Filipino
Sinampalukang manok
Chicken in sour tamarind soup
Chicken in a ginger and tamarind broth with string beans and greens, a sour soup like sinigang but cooked with ginger.
- Serves 5
- Prep 15 min
- Cook 45 min
- Total 1 h
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Ingredients
11 items · serves 5- 1 kg chicken, cut into serving pieces
- 1 thumb-sized piece ginger (about 30 g), cut into strips
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 medium tomatoes, quartered
- 1 sachet (40 g) tamarind sinigang mix (sampalok)
- 1 bunch string beans (sitaw), cut into 5 cm lengths
- 1 bunch kangkong, or young tamarind leaves (talbos ng sampalok) if you can find them
- 2 long green chillies (siling haba)
- 2 tbsp fish sauce (patis)
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
Contains: fish, chicken · May contain: shellfish, milk, wheat, MSG (sinigang mix — check the label). Check product labels: brands differ.
Steps
6 steps- 1Heat the oil in a pot and saute the ginger, garlic, onion and tomatoes until soft.
- 2Add the chicken and cook until it changes colour, then season with the fish sauce and cook for five minutes so the chicken takes it in.
- 3Pour in about one and a half litres of water, bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for twenty-five to thirty minutes.
- 4Stir in the sinigang mix.
- 5Add the string beans and cook for three minutes.
- 6Add the leaves and the chillies and turn off the heat. Taste for sourness and salt, and serve hot with rice.