Chicken Pochero Recipe

Today is a Regular Holiday in the Philippines. 

A perfect time for me to prepare a home cooked meal, so I decided to cook Chicken Pochero. 

Ingredients:

• 1 whole Chicken, chopped

• 1 small onion, diced

• 4 cloves garlic

• 2 large tomatoes, diced

• 2 cardava banana (saba), sliced

• 2 pcs chorizo, sliced

• 3 pcs potato, cubed

• a bunch of long green beans, cleaned, ends trimmed

• half cabbage, sliced

• 1 bundle Boy Choy, ends trimmed

• 1 cup tomato sauce

• 1 small can pork and beans

• 1 cup water

• 1 tsp fish sauce

• 1 tsp pepper corn

Procedure:

- Pour in oil, once hot, fry the banana until golden brown, set aside

- Fry chorizo next, set aside

- Sauté garlic, onion and tomato

- Stir in the chicken. Simmer for about 3mins

- Add tomato sauce, pork and beans, water, fish sauce and peppercorn. Simmer for another 5 mins. 

- Add cooked banana, chorizo and potatoes. Simmer until potatoes are half cooked

- Add sliced cabbage and long green beans, simmer for 5 mins. 

- Add bok choy last, turn off the heat and cover the pot. Wait for about 5mins before serving

*serve hot with steamed rice

Enjoy! 🍴