Filipino Tinola

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 -3 chicken breasts, cut up into small pieces
• 2 -3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 small onion, sliced
• 2 tablespoons gingerroot, zested
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 chayote, peeled and cubed (you can also substitute green papaya or winter melon)
• olive oil
• 3/4-1 cup water

Recipe

• 1 saute garlic, onion and ginger in oil for 30 seconds over med heat.
• 2 add chicken and saute until chicken meat turns . add fish sauce.
• 3 cover and simmer until chicken is almost completely cooked (7-10 min.). at this point, there will be a fair amount of broth, since all the juices from the chicken are coming out.
• 4 add water (i usually add 3/4 cup and that gives me a pretty good, concentrated flavor. my mom adds a little more than a cup, and the flavor is much mellower and sometimes i add more fish sauce at the table. really, you should just experiment).
• 5 add chayote and simmer for 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• 6 serve over rice.