Chicken Tinola with Sotanghon

Cooking Chicken Tinola with Sotanghon is as simple as the usual tinola there is no special cooking method except the addition of sotanghon noodles which really compliments with the ginger chicken soup. the dish of course can be cooked with your favorite tinola vegetables,

Ingredients:

1 kilo chicken, cut into serving pieces, bone in
150 grams sotanghon noodles, rinsed
2-3 medium size sayote, peeled cut into wedges
2 thumb size ginger, cut into strips
1/2 head garlic, chopped
1 medium size onion, chopped
3-5 pcs. siling haba
1 bundle dahon ng sili, chili tops (or young spinach leaves)
1 tbsps. peppercorns
1/4 cup fish sauce
1 tsp. sugar
salt
cooking oil



Cooking procedure:

In a large sauce pan sauté garlic, onion and ginger until fragrant, add in the chicken and stir cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the fish sauce and stir cook for another 1 to 2 minutes.
Pour in 4 to 6 cups of water, add in the peppercorns bring to boil and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes.
Then add in the sugar, siling haba and sayote, simmer for another 2 to 3 minutes.
Now add in the sotanghon noodles and continue to cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until the sayote and the sotanghon noodles are just cooked.
Correct saltiness if required, add in the dahon ng sili and cook for another 1 minute.
Serve hot.