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Paula's Cookery
Tinolang Manok or chicken ginger stew is another Filipino classic dish. This is light and refreshing, best served during lunch or dinner, especially during rainy days.
The first time I tried to cook this dish, I used Sayote (Chayote). In the Philippines, it is grown mostly on mountainous part of the country such as Baguio City. It is used in many kinds of soup dishes, stir-fried veggies and chopsuey. But when my father-in-law saw me having Sayote in Tinolang Manok, he told me, "You should use green papaya instead of sayote. It is more tasty, makes the dish more delicious and papaya is healthier than sayote." From the moment he told me that,...
