Name: How to Cook Chicken Pochero (Pocherong Manok)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 1 kilo dressed chicken; 1 small pack tomato sauce; 1/2 small cabbage (quartered); 1 small bunch pechay; 100 grams baguio beans (cut into 1 inch length); 5 pcs bananas (saba variety, cut into half); 2 pcs medium sweet potatoes or potatoes (quartered); 1 medium onion (sliced); 1/2 head crushed garlic; 1 pc chorizo de bilbao (sliced (optional)); 1 small can garbanzos (optional); 1 cup water (add more if necessary); 1 Tbsp. banana catsup; 1 tsp. sugar; 2 Tbsp. cooking oil; 1 Tbsp. patis; salt and pepper to taste

Pocherong manok or chicken pochero is a tomato sauce based chicken stew with vegetables like cabbage, Bagiuo beans and pechay. Actually this dish is a chicken version of the original pochero that uses pork. If you happen to run out of ideas cooking chicken, I guess chicken pochero is a good dish to try. Since this dish has lots of vegetables, it is a healthy dish and not only that, it is very simple to cook it. Is you can cook chicken adobo, then cooking this dish is a breeze.

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How to Cook Chicken Pochero (Pocherong Manok)

Pocherong manok or chicken pochero is a tomato sauce based chicken stew with vegetables like cabbage, Bagiuo beans and pechay.

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time30 mins

Total Time45 mins

Course: Chicken Recipe

Cuisine: Filipino

Keyword: chicken pochero, pocherong manok

Servings: 4 to 6 servings

Calories: 224kcal

Author: Manny

Ingredients

1 kilo dressed chicken
1 small pack tomato sauce
1/2 small cabbage quartered
1 small bunch pechay
100 grams baguio beans cut into 1 inch length
5 pcs bananas saba variety, cut into half
2 pcs medium sweet potatoes or potatoes quartered
1 medium onion sliced
1/2 head crushed garlic
1 pc chorizo de bilbao sliced (optional)
1 small can garbanzos optional
1 cup water add more if necessary
1 Tbsp. banana catsup
1 tsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. cooking oil
1 Tbsp. patis
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

How to cook chicken pochero:

Cut the chicken into serving sizes. Fry the bananas and set aside.
In a pot, saute garlic and onion in 1 tsp cooking oil.
Then add the chicken and stir-fry for at least 3 minutes.
Add the saba and sweet potatoes then cover and let it simmer.
After 5 minutes, add the tomato sauce, water and catsup, and cover again and simmer.
Add the baguio beans (and chorizo) and when it is already cooked put the cabbage and pechay (and garbanzos).
Season with patis, salt, pepper and sugar according to your desires taste.

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Comments

Maria Lenie Alvarez
February 19, 2019 at 9:57 pm

Is it ok if i used pechay baguio?
- Manny
  February 20, 2019 at 7:43 am
  
  Hi Maria Lenie, yes you can use pechay baguio as per your preference.
verg
December 27, 2016 at 2:43 pm
delicious looking
- Rachel
  September 17, 2017 at 11:41 pm
  
  I didn’t know that you can also make pochero using chicken. I thought only pork can be used.
  - Manny
    September 17, 2017 at 11:43 pm
    
    Hi Rachel, you can also use beef aside from chicken in cooking pochero.

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