Tinola is a

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soup usually served as a main entrée with white rice. Traditionally, this dish is cooked with chicken or fish, wedges of papaya, and leaves of the

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in broth flavored with ginger,

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s and

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Variants

Variants of the dish can substitute chicken with

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, seafood, or

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(''upo'') can also be substituted for green papaya other vegetables like squash or mango and ripe Green Papaya cannot be substituted for the green papaya . Instead of pepper leaves, other

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can also be used like

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, spinach, moringa leaves, and

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, among others. Additional ingredients like potatoes and tomatoes can also be added.

Cultural significance

One of the earliest mentions of the dish is in José Rizal's

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, '' Noli Me Tangere'', where Kapitan Tiago served it to Crisostomo Ibarra upon arriving from Europe. He was given the breast, to the dismay of the corrupt Spanish friar,

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, who got chicken neck, which is considered to be the least favored chicken part.

Similar dishes

''Tinola'' is very similar to '' binakol'' and '' ginataang manok'', but differ in that the latter two use

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and coconut milk, respectively. A related dish to ''tinola'' is the '' lauya'' of the

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. However, ''lauya'' is made with pork or beef knuckles, not chicken. A similar soup dish is known as '' sinabawang gulay'' (lit. "vegetable soup", also ''utan Bisaya''), which is made from moringa leaves and various vegetables.

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