Chicken Menudo Recipe

This Chicken Menudo recipe is sure to warm up and keep you cozy. A Filipino recipe with Spanish influences. Menudo is one of the many healthy Filipino recipes you can find in Yummy Kitchen. You’re sure to enjoy this dish that’s made of boneless chopped chicken, chicken liver, soy sauce calamansi, garlic, onion, carrot, potatoes, hot dogs, tomato paste, tomato sauce, chicken broth cube, bay leaves, water, salt, pepper, sugar, green and red bell peppers, and raisins. A very filling meal that’s healthy, savory, affordable and easy to make!

Chicken Menudo Recipe :

Ingredients

• 1 kilo boneless chicken ( chopped )
• 200 grams chicken liver
• 1 & ½ tablespoons soy sauce 
• 1 & ½ tablespoons calamansi juice
• 5 cloves garlic ( minced )
• 1 large onion ( minced )
• 1 small carrot ( chopped )
• 2 small potatoes ( chopped )
• 5 pieces hot dogs ( chopped )
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
• 1 piece chicken broth cube
• 3 – 5 pieces dried bay leaves
• 1 & ½ cup water
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons sugar to taste 
• ½ cup green and red bell pepper ( chopped )
• ¼ cup raisins
• Oil for sauteing

Steps:

1. In a bowl, mix together chicken, 1 tablespoon soy sauce and 1 tablespoon calamansi juice. Marinade for 30 minutes. Then prepare the liver by mixing this with ½ tablespoon soy sauce and ½ tablespoon calamansi juice. Let this marinade for 30 minutes.
2. In a pan, heat some oil and saute the potatoes and carrots until lightly browned. Then set aside. Then cook the hotdogs in the same pan until lightly browned before taking this out. 
3. In the same pan, saute liver until it changes in color. Take these out and set aside. Saute garlic, onion, and chicken with the marinade. Saute until these changes in color. Cook until the water from the chicken starts to come out.
4. Mix in tomato paste before mixing in the tomato sauce, broth cube, bay leaves, and water. Cover and simmer for 10 – 15 minutes at medium heat. 
5. Add in the cooked liver, potatoes, carrots, hot dogs, and mix well. Simmer for 5 – 8 minutes. Give it a taste and add salt and pepper with some sugar to taste.
6. Stir in some bell peppers and raisins. Cook for another 2 minutes or until the sauce thickens. Then serve with some rice.

A short Chicken Menudo History

“Menudo” or in Spanish “Small Bits” which is what the dish is, meats and vegetables chopped into slightly large and more often that not, bite sized pieces then turned into a stew. Similar to a chicken curry, but with Filipino flavors. “Menudo” or in some parts of the Philippines is called “Ginamay” is a traditional dish, one of the more popular Filipino recipes that is usually side by side with Afritada, Caldereta and Mechado all being tomato based stews that have specific additional ingredients that set these apart. 

This actually originates from a Latin dish, and is extremely popular in Mexico where it is made with tripe and eaten to cure hangovers. The menudo many of us Filipinos know was Introduced by the Spanish to the Philippines in the 1500’s. Now, you can find these sold in many Carinderias ( Karinderyas ) or small street eateries as a budget friendly meal complete with rice and sometimes a side soup. Or specifically made with larger chunks of meat at buffets, fiestas, birthdays, and special occasions.

How to make this Chicken Menudo Recipe ?

A great way to add protein, good carbs, and antioxidants in a Yummy way. This chicken recipe with bell peppers, tomatoes, aromatics and more. Is so easy to make. First start with marinating the chicken and liver separately with soy sauce and calamansi juice for at least 30 minutes. While waiting, heat up some oil to saute the potatoes and carrots until lightly browned before taking this out. Then cook the hotdogs for a few minutes then take these out of the pan as well. Cook the liver until these change in color, then take these out. Now to make the base, saute garlic and onions until aromatic before adding in the chopped chicken with the marinade. Cook until the chicken changes in color and the oils or juices come out. Add in the tomato paste and give this a good mix before adding in the tomato sauce, pork broth cube, bay leaves, and water. Mix well, bring to a simmer for a few minutes at medium heat. This will help cook the chicken further and really let the flavors blend well together. After, place in the liver, potatoes, carrots, and hot dogs and give it a good stir. Simmer once again to make sure everything is well combined. Give it a taste and add some salt and pepper if needed. If you find it too acidic or salty, sprinkle a bit of sugar. Stir in the bell pepper and raisins for a bit of sweetness and texture. Simmer for a few minutes so the raisins soften. Serve with heaps of freshly cooked rice. A simple chicken menudo recipe that will surely satisfy your lunch and dinner cravings. Are great even after the next day. Just pop this in a microwave or simmer back in a pot to reheat.

