Garlic Soup

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 heads of garlic, chopped
• 1¼ cups onions,chopped
• 1¼ cups potatoes, diced
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups chicken stock
• salt and pepper

Procedure:

1. Heat butter in medium heat and cook garlic until golden brown.
2. Add onions until soft. Then add potatoes, cook without browning them. Add milk and stock. Boil and simmer until potatoes are cooked. Season with salt and pepper according to taste.
3. Put soup in blender and pulse until creamy. Serve.

Chicken Tinola

This is one of my favorite chicken recipes.

Ingredients:

• 1k chicken, washed, dried and cut into desired sizes
• 1 green papaya / 4 potatoes, cut into cubes
• chilli leaves / malunggay
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 tbsp ginger, cut into strips
• 3-4 cups water
• 2 ½ tbsp fish sauce (patis)
• 2 tbsp cooking oil

Procedure:

1. Saute garlic, onion and ginger in oil.
2. Add chicken and saute until golden brown. Add 1 tbsp fish sauce, stir and let it simmer for 1minute.
3. Add water and the rest of fish sauce then bring to boil.
4. Add papaya/potatoes and chili/malunggay leaves.
5. Cook until vegetables are cooked.