Lechon Manok Recipe
This Lechon Manok Recipe is easy to make; just put the chicken in the pan, put the lemongrass inside the chicken and sprinkle with salt and pepper or drizzle soy sauce for color.
- Prep Time: 2 hours
- Cook Time: 1 hour 20 mins
- Total Time: 3 hours 20 mins
- Yield: 5 1x
- Category: Entree
- Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 Whole Chicken (dressed/cleaned)
- 1 8 oz Sprite
- 3 tbsp of white or brown sugar
- 3–5 cloves of garlic, minced
- 3 tbsp of garlic powder
- 1 medium-sized Onion, sliced
- 3 Tbsp. of Lemon or Calamansi juice
- 1 thumb size Ginger
- 1 or 2 stalks of Lemon Grass (Tanglad)
- Ground Black Pepper
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 stick of Butter
- Salt to taste
- 3 Tbsp. Soy Sauce
Instructions
- Marinate the whole chicken in Sprite, soy sauce, calamansi juice, garlic, minced ginger, onions, pepper and sugar for an hour or more or Overnight
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. 250°C if using turbo oven
- Stuffed the Chicken cavity with the following tanglad (lemongrass) tied together, garlic powder, bay leaves and Peppers.
- Put the marinade mix inside the chicken.
- Rub the chicken’s skin with butter, salt, pepper, and garlic powder
- Roast the chicken for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until the chicken is golden brown.
- While roasting brush the chicken’s skin, with butter.
- Best Served with Sawsawan (Sauce / Mang Tomas)
Notes
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Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/5 chicken
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 750 mg
- Fat: 9.8 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 33 g
- Cholesterol: 115 mg
Keywords: party favorite, easy preparation, spit-roasted chicken, street food, traditional
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