The eikenburg's: tenolang manok (ten oh lahng mah nohk)
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients:
- 1 md To lg whole chicken
- 1 pk Fresh spinach -cut into pieces -(or approximately 10 oz.) -(option: skin removed) 10 c 12 c. water
- 3 Chayote squash peeled
- 1 md Onion; sliced -deseeded and sliced 1/4 c 1/3 c FRESH ginger;
- 8 cl To 12 cloves of garlic -peeled and julienned -crushed with a knife flat 2 tb Canola oil -and chopped fine 4 tb Patis (fish sauce)*
- 5 6 jalapenos
Instructions:
serranos or -approximately -habaneros whole 1/4 ts Freshly ground black pepper In a LARGE pot lightly saute the garlic in the oil until lightly brown. Add ginger and onions cook till onions turn translucent. Add chicken pieces mix well. Add patis and black pepper to mixture. Add at LEAST 10 cups of water. Bring to a boil then cover and reduce heat cook until the chicken is tender about 45 minutes. When chicken is done add the chayote squash and the chiles then return to a boil and cook over a medium heat for about 10-15 minutes until the squash is tender. Then add the spinach on top of the soup cover and cook until spinach wilts about 1-2 minutes. Serve with brown rice and the traditional Filipino way is to take one of the cooked chiles out and put it in a small bowl with enough patis to cover then smash the chile up in the sauce. You then use the chile/patis mixture to season if it's not salty enough. * This is easiest found in an oriental grocery. The best brand is Rufina if you can't get that Tiparos (from Thailand) is OK.
