Strips of chicken breast fillets, chilis and malunggay (Moringa oleifera) in homemade broth thickened with coconut cream. Spicy, healthy, easy. Filling enough to be served as a main dish too. That makes it the perfect dish and recipe, doesn’t it? Did I mention that it’s delicious too? Okay, make that doubly perfect.
Of course, it all starts with homemade chicken bone broth.
And a huge bunch of malunggay leaves which you have to patiently strip off their stems and rinsed (see how to prepare the malunggay leaves for cooking).
After that, you can start cooking your chicken and malunggay soup.
Ingredients
- 2 large chicken breasts thinly sliced
- 3 to 4 cups malunggay leaves
- 1 onion thinly sliced
- 6 cloves garlic minced
- 1 thumb-sized knob ginger peeled and finely sliced
- 2 stalks lemongrass finely sliced (see tips)
- 2 kaffir lime leaves torn
- 2 to 4 bird’s eye chilies finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable cooking
- 4 cups chicken bone broth
- 2 cups coconut cream
- patis (fish sauce) to taste
Instructions
- Heat the cooking oil in a pot. Saute the garlic, ginger, onion, chilis and lemongrass until fragrant.
- Add the chicken strips and cook until no longer pink.
- Add the kaffir lime leaves. Stir and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Pour in the broth. Season with fish sauce. Bring to the boil, lower the heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until the chicken is done.
- Pour in the coconut cream.
- Add the malunggay leaves, pressing them down into the liquid. When the soup boils, count two minutes then turn off the heat. Don’t overcook the malunggay leaves unless you want them to turn bitter.
- Adjust the seasonings and serve at once.
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Blue-eyed Blonde
we used to have this a lot as a main dish(w/ big chicken pieces)
I miss malunggay so much
ohh the best.. i have that every week..
i mean the chicken and malunnggay
hello po :-) ano po ang pwede substitute for kaffir lime leaves?
Wala eh. You can omit it but you’ll lose a lot of flavor and aroma.
Where can I buy kaffir leaves?
Fresh or dried?
Saan po dito sa Q.C. pwede mabili ang kaffir lime leaves? And meron po ba tagalog name pra sa kaffir lime leaves?
Dried, in jars, at Landmark Trinoma. Potted kaffir lime is available (occasionally) at the Manila Seedling Bank.
masarap sya kaso lang mahirap hanapin
ang kaffirr lime leaves
TRY ko nga gawin sa TLE subject namin sana perfect ako hehehe asa pa ako!!
It’s a very simple recipe. Sure, you can perfect it. :)
I am a lover of Thai foods and kaffir lime leaves is always almost present in their cooking. Kaffir lime leaves on chicken and our own malunngay leaves sounds soooo yummy I will definitely try it but I have to hunt for kaffir first here in Toronto. Thanks for this recipe!
OMG it’s delicious. I bought some malunggay leaves at the Farmer’s Market and was going to cook it the way my mom used to put it with fish, but I found your recipe and I love it. Thank you for this wonderful recipe!
Glad you enjoyed it, Liz. :D