Chicken Binakol

Chicken binakol is a popular Iloilo stewed chicken dish with coconut meat and water. This is very similar to the tagalog version of chicken tinola which uses green papaya and chili leaves for the vegetables. When cooking chicken soup like this chicken binakol, use native chicken or free range chicken which will produce a flavorful dish unlike commercial chicken breeds.

To cook chicken binakol; Sauté garlic and ginger in hot oil until brown. Add onion and tanglad. Add chicken, patis and pepper. Saute for a while, pour rice washing, cover and simmer till chicken is tender. Remove chicken and debone. Return chicken to the stock. Add buko, buko water and dahon ng sili. Simmer a few minutes more. Sprinkle with the spring onion before serving.

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How to Cook Chicken Binakol

Chicken binakol is a popular Iloilo stewed chicken dish with coconut meat and water.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Total Time40 minutes mins

Course: Chicken Recipe

Cuisine: Filipino

Keyword: chicken binakol

Servings: 6 servings

Calories: 206kcal

Author: Manny

Ingredients

• 1 whole dressed chicken cut in serving pieces
• 4 cloves garlic chopped
• 1/2 thumb size ginger crushed
• 1/4 cup cooking oil
• 1 medium onion sliced
• 1 stalk tanglad (lemon grass) cut into 3 inch pieces
• 1 Tbsp. Patis fermented fish sauce
• 1/2 tsp. pepper or to taste
• 5 cups rice washing
• 2 cups grated buko
• 2 cups buko water
• 1 bunch dahon ng sili sili leaves (optional)
• 1 tablespoon spring onion chopped (optional)

Instructions

How to cook chicken binakol:

• Sauté garlic and ginger in hot oil until brown. Add onion and tanglad. Add chicken, patis and pepper.
• Saute for a while, pour rice washing, cover and simmer till chicken is tender.
• Remove chicken and debone. Return chicken to the stock. (or just leave it as is)
• Add buko, buko water and dahon ng sili. Simmer a few minutes more.
• Sprinkle with the spring onion before serving. 6 portions.

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