Chicken + Fruit = Yummy Dish!

Chicken and Fruit Mix: 

Chicken with Pineapples 

& Dalandan Chicken

Chicken when combined with fruits can make a whole lot of sumptuous dishes you could ever imagine.  In other countries, they mix chicken with apples, oranges, tamarind and even berries in their chicken dishes.  Since chicken can be very versatile, many recipes have been developed and mastered using chicken combined with fruits.  For example, the Pininyahang Manok or Chicken with Pineapples.  I've tasted variations of this dish mostly in fiestas and birthday parties.  So I decided to make my own version of it.  The simpler, the better and yummier.  Here it goes...

Chicken with Pineapples (Pininyahang Manok)

Chicken with Pineapples

You will need the following:
1/2 kilo of chicken, your choice of cut
garlic, minced
onions, chopped
1 pack pineapple tidbits, 1 can (if you want more pineapples)
sliced bellpeppers (optional)

salt and pepper to taste

How to cook Chicken with Pineapples:
1.  Saute garlic and onion in oil.  Add the chicken and season with "patis".  Cook until slightly brown.
2.  Add pineapple juice from the pack of pineapple tidbits, season with salt and pepper.  Let simmer.
3.  Add pineapple tidbits, bellpepper (optional).  Cover and cook for another 15 minutes.

Dalandan Chicken
In the past couple of years, a famous Chinese fast food restaurant launched its "Orange Chicken".  I immediately rushed to the nearest mall to sample this dish.  A lover of citrus fruits and anything sour and tangy, I instantly liked the dish.

A couple of days ago, my mother-in-law sent me some dalandan and bananas.  Not knowing how to consume them immediately, I thought of experimenting on a dish I now call Dalandan Chicken.  For sure many housewives and chefs have tried playing with these ingredients, yet it feels good to cook a dish, not so ordinary yet so enjoyable to the palate.

Dalandan Chicken

Here's what you will need:

1/4 kilo chicken breasts, sliced into strips

butter

dalandan juice

salt and pepper

1/2 teaspoon soy sauce

sugar

cornstarch with water or slurry

flour

Dalandan

1. Marinate chicken in salt, pepper, soy sauce, dalandan juice and a little sugar for about 30 minutes.

2. Heat oil for pan frying.  Before frying chicken, dredge in a little flour.  Cook until golden brown. 

3. Add butter and dalandan juice.  Let simmer and reduce.  Add cornstarch with water depending on your desired consistency of the sauce.  Add a little sugar, salt and pepper to taste.

Dalandan Chicken

I will never get tired of discovering more chicken dishes to share with you.  Till my next dish...