Tinolang Manok

Tinolang manok or chicken ginger stew is one dish that almost all Filipino families cook and serve for lunch or dinner. Tinola is tasty dish made by boiling chicken sautéed in ginger and adding vegetables and spices. It is best eaten hot as soup or eaten with steamed white rice and seasoned with patis (fish sauce) and chilies.


Here is my own version of Tinolang manok:

Wash 1 kilo dressed chicken and slice it into your desired sizes.  Heat the casserole in medium heat and pour 3 tbspn cooking oil. Soute the garlic when it turn to light brown add onion, ginger, slice meat chicken, lemon grass with occasional stirring then cover. After 7 to 10 minutes, add 6 cups of warm water and let it boil to make it tender. Then add salt to taste, 1 tspn MSG and  malongay. After 2 minutes of boiling serve it while hot.  

Crispy Fried Chicken

Procedure :

Wash 1 kilo of fresh chicken meat. Slice it to your desired sizes. Mix it well with 1 tbspn black pepper powder, garlic, salt to taste, magic sarap(optional), monosodium glutamate/ vetsin(optional). Let the seasonings absorb for not less than 10 minutes. Heat the fryingpan into medium heat. Pour it with cooking oil. The cooking oil must not too hot in temperature. Fry the chicken pieces for about 8 minutes more or less. Turn once in frying. The amount of time needed for cooking will depend on the thickness of the pieces. Golden brown color is indication that the chicken is cooked.

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Crispy Chicken Adobo

For a 1/2 kilo fresh chicken, cut the chicken into your desired sizes. Marinate it with the following : 6   tbsp vinegar, 4 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp black pepper powder, garlic, salt to taste and vetsin.

Heat the frying pan with medium heat. Pour 1/2 cup of cooking oil. Add the marinated chicken with its sauce and cover it. Stir occasionally until the chicken meat turns to brown. Serve it while it is hot.

Arroz Caldo

When I woke up this morning, the sun is not shining. The water was so cold. But I have to do things especially it's a working day. I prefer to choose my breakfast that makes me satisfied. The most delicious one that can benefit my body and that can help me survive especially my work in the Office. My breakfast is arroz caldo.