Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chicken and ginger soup with chayote & spinach(tinolang manok). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This recipe takes chicken soup to the next level because it uses real, healthy and flavorful ingredients such as organic free-range chicken, ginger and What makes this chicken soup special is the addition of Moringa leaves and chayote. Although these vegetables may be unfamiliar to some, the. Chicken in Ginger Broth With Chayote and Rice Noodles Recipe. My version of chicken soup is inspired by an authentic Filipino dish called "Chicken Tinola." It can be served as an appetizer or a main dish.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken and ginger soup with chayote & spinach(tinolang manok) using 13 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken and Ginger Soup with Chayote & Spinach(Tinolang Manok):
- Take 4 large chicken thighs, skin on, bone-in
- Take to taste Sea salt,
- Take to taste Cracked black pepper,
- Take 1 teaspoon canola oil
- Get 2 two-inch pieces fresh ginger, each about thumb-sized, peeled and julienned
- Take 4 fat cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
- Prepare 1/2 large onion, rough chopped
- Get 2 quarts water
- Get 3 tablespoons fish sauce
- Prepare 1 large chayote, peeled, cut in half lengthwise then cut crosswise into ½-inch thick slices
- Prepare 1 tablespoon Knorr chicken bouillon
- Make ready 5-6 ounce bag ready to use baby spinach
- Get 1 lime, cut into 4 wedges, for serving
Plus, this soup tastes SO good. My husband loves it! (Whew!) This soup is also great for inflammation and arthritis, due to the healing qualities of gingerol Heat olive oil in a large pan. Add fresh garlic, fresh ginger, and onion. Add Ginger paste, cayenne pepper, and salt & pepper.
Instructions to make Chicken and Ginger Soup with Chayote & Spinach(Tinolang Manok):
- Liberally season thighs with salt and pepper on both sides. Heat the oil in a dutch oven or large soup pot on medium heat. Once hot, add the chicken, browning on both sides. Remove chicken to a plate and drain away all but 1 tablespoon of the chicken fat.
- Add the ginger to the pot and sauté for 1 minute then add a splash of water, stirring to loosen up the browned bits stuck to the bottom of the pan.
- Continue stirring for one minute then add the onions and garlic, sautéing until the vegetables are tender, about 3 to 5 minutes longer.
- Return the chicken to the pot along with any juices they released.
- Pour in 2 quarts of water, add the fish sauce and bouillon, stirring well to incorporate then cover and bring to a boil.
- As soon as the soup starts to boil, turn down the heat to the lowest setting to just barely produce a simmer and set a timer for 35 minutes.
- Once the timer goes off, remove the chicken to a clean platter; set aside.
- Carefully strain the soup, discarding the now spent veggies.
- Rinse out the dutch oven or soup pot and return it to the heat on medium low, add back the now strained and clear broth.
- Remove and discard the skins from the chicken. Using two forks, shred the chicken, pulling it away from the bones; discard the bones and return the shredded chicken to the simmering broth.
- Taste the broth and add more salt if needed.
- Add the chayote and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until the vegetable is fork tender but still firm.
- Turn off the heat. Add the spinach, pushing it down so it's submerged.
- Place the lid on the pot and let the spinach wilt for two minutes
- Garnish with a squeeze of lime.
Add fresh garlic, fresh ginger, and onion. Add Ginger paste, cayenne pepper, and salt & pepper. The ginger gives the chicken soup a great kick. This was easy and delicious, and the ginger gave the otherwise standard chicken soup a unique kick. My two year old gobbled it up, even all the veggies.
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