A Filipino Dish: Tinolang manok
By angelic123
@angelic123 (1108)
United States
October 26, 2010 5:24pm CST
Since it is cold I decided to cook tinolang manok last night. It was my first time to cook that because my favorite is chicken adobo. I was worried that it will not taste good, but when we ate it, it was awesome! taste really good and I like the broth its so warm in my stomach and this is really a comforting food fro winter.
7 responses
@ann_martel (63)
• Philippines
30 Oct 10
I love tinolang manok especially when there's a lot of dahon ng sili (chili leaves) and sayote (chayote), and it's raining outside! My grandma makes awesome tinolang manok. The recipe is a hit-and-miss with me, but when I do it right it's very satisfying!
@angelic123 (1108)
• United States
30 Oct 10
practice makes perfect, cook it several times and soon you will cook it almost perfectly. It happened to my adobo, before it was a hit and miss, but after cooking it many times I can cook it satisfyingly.
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
26 Oct 10
my wife is a good cook too. she cooks a lot of recipe using chicken and me and my son enjoys it very much. true that during a cold day it is nice to have one hot good meal. it is not usual for me to see tomatoes on tinola but she saute the garlic, onions and ginger with tomatoes. it is not the usual for me but for me it tasted better than the ones without tomatoes.
@angelic123 (1108)
• United States
27 Oct 10
wow, I never heard about adding tomatoes. i will try that next time. We have tomatoes in our garden.
@personaave (598)
• Philippines
27 Oct 10
It's been a while since I last cooked tinolang manok. As a matter of fact, I couldn't remember when it was exactly, and unfortunately, I think I forgot how to cook this dish, too. :(
@angelic123 (1108)
• United States
27 Oct 10
cooking tinola is easy you can find many recipe in the net.
@usaflove08 (281)
• United States
22 Nov 10
Hi!
Love the discussion topic because I myself is a filipina and I have always loved tinolang manok especially my momma's recipe. My husband is an american and his favorite filipino dish is the pork and ribs adobo. I tried to cook adobo but it never turns out like my mum's cooking. Nothing like a mother's authentic filipino cooking :). Tinolang manok is delicious especially with a lot of vegetables such as soyete, papaya,and cabbage! Served with steamed white rice! OMG I am getting myself hungry now, haha.
@annejhealyne (18)
• Philippines
27 Oct 10
wow, sumptuous dinner huh. my kid also loves tinolang manok, specially the papaya over it. yummy.
@angelic123 (1108)
• United States
27 Oct 10
I find the papayas here bitter. So instead of using it I prefer chayote.
@camposkat (306)
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22 Nov 10
Hi angelic! Oh wow! I love tinolang manok as well. I love cooking it when I was still in the Philippines but ever since I came here in the UK, I haven't really tried cooking it because it's hard to find a replacement for the vegetable "sayote" or vegetable pear because they are only sold in Chinese stores and sometimes in Filipino shops. I miss gulping down the broth of tinolang manok. Although I must say that chicken adobo is quite possible to cook here. :) My fiancee actually loves Adobo especially pork adobo. He has tried the chicken version and he loved it too. :)
