How to cook pinaupong manok:

• In a large clay pot, pour the rock salt in the bottom and line with banana leaf. Set aside.
• Clean the chicken thoroughly inside and out. Drain afterwards for a few minutes.
• Then rub with a patis and pepper inside and out thoroughly.
• Peel the onion and slice into quarters. Wash the lemon grass and cut the root and weed out the dried leaves.
• Pound it using the blunt edge of the knife and tie the whole bunch into a knot so the leaves won't scatter.
• Stuff the chicken cavity with crushed garlic, sliced onion and lemon grass.
• Arrange the chicken into the claypot in a sitting position with the opening of the cavity facing down so that the heat will penetrate inside the chicken cavity.
• Cover tightly as much as possible and cook over a slow fire for about 2 hours until the chicken is cooked and tender.
• You can also use stainless steel pot or a pressure cooker.
• The cooking time using a stainless steel pot is 1 hour while pressure cooker is only 30 minutes.
• Please take care not to let the chicken touch the sides of the metal pot.