Green Papaya Chicken ( Chicken Tinola)

Green papaya is unremarkably used inwards Indian curries. Growing upwards nosotros had several papaya trees inwards our yard as well as my woman rear frequently made greenish papaya curries either yesteryear itself or alongside spinach. I used to loathe it then. Now I am rediscovering my sense of savour for greenish papaya. I similar the Thai greenish papaya salad. I of late came across a Filipino recipe called Tinolang Manok, inwards which greenish papaya was used alongside chicken. I was intrigued. I asked my Filipino friend as well as she told me that it is unremarkably used inwards soup manner when i is sick . It is Filipino comfort nutrient as well as is too called every bit Chicken Tinola. She too informed me that chayote could too live on used instead of greenish papaya. I had i modest greenish papaya inwards my refrigerator as well as decided to endeavor it. I modified it a petty for my hubby's spicy Indian palate yesteryear adding greenish chillies to it. The recipe called for pepper leaves which I didn't have. I used simply about fresh curly parsley instead. It came out really delicious! It's tardily as well as quick to make. I would definitely travel inwards again! Here is the recipe.

Servings: 6

Ingredients:

Chicken: 1 lb cutting into seize alongside teeth sized pieces ( I used thigh pieces)
Green papaya or Chayote : 1 small, peeled , deseeded as well as diced medium.
Green chillies: 4-6 ( depending on your spice level), slit.
Olive oil: 1 tbsp
Onion: 1 medium, chopped
Garlic: 2-3 modest cloves, chopped fine
Ginger: 1 inch piece, cutting julienne.
Fish sauce: 2-3 tbsp
Parsley: 1 tbsp, chopped ( you lot could role cilantro, I didn't convey whatsoever at the time).
Corn starch: 1 tsp diluted inwards 1/2 loving cup water.
Water: iii cups

Method:

Clean the chicken pieces as well as marinate it alongside salt, pepper as well as lemon juice for 20-30 minutes.

Heat crude oil inwards a saucepan on medium heat. Add the chopped onions as well as garlic an sauté for duo of minutes until the onions wilt.

Add the chicken pieces as well as sauté for five mins until the chicken is slightly browned.

Now add together the ginger ,green chillies, papaya and water. Let it simmer for 20-30 minutes or until the chicken is thoroughly cooked.

Add the fish sauce, corn starch, parsley as well as create for ii to a greater extent than minutes.

Serve hot alongside rice or bread. You could too swallow it similar a soup.

Enjoy!

Cooking made easy:

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Tip for salubrious living:

Ripe papayas when mashed tin dismiss live on used every bit expression upwards masks. They brand the peel of the expression upwards theatre as well as radiant.

Food for thought:

Where the spirit does non travel alongside the hand, in that place is no art. Leonardo da Vinci