today's lunch and til dinner menu
(while raining outside, hmmm so delicious)
Ingredients:
1 kilo whole chicken, cut into pieces.
1 small young papaya or sayote, cut into small pieces.
2 tablespoons ginger, crushed and slliced into strips
1/2 cup dahon ng sili (chili leaves) or mallunggay leaves
1 liter of water
5 garlic cloves, minced
1 red onion, diced
4 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons patis (fish sauce)
4 cups of rice stocks
2 strips of lemon grass
Cooking Instructions:
boil separately the chicken with lemongrass in a rice stock until tender.
In a pot, heat oil and sauté ginger, garlic and onion.
add fish sauce and chicken, cover til light brown, Add the chicken stock
Bring to a boil and simmer for about 20 minutes or until chicken is almost done.
Add papaya and continue to simmer for an additional 5 minutes or until papaya softens but not overcooked.
Add sili leaves then turn off the heat.
Serve steaming hot on a bowl with plain rice on the side.
