Nilagang manok or boiled chicken soup is one of the simplest Filipino recipes by just boiling the chicken and putting all the vegetables and spices in a pot until cooked and presto! you have a tasty nilagang manok dish. In choosing the chicken used in this recipe, it is preferable to choose a native chicken instead of the commercial white leghorn or broilers. It is because the native chicken is a lot more tasty and flavorful. You just need more time in cooking native chicken because it is a bit tougher than the white leghorn or broiler.
To tell you how simple it is to cook this dish, put the chicken pieces in a pot with water, peppercorns, salt, onion, and bring to a boil. Cover and cook until chicken is tender. Add potatoes, bananas, cabbage, pechay, green onions and green beans and cook for a few minutes until vegetables are cooked. Add season with salt and pepper to taste.
How to Cook Nilagang Manok
Ingredients
- 1 kilo chicken cut into desired sizes
- 6 cups water
- 20 pcs whole peppercorns
- 2 tsp. salt
- 1 big onion quartered
- 2 potatoes pared and quartered
- 1 head cabbage quartered
- 4 saba bananas halved
- 1 small bundle green onion cut into 2 inch length
- 1/4 kilo green beans stringed and cut into 2 inch lengths
- 1 fresh pechay native
Instructions
How to cook nilagang manok:
- Place chicken in a big kettle with water, peppercorns, salt, onion, and bring to a boil.
- Cover and cook until chicken is tender.
- Add potatoes, bananas, cabbage, pechay, green onions and green beans and cook for a few minutes until vegetables are cooked.
- Add season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot. Good for 8 persons.
Just like nilagang baboy I think this dish is easy to cook.
Hi Ella, actually it is easier to cook than nilagang baboy and requires less time to tenderize the chicken meat.