Lechon Manok Recipes

LECHON MANOK (PINOY ROAST CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Combine onion, garlic, calamansi juice, fish sauce, salt, black pepper, and brown sugar in a bowl to make marinade.
• Place chicken in a roasting pan. Rub marinade over chicken, including inside the cavity. Let chicken marinate in the refrigerator, about 4 hours. Reserve leftover marinade in the bowl.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Trim lemongrass, discarding tough outer stalks. Pound inner stalks with a heavy object until bruised. Place lemongrass and bay leaves inside the chicken cavity.
• Stir oil into the leftover marinade in the bowl.
• Roast chicken in the preheated oven, basting with the oil mixture from time to time, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh reads 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), 60 to 90 minutes.
• Remove chicken from the oven and allow to rest in a warm area for 15 minutes before serving.

LECHON MANOK (FILIPINO ROASTED CHICKEN) RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, add-in the chopped onion, minced garlic, fish sauce, soy sauce, calamansi juice, brown sugar, and salt and pepper. Combine well until incorporated.
• Place the chicken in a resealable bag and then pour-in the marinade. Seal the bag and refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 200°C. Take out the chicken and reserve the marinade.
• Stuff the lemongrass and the bay leaves inside the chicken cavity.
• Place chicken in a wire rack on a baking tray and then put inside the oven. Roast for 60 to 90 minutes.
• Combine the reserved marinade with the vegetable oil and then baste the chicken every 20 minutes while roasting until cooked.
• Transfer to a serving tray or serving plate. Serve and enjoy!