Tinolang Manok (Chicken Ginger Stew)
Ingredients:
- 1 kilo whole chicken, cut into pieces.
- 1 small young papaya or sayote, cut into small pieces.
- 2 tablespoons ginger, crushed and slliced into strips
- 1/2 cup dahon ng sili (chili leaves) or mallunggay leaves
- 1 liter of water
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 red onion, diced
- 4 tablespoons oil
- 2 tablespoons patis (fish sauce)
Instructions:
- Estimated cooking time: 45 minutes
- In a stock pot, heat oil and sauté garlic, onion and ginger.
- Add water and the chicken.
- Bring to a boil and simmer for about 20 minutes or until chicken is almost done.
- Season with patis
- Add papaya and continue to simmer for an additional 5 minutes or until papaya softens but not overcooked.
- Add sili leaves then turn off the heat.
- Serve steaming hot on a bowl with plain rice on the side.
Ingredients:
- 1 whole chicken, deboned with shape kept
- 2 tablespoons calamansi juice
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
Stuffing
- 1/2 kilo ground pork
- 1/2 cup bacon, diced
- 1 cup ham, diced
- 1 can Vienna sausage, drained and sliced
- 1/4 cup sweet green peas
- 1/4 cup carrots, minced
- 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/4 cup pickle relish
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, grated
- 5 whole eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Salt and pepper to taste
Cooking Instructions:
Estimated cooking time: 2 hours
- Marinate chicken in calamansi juice, soy sauce and sugar.
- In a bowl, mix all stuffing ingredients well.
- Stuff the chicken in all parts.
- Sew the cavity opening and truss the chicken.
- Wrap chicken in aluminium foil.
- Heat oven at 180 degrees Celsius and bake breast-up for an hour or until chicken is cooked.
- Open the foil an rub chicken with butter and put back in oven until golden brown.
Ingredients:
- 1 kilo chicken, cut into pieces
- 6 tablespoons of soy sauce
- 4 tbsp of vinegar
- 2 tbsp of salt
- 1 tbsp pepper
- 2 tbsp of sugar
- 2 tbsp of cooking oil
- 6 tbsp of teriyaki sauce
- 1-2 tbsp of sesame seeds
Cooking Instructions:
Estimated cooking time: 30 minutes excluding preparation
- In a bowl, mix the chicken with the soy sauce, vinegar, salt, pepper and sugar
- Marinate for at least 30 minutes
- In a wok or pan, boil the mixture and let simmer until chicken is tender and the sauce thickens
- Add cooking oil and teriyaki sauce
- Let simmer for another 5 minutes
- Garnish with sesame seeds
- Serve hot with steamed rice
Ingredients:
- 2 kilo dressed chicken (broiler)
- 2 cups of lemon grass (tanlad)
- 3 tablespoons of cooking oil
- 2 tablespoons of salt
Instructions:
Estimated cooking time: 1 1/2 to 2 hours
- Make sure the chicken is clean with no remaining small feathers and no insides.
- Wash thoroughly and pat dry with a paper towel
- Rub the whole chicken with cooking oil as well as the inside cavity.
- Next apply salt all over, again, including the insides.
- Fill the cavity with lemon grass
- Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees Celsius
- Place the chicken on an oven rotisserie.
- If you don’t have a rotisserie put the chicken on an elevated rack on a baking pan – breast side up (so the bottom of the chicken does not touch the baking pan).
- Bake for 1 hour or until the chicken is golden brown. When you prick between the chicken thigh and body and the juice runs clear (not bloody) the chicken is done.
- Serve with mashed potatoes, rice or corn on the side.
- Roasted Chicken Cooking Note: If baking at 160 degrees Celsius, bake for 1 1/2 to 2 hours in the oven.

