Tinolang Manok or Nilagang Manok (Chicken Ginger Stew with Vegetables) recipe is the filipino food dish that I was planning to cook when I arrived here in Canada. Tinolang manok recipe is a filipino food that is easy to cook but during that time, I don’t know where to buy filipino ingredients specially papaya, sayote, chili leaves or malunggay and I thought that I couldn’t cook filipino food dishes anymore.
But as I got familiar to places here, I’ve notice that cooking in Canada is not that difficult, as I have taught before. We even travel for an hour from our place just to buy filipino food ingredients. These filipino food ingredients are usually sold in Asian stores but some are not that often displayed. So, looking for a substitute is my next best option. Like this tinolang manok recipe, when I went to my favorite Asian store, the frozen malunggay or the chili leaves that I notice before are not there to be found, so I just used the spinach because they are abundant and it was recommended by a friend of mine.
Cooking away from your native country is challenging but enjoyable, especially when you are with your love ones. Happy Cooking!
Ingredients :
- 1 lb. chicken, cut into serving pieces (or any choice cuts of your liking like thighs, drumsticks or wings)
- 1 thumb-sized fresh ginger root, cut into strips
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 tbsp. patis (fish sauce)
- salt, to taste
- 4 to 5 cups water (or rice water – 2nd washing)
- 2 to 3 sayote (chayote squash), quartered (or green, unripe papaya or potatoes)
- 1 cup sili (chili) leaves or malunggay or substitute 1/2 lb. spinach
- vegetable oil
Cooking Procedures :
- In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Sauté ginger and garlic until fragrant. Add onions, stir-fry until softened and translucent.
- Add chicken cuts. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes until chicken colors slightly. Season with patis and salt.
- Pour in water (or rice water, if using). Bring to a boil. Lower the heat and let it simmer until chicken is half-done. Add in chayote (or papaya or potatoes, if using). Continue simmering until chicken and vegetable are tender. Correct seasonings and then addsili leaves or malunggay or substitute. Stir to combine until well blended. Remove from heat.
- Let stand for a few minutes to cook the green vegetables. Transfer to a serving dish and serve hot.
Check other Chicken Recipe:
- Adobong Manok (Braised Chicken in Tangy Sauce) Recipe
- Asadong Manok (Tangy Chicken Stew) Recipe
- Chicken Curry Recipe (Filipino Style)
- Chicken and Mixed Vegetables Stir-fry Recipe
- Oriental Chicken Stir-fry Recipe
- Oven Roasted Chicken Recipe
- Chicken Tandoori Recipe
- Fried Chicken Recipe
- Hoi Sin Chicken Recipe
Salamat sa recipe!!sa wakas alam qna qng puno lutuin ang tinulang manok,
nx agin
Thanks for the recipe. Been cooking for myself for weeks because of some circumstances and I found just what to cook today. As said before, Thanks a lot. ^_^
really yummy, I added more spinach….!
i love to cook tinolang manok it
i love to cook tinola sometimes nilalagyan ko pa ng union leeks at bell pepper super bango.try nio
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lami kau..i miss my papa lu2……….i love my pop…………
AWWWW,, HOPE MARUNONG AQ MAGLUTO,,
thanks! didn’t know cooking tinolang manok would be this easy!
salamat…..enjoying rite now
wow sarap… thanks tinolang manok
paborito ko ‘to, love to cook and eat tinola!!!!
missing pinoy food trip, thanks for this site it helps alot.
Tinola manok love it:)
ang galing nang tinola, tnx,
ayos kakaluto ko lang thanks sa recipe! =)
Thank you for tinolang manonk 😀
salamat sa recipe. love tinola. 🙂
i love tinolang manok. thanks sa recipe. nag-add lang ako ng mas madaming ginger, mas naging malasa sya. Thank you. 🙂
thank you for this website…, i will try to cook filipino tinolang manok tomorrow for almost 7 years staying here in the foreign country, thanks…
tnx for tinolang manok
thank you 🙂
Aloha, Papaya grows here in Hawaii and so does malungay. In fact these two trees grow like weeds here and bear fruit very quickly. So Tinola is very easy to have on these islands.
buti na lang nakita ko tong site na to. nagluluto ako ng tinola tapos wala pala akong chicken broth or chicken buillion. buti di pa ko nakasaing at ung pinaghugasan na lang ung ginamit ko. thanks.
easy to follow and yummy. thanks 🙂
TINOLA is one of my favorite dishes,,everytime i cook this i put more ginger to sharpen the taste,,yummy!!!!
PERFECT !!! please keep the recipes up 🙂 my first time making this and it was so yummy! found all the substitutes at my local grocery store.. plus, hubby loved it so much!!! THANKS FOR THE RECIPE
good job, Thank for the tinolang Manok Recipe
its my first time to cook and i tried to cook this one and it’s very easy to cook with the help of your cooking procedures… i really love the taste, especially i was the one who cook… hahaha… thank you so much!
tnx to your help, my first time cooking didn’t go so hard…. ^^,
tnx very much ur website helps me a lot ..
I also cooked this when I went to the US for a month… My american bf and his mom really love it! I will definitely cook this again when I go back. Madali lang kasi ako nakahanap ng sayote…kaso wala talaga akong maitang “dahon ng sili”. Thanks for giving me an idea na pwede pala ang spinach as a substitute.
Oh wow. Didn’t know sayote was chayote squash. I’m literally eating this right now, minus the sili. Thanks for the info!
Thanks for the info re ingredients substitutes. cause i really have a hard time finding filipino ingredients. ive been wanting to cook tinola. ill try to used spinach instead of malunggay.
Thanks again…
I wanna try this tinolang manok one of this day 🙂
This was exactly how my mom made it! Super delicious, thanks!