My Filipina mom cooks Tinolang Manok

Tinolang manok is an ultimate comfort food! Made of chicken, chayote, bok Choy, ginger- flavored broth. This Filipino soup is hearthy, healthy and tasty! A must try for everyone specially for cold weather 🥰🥰🥰Tinolang Manok is a great tasting and healthy dish to prepare for your family. It is easy to cook and friendly on the budget. I like the idea of having tinolang manok at least once per week (particularly during cold weather) because it keeps me stay warm and it is also one of my comfort foods.
Benefits of Tinolang Manok
Excellent source of protein - Our muscles rely on amino acids in order to build, repair, and develop. Protein is composed of amino acids. This means that eating high protein food such as chicken can help keep our muscles healthy.
Protein is important for our babies and kids. They need it to support growth and physical development. Eating more protein together with soup plus with added vegetables like malunggay, will help moms produce more milk resulting to a healthier breastfeeding. Whenever there is a new mommy in our clan, my aunts will always tell them to eat malunggay because it can help increase breast milk production.
I started by sautéing garlic, onion, and ginger for a few minutes - just until the onion gets soft. The chicken, which I cut into small serving pieces, were added and cooked to the point that the outer part turns light brown. I added water and waited until it started to boil.
When boiling meat, I always turn the heat down to low. Sometimes it is better to put it to a simmer (this is a point where the temperature of the water is near boiling). I do it this way so that the flavors from the meat get extracted fully while making the meat tender.