Chicken Binakol

(pic: credit to owner)

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken (about 1 1/2 to 2 lbs), cut into serving pieces

3 cups young coconut water

1 1/2 cups young coconut meat

2 cups chicken broth

2 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce

1 small green papaya, wedged

1 cup hot pepper leaves

4 stalks lemon grass, cut in 1 inch length and pounded

1 medium onion, chopped

1 knob ginger(about 1 tablespoon), chopped

4 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

3 tablespoons cooking oil



Cooking procedure:

1. Heat a cooking pot and pour-in cooking oil.

2. Saute garlic when the oil is hot.

3. Put-in onions, ginger, and lemon grass, and then cook for 1 minute.

4. Add the chicken. Stir and cook until the color turns light brown (about 3 to 5 minutes)

5. Add ground black pepper and fish sauce. Stir.

6. Put-in the young coconut meat, young coconut water, and chicken broth. Allow to boil, and then simmer for 30 to 40 minutes.

7. Add the green papaya. Cook for 5 minutes.

8. Put-in the hot pepper leaves and cook for a minute more.

9. Turn the heat off, and then transfer to a serving bowl.

10. Serve with steamed rice.