It looks like Hainanese chicken, it’s served like Hainanese chicken, but the flavor and aroma couldn’t be more different. Even the dipping sauce is unique.
Cook time: 1 hour
Servings: 3 people
Lemongrass pandan chicken and rice
Bone-in chicken
Chicken tinola
Bone-in chicken, wedges of green papaya and chili leaves in gingered broth. That’s chicken tinola, Filipino comfort food par excellence. Serve as a soup and or main dish.
Cook time: 1 hour
Servings: 4 people
Fried chicken wings with salted duck egg yolk sauce
Seasoned chicken wings are dredged in starch, deep fried until crisp then tossed in a sauce made with garlic and salted duck egg yolk paste. Crispy Thai basil completes the dish.
Cook time: 12 minutes
Servings: 3 people
Boiled chicken and vegetable soup (Filipino nilagang manok)
Nilagang manok translates to boiled chicken. It’s the generic name for a wide array of rustic Filipino chicken and vegetable soups. What vegetable? Cabbage and potato combo is the most common. But, really, add whatever you like.
Cook time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Pineapple chicken with ginger and chili
Chicken wingettes marinated in salt, chili flakes and grated ginger are lightly browned then cooked slowly in coconut water with chunks of fresh pineapple .
Cook time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 people