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Chicken Pastil

Chicken Pastil is a delicious recipe that is made from boiled chicken, cooked in aromatic spices. It is mixed with soy sauce, oyster sauce and other ingredients that results into a very delicious meal.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Filipino
Keyword: Chicken Pastil
Servings: 3 people
Cost: %6

Equipment

  • 1 Cooking Pot
  • 1 Frying Pan

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds chicken boiled and shredded
  • 1 stalk lemongrass
  • 1 thumb ginger sliced in small pieces
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 medium red onions
  • 1/2 cup cooking oil
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon McCormick garlic onion black pepper and sea salt all-purpose seasoning
  • 5 cups water

Instructions

  • Put water in a cooking pot with 1 onion and the stalk of lemongrass. Let it boil until chicken is cooked through, about 10-15 minutes.
  • Once cooked, get the chicken out from the pot and let it cool.
  • Use your clean hands to shred the chicken to small pieces.
  • Using 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, sauté ginger, garlic and onion in a frying pan until fragrant and aromatic. Add the shredded chicken and mix well.
  • Add soy sauce and oyster sauce and continue mixing together.
  • Put the sugar, then the vinegar. Let it simmer and mix when the sour aroma of the vinegar disappears.
  • Add the remaining cooking oil. Then add the McCormick Garlic Onion Black Pepper and Sea Salt All Purpose Seasoning.
  • Continue mixing until chicken pastil is a bit toasted. Taste and adjust the seasoning to your liking.
  • Prepare a cup of rice in a bowl. Then top the chicken pastil over the rice. Share and enjoy.

Notes

  1. Save the chicken stock for your other cooking.  It is so flavorful when used as a stock to your chicken soup dishes.
  2. You may use garlic power, onion powder and ground black pepper if the McCormick seasoning blend is not available.