Description
Inampalayahang Manok is a Filipino chicken soup dish prepared with chicken and bitter gourd cooked with tomatoes, onions, ginger and garlic
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 kg chicken thighs, cut into sections
- 2 pcs bitter gourd, sliced
- 3 pcs tomatoes, quartered
- 2 onions, sliced
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 thumb sized ginger, thinly sliced
- water or chicken stock
- salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- fish sauce
- oil
Instructions
- Generously season chicken with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Set aside.
- Coat bitter gourd with salt then set aside.
- In a heavy bottomed pot heat oil then brown chicken pieces on all sides. Remove from pot then set aside.
- Using the same pot sauté garlic, onions and ginger.
- Add tomatoes and cook until soft.
- Place the chicken back into the pot then pour enough water to cover the chicken.
- Bring to a boil then simmer for 30 minutes.
- Rinse bitter gourd in running water, removing all the salt on the surface. Add it into the pot then cook for 10 more minutes.
- Season with fish sauce and freshly ground black pepper then serve while hot.
Neat dish, and one that’s new to me. This is LOADED with flavor! Thanks. 🙂
★★★★★
This is a hit with my husband. For etra flavor, I add a cube of chicken bouillon. thank you!
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