Pininyahang Manok

Pininyahang Manok

(Chicken and Pineapple)

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons cooking oil

1 thumb-size ginger, cut to strips

5 to 10 cloves of garlic, crushed

1 medium bulb onion, chopped

2 to 4 tablespoons fish sauce

½ kilo chicken, cut to pieces

½ kilo pineapple chunks, drained

1 cup pineapple syrup

Cooking Instructions:

Heat the cooking oil in the pan.  Toss in the ginger.  When the ginger turns light brown, add garlic and sauté until medium brown.  Add the onion and stir until slightly tender.  Put fish sauce.  Mix until the fish sauce is reduced.  Stir in the chicken.  Cover the pan and allow the chicken to be boiled in its own juice.  Stir occasionally until the water is reduced.  Allow the chicken to be fried in its own fat.  Add cooking oil if necessary.  When the chicken turns to medium brown, put the pineapple syrup.  Simmer until the liquid is reduced.  Add the pineapple chunks.  You may opt to add ground black pepper.  Cover the pan.  Put in low flame and simmer for two to three minutes.

This recipe will serve up to three people.