How To Cook Lechon Manok (Filipino Style Roasted Chicken)
Lechon manok is a roasted whole chicken over live charcoals. Compared to oven roasted chicken, charcoal roasted ones have a distinct smoked flavor and aroma.
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time3 hours hrs
Total Time3 hours hrs 20 minutes