Filipino

Sinampalukang Manok (Chicken in Tamarind Broth)

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Sinampalukang Manok (Chicken in Tamarind Broth) is Filipino home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

45 min Medium Dairy free Halal

Ingredients

Serves
5

The quantities follow this count.

How to cook it

  1. Saute the ginger, onion, and tomato in the oil until fragrant and soft.

  2. Add the chicken and cook, turning, until it changes color on all sides.

  3. Pour in the water, bring to a boil, and skim any foam.

  4. Stir in the tamarind paste, cover, and simmer until the chicken is tender, about 25 minutes.

  5. Season with the fish sauce, fold in the kangkong, and serve hot with rice.

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Serve it with

A Filipino dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Sinampalukang Manok (Chicken in Tamarind Broth), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Sinampalukang Manok (Chicken in Tamarind Broth) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Sinampalukang Manok (Chicken in Tamarind Broth)
Allergen In this dish Cook this instead
Peanuts No
Tree nuts No
Dairy No
Gluten No
Shellfish No
Eggs No
Soy No
Fish Yes Adobong Baboy (Pork Adobo)
Sesame No
Coconut No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories
350 kcal
Protein
22 g
Carbs
8 g
Fat
26 g
Fiber
1 g
Sugar
3 g
Sodium
480 mg
Saturated fat
6 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Sinampalukang Manok (Chicken in Tamarind Broth) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.

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