Questions : 

• Chicken menudo calories ?

Being one of the more healthy Pinoy chicken recipes, this menudo dish has around 130 calroies per serving.

• Difference with “Chicken Mechado” ?

Menudo has a main choice of meat; Pork but is typically substituted to be more affordable. But the main thing that it features is its sauce that always has hotdogs in it. For Mechado; while the main meat is usually Beef or Goat which are sometimes interchanges with other sources of protein. You can be sure that Mechado has somewhat less ingredients and is a more simple but thicker base-sauce.

• Other choice of meats ?
  • You can use the main meat – Pork that’s been chopped into smaller chunks into this dish.
  • Beef is also a good option. Likewise chopping this into smaller pieces will help quicken the cooking time.
  • Aside from chopped boneless chicken, you can also choose to use ground chicken for a “Ground Chicken Menudo Recipe”.
  • Or for a ‘healthier’ route try using chicken breasts for a “Chicken Breast Menudo Recipe”
  • If you want this meatier, try combining different meats like this “Pork and Chicken Menudo recipe” (Chicken Pork Menudo recipe).
  • For vegetarians or vegans, use tofu as a meat substitute. This will help give you a good amount of protein.

• Additional ingredients

Turn this into an even fuller meal by adding this Filipino dish with chickpeas, or if you want it to have a deeper savory taste with a thicker sauce, add half a can of liver spread for a “Chicken Menudo Recipe with Liver Spread” dish. You can add green peas, cabbages, and other vegetables you’d like to make this dish even more special.

Other Yummy Menudo-type Recipes!

• Pork Menudo
• Pork Mechado ( pork belly simmered in a citrus-y tomato sauce, similar to menudo )
• Chicken Caldereta Recipe
• Igado Recipe ( liver and vegetables stewed in Filipino style tomato sauce )
• Fish Pochero ( Fish, vegetables, and bananas simmered in a tomato based stew )
• Kinamatisang Manok ( a acidic and slightly sweet and spicy chicken and tomato dish )
• Pineapple Chicken Afritada ( a sweet and refreshing chicken tomato recipe )

Chicken Menudo Resipi: (Tagalog version)

Mga Sangkap :

• 1 kilo manok na walang buto ( hiniwa )
• 200 gramo atay ng manok
• 1 at ½ kutsarang soy sauce 
• 1 at ½ kutsarang calamansi juice
• 5 butil ng awang ( tinadtad )
• 1 sibuyas ( tinadtad )
• 1 karot ( hiniwa )
• 2 patatas ( hiniwa )
• 5 pirasong hot dogs ( hiniwa )
• 3 kutsarang tomato paste
• 2 kutsarang tomato sauce
• 1 piraso chicken broth cube
• 3 – 5 piraso dahon ng laurel
• 1 at ½ tasa tubig
• Asin at paminta panlasa
• 2 kutsarang asukal panlasa
• ½ tasa berde at pula na kampanilyang paminta ( hiniwa )
• ¼ tasa pasas
• Mantika panluto

Paano Lutuin :

1. Sa isang mangkok, haluin ang manok, 1 kutsarang soy sauce at 1 kutsarang calamansi. Imarinade ng 30 minuto. Ihanda ang mga atay, haluan ito ng ½ kutsarang soy sauce at ½ kutsarang calamansi juice. Imarinade ito ng 30 minuto.
2. Sa kawali. Uminit ng mantika at lutuin ang mga patatas at karots hanggang mag kayumanggi ng konti. Itabi. Lutuin ang mga hotdogs at tanggalin pagkatapos.
3. Sa parehong kawali, lutuin ang mga atay hanggang mag iba ng kulay. Tanggalin at itabi. Pagkatapos, lutuin ang bawang, sibuyas, at manok kasama ng marinade hanggang mgaiba ng kulay. O hanggang lumabas ang katas ng manok.
4. Haluan ng tomato paste bago dagdagan ng tomato sauce, broth cube, dahon ng laurel, at tubig. Takpan at pakuluan ng 10 – 15 minuto sa katamtamang init.
5. Haluan ng nilutong atay, patatas, karots, at hot dogs. Pakuluin ng 5 – 8 minuto. Tikman at lagyan ng asin, paminta, at asukal depende sa panlasa.
6. Haluan ng mga kampanilyang paminta at pasas. Lutuin ng 2 minuto pa o hanggang kumapal ang sarsa. Ihanda kasama ng kanin.