Tinola with Chayote and Malunggay Leaves

If you are in the Philippines and you hear the word "tinola", that's a Filipino chicken dish.  There are many ways to cook chicken but tinola is a preferred dish by the locals.   The usual vegetables added to tinola are the malunggay (moringa) leaves, chili leaves, ampalaya (bitter gourd) leaves, and papaya.  For this recipe, I used chayote and malunggay leaves.  I have another tinola  recipe where I used the fruit of the moringa tree and added vermicelli.  You can find the post here.

 
Chayote like pumpkin is one of the vegetables which is very low in calories; provide just 16 calories per 100 g and contain no saturated fats or cholesterol. It is a rich source of dietary fiber, anti-oxidants, minerals, vitamins. Being a low-calorie and fiber-rich vegetable, it is often recommended by dieticians in cholesterol controlling and weight reduction programs.

Chayote is also a good source of folates, provides moderate levels of potassium, and also good in B-complex group of vitamins like thiamin, pyridoxine, riboflavin and minerals like iron, manganese, phosphorus, zinc, and copper.

Source:

http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/chayote.html

Instructions for Tinola with Chayote and Malunggay Leaves

Ingredients:

1 kilo chicken (any part you prefer is ok)
2 medium size chayote
leaves from 5 stalks of malunggay
3 tbsp fish sauce
1 thumb size ginger
6-8 cloves garlic
1 medium size onion
1 tbsp cooking oil
5-6 cups water

How to Cook:

1. Heat oil in a pan
2. Saute ginger, garlic and onion
3. Add the chicken; saute until brown
4. Add fish sauce and saute chicken for another 5 minutes
5. Add water; let it boil until chicken becomes tender
6. Add chayote
7. Add malunggay leaves

Serving size: 4-8

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