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Chicken Ginger Stew

4/21/2011

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This dish reminds me of childhood. Mom cooks this almost every time. I think it's especially perfect for "cold" season, weather and the flu alike :) The ginger essence mixed with the chicken broth is just beautiful. This might be an acquired-taste dish but it's still worth sharing for everyone to try. Who knows, you just might like it like we do!

Tip 1: If you like your chicken with a bit of colour, then brown them in butter before mixing it with the rest of the ingredients.
Tip 2: If you want your nam pla with a bit of kick, add couple of dashes of Habanero Tabasco or the bird-eye green chili. You can even add a few drops of lemon juice to have a bit of contrast happening there.

Ingredients:
1 kilo whole chicken, cut into pieces.
2-3 chayote, cut into small pieces.
2 tablespoons ginger, crushed and slliced into strips
5 ginger medallions, lightly pounded (to release the flavour)
2 bunches spinach leaves
1 liter of chicken stock
5 garlic cloves, minced
1 red onion, diced
4 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons nam pla (fish sauce)

Serves 4

Procedures:
In a stock pot, heat oil and sauté garlic, onion and ginger.

Add stock and the chicken. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 20 minutes or until chicken is almost done.

Season with nam pla and add chayote. Continue to simmer for an additional 5 minutes or until chayote softens but not overcooked.

Add spinach leaves then turn off the heat.

Serve steaming hot on a bowl. Eat on its own or with plain rice on the side. Don't forget extra nam pla on the side in case you like it a bit salty the fishy way!

Happy Eating!!!

-AcousticChef.... cookin' one tune at a time!
1 Comment
Nina Ricci link
4/22/2011 08:17:57 pm

tinola?

I saute the chicken to remove the "lansa" before adding the broth or water. you can brown it while sauteing and you'll have a darker soup or you can also cover it and let it sweat. and then add the broth or plain water. I normally add just plain water (because I usu use whole chicken, cut into serving parts - the bones will give flavor) and add broth cubes during the sauteing part to add depth of flavor.

substitution: I like green papaya better. but I seldom find good papaya here so I also chayote.

optional: Add some celery for fresh flavor and I like adding pechay tagalog (paksoy/bokchoy).

variation: add lemon grass and the soup will taste better (though I haven't tried celery and lemon grass together).

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