Sinigang na Manok (Chicken in Sour Soup)

I’ve cooked this dish few days ago for my colleagues and
friends after our conversation about missing the taste of Filipino food,
especially Sinigang.  We have a dining
facility here that serves American and different kinds of food but not Filipino
food.  Even though, it is difficult to
get ingredients considering the location where we are (will not be disclosed
here due to security reasons), I found a way to get some ingredients and cook
it. 

Anyway, here is how I cooked Sinigang na Manok.

Here are the
ingredients I’ve used:

1 whole
chicken cut in portion

2 packets of
Knorr Sinigang Mix (since there’s no fresh tamarind to use)

¼ kilo of
strings beans

½ kilo of
eggplant

5 pcs of
green chili (not spicy)

Fish sauce
(measurement according to your taste)

1 ginger
medium size or according to your taste

Sliced 5
tomatoes

1 whole big
onion

5 bottles of
half liter of mineral water

How I cooked
it:

1.  I boiled mineral water and when it was
boiling poured the cut chicken, onions, ginger, tomatoes.

2.  When the chicken was tender, I poured 1
packet of the Sinigang mix and tasted. 
It tasted less sour so I poured another one until I was satisfied with
the sourness of the soup.  The technique
of getting the taste you would like when cooking is don’t put too much of sauces,
salt, etc.  You can adjust the taste
easily if you add bit by bit until you like the taste.

3.  Then after the mix, I added the fish sauce to
balance the taste.

4.  When it was boiling and the chicken was
tender, I added the vegies.  It is up to
the cook if he/she wants the veggies to be half cooked or fully cooked.  I prefer half cooked.

There you
go, simple recipe to cook for your colleagues, friends or love ones.

Until next time, happy cooking. J