Easy Chicken Tinola
Most delicious one pot main dish Filipino comfort food. Healthy and hearty cozy dish served over rice is perfect for fall and winter.
Equipment
- 5 quart pot
Ingredients
- 4 lbs chicken thighs bone-in, skin on
- 1 cup onion chopped
- 3-5 cloves garlic minced
- 3 Tbsp avocado oil or any type of cooking oil, enough to coat the bottom of pan
- 3 thumb size ginger sliced
- 2 whole chayote peeled de-seeded and sliced into wedges
- 2 Tbsp Patis (fish sauce) Don't leave this out!!!
- 1 bunch spinach
- 4 cups water from rinsing rice
- 1 tsp black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Medium/High heat add cooking oil
- Add onions and sauté
- Add black pepper and mix
- Add Chicken thighs skin side down
- Flip the chicken pieces and cook for 5-10 minutes
- Drizzle Patis (fish sauce) over chicken simmer for 5-10 minutes
- Add ginger
- Add garlic
- Reduce heat to medium and simmer
- Pour rice water and bring to a boil
- Add Chayote cover for 10 minutes
- Add 1/2 spinach, cover for 5 minutes
- Stir and add rest of spinach, cover and cook until chicken and chayote are cooked through.
Notes
Serve over rice and enjoy!
Recipe is for a family with the possibility of left overs.