoon vegetable oil
salt and pepper to taste
5 stalks lemongrass(tanglad), cut into 1 inch and pounded

Procedures:
1. In a sauce pan, heat oil then saute ginger, garlic, onion and lemongrass.
2. Add chicken and continue sauteing until light brown then season with fish sauce.
3. Pour coconut water, coconut meat then simmer for 30 minutes or until chicken is tender. Add water if necessary.
4. Add in papaya then simmer for another 5 minutes or vegetables are tender but not overcooked.
5. Season with salt and pepper according to taste.
6. Add chili leaves then turn off the heat. Let stand for a few minutes to cook the leaves.
7. Transfer to a serving dish and serve. Enjoy!

Tinolang Manok

Filipino Style Recipe: Tinolang Manok(Chicken Tinola) or Filipino chicken ginger soup is one of the common dish in the Philippines. A simple Filipino recipe that is relatively easy to cook. Here is the basic and easy to follow recipe. Happy cooking!

Estimated time of preparation and cooking: 45-50 minutes.
Good for 4-6 persons.

Ingredients :
1 kilo chicken, cut into serving pieces
2 pieces chayote squash(sayote) or green papaya, cut into small pieces
1 cup chili leaves or malunggay leaves
1 thumb-sized ginger, cut into strips
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 onion, chopped
2 tablespoon fish sauce(patis)
1 litre of water or rice washing
4 tablespoon vegetable oil
salt to taste

Procedures :
1. In a sauce pan, heat oil over medium heat then saute ginger, garlic and onion.
2. Add chicken, fish sauce, ground pepper and continue sauteing until the color chicken turn to light brown.
3. Pour water then simmer for 10 minutes or until chicken is tender.
4. Add in chayote then continue simmering for another 5 minutes.
5. Adjust seasoning according to taste then add chili leaves then turn off the heat.
6. Let stand for a few minutes to cook the leaves then transfer to a serving dish and serve. Enjoy!

Chicken and Pork Adobo

Filipino Style Recipe: chicken and pork adobo is another variety of popular Filipino adobo. Usually we serve chicken or pork adobo but in this recipe we will serve them both in one dish. The procedure is also the same in another adobo, we cook chicken and pork in soy sauce, vinegar, bay leaves, pepper corns and another seasonings.

Estimated time of preparation: 10 minutes
Estimated time of cooking: 30-40 minutes
Good for 4-6 persons

Ingredients:
1/2 kilo pork, cut into serving pieces
1/2 kilo chicken, cut into serving pieces
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 small garlic head, crushed
1 small onion, chopped
4 pieces bay leaves
1-2 cups soda or water
4 tablespoon cooking oil
1/2 teaspoon pepper corns
salt and sugar to taste

Procedures:
Part 1
1. In a sauce pan, arrange chicken and pork then add garlic, onion, bay leaves, pepper corns, soy sauce and soda then marinate for at least 30 minutes.
2. Cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes or until meat is tender. Add more water if necessary.
3. When the meat is tender, drain pork and chicken then reserve the sauce. Set aside.

Part 2
1. On a frying pan, heat cooking oil and fry pork and chicken on all sides until light brown.
2. Drain and return the meat to reserved sauce then adjust seasoning according to taste.
Simmer until the sauce is reduce and start to render oil.
3. Remove from heat then serve with steamed rice. Enjoy!