Tinolang Manok

Name: Tinolang Manok
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 1.1 lbs (500 g) Chicken, cut into serving pieces; 1 pouch (25 g) Mama Sita's Tinola Mix; 1 pc (about 2 cups) (200 g) Small green papaya, peeled, seeded, and cut into serving pieces; 1 bundle (25 g) Sili leaves

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Chicken simmered with green papaya in a ginger broth made with Mama Sita's Tinola Mix, finished with sili (chili) leaves. Chayote can stand in for the papaya, and spinach, watercress, or malunggay for the sili leaves.

Cooking time: Cook 30 min
Yield: 4
Difficulty: Beginner
Ingredients: 4 ingredients
Steps: 3 steps

First published April 22, 2020

A bowl of chicken tinola with papaya and greens beside a Mama Sita's Tinola package — Tinolang Manok

Ingredients

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1.1 lbs (500 g)Chicken, cut into serving pieces
1 pouch (25 g)Mama Sita's Tinola Mix
1 pc (about 2 cups) (200 g)Small green papaya, peeled, seeded, and cut into serving pieces
1 bundle (25 g)Sili leaves

Instructions

In a saucepan, combine 6 cups water, Mama Sita’s Tinola Mix, chicken, and papaya. Bring to a boil then simmer.
When the papaya and chicken are tender, add sili leaves.
Turn off heat. Serve.

Substitutes: chayote (sayote) for green papaya; spinach, watercress, or malunggay for sili leaves