Chicken Tinola

1 tbsp cooking oil
1 2-inch pc ginger, cut into strips
½ k chicken
1 tbsp fish sauce
6 cups water
2 pcs chicken cubes
1 pc sayote, sliced
2 stalks dahon ng sili

1. In a heated pot, sauté half of the ginger in oil.
2. Rub chicken pieces with fish sauce, add to pot, and sauté until slightly brown.
3. Add water, remaining half of the ginger, bring to boil, and add chicken cubes.
4. Add sayote and reduce heat to simmer until chicken and sayote are cooked.
5. Add dahon ng sili, simmer for another 2 minutes and serve.

Serves 4.

Note: It is better if there is no dahon ng sili. This will make the soup taste bitter. But all in all, this recipe is delicious.