COPPER🇵🇼 Palau
Tinola recipe
A comforting chicken soup with fresh greens.
Ingredients
- 800 g chicken
- 1200 ml water
- 30 g ginger
- 1 onion
- 4 garlic
- 300 g green papaya
- 150 g spinach
- 3 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp black pepper
How to make Tinola
- Chop 1 onion and 2 cloves of garlic, setting them aside for cooking.
- Peel and dice a thumb-sized piece of ginger for flavor enhancement.
- In a pot, combine 1 kg of chicken with 1.5 liters of water, chopped onion, ginger, and minced garlic.
- Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat and simmer for 25 minutes until the chicken is fully cooked.
- While the chicken cooks, peel and dice 300 g of green papaya and set it aside.
- After 25 minutes, add the diced green papaya, simmering for another 10 minutes until tender.
- Once the papaya is tender, stir in 150 g of spinach and 2 tablespoons of fish sauce.
- Season the soup with black pepper to taste before serving hot, ensuring flavors are well balanced.
What is Tinola?
Tinola is a traditional dish from Palau, simmered in one pot, and takes about 45 minutes from start to finish. It is built around chicken, green papaya and spinach. The recipe below uses 9 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Tinola take?
At 45 minutes it is quicker than 69% of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 65 dishes built on chicken. The method runs to 8 steps, the longest being 25 minutes.
Any tips for making Tinola?
Use fresh ginger for the best aroma and flavor in the soup.
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