A comfort food for every filipino especially during the rainy and cold season. Chicken cut ups in a flavorful soup with chili leaves, ginger and papaya, some like using chayote instead, which ever you prefer, but in our house we love using the manibalang or the almost ripe papaya. The broth is so good, kind of sweet soup tinola. Give it try and be the verdict.

Ingredients:

1 kilo chicken cut ups
1 medium unripe papaya
1 thumb size ginger sliced into strips
2 Tbsp chicken powder
1/4 cup patis
1 medium onion chopped
3 cloves garlic
1 cup sili/chili leaves
1 liter water
2 Tbsp vegetable oil

Preparation:

heat casserole and vegetable oil, add chopped ginger, onions until translucent and add garlic.
Add chicken and patis, saute for 3 minutes, set heat to low and cover for 15 minutes mixing from time to time to avoid sticking.
Add water, chicken powder and chayote, cover until chayote is almost cook.
add chilli leaves and adjust seasoning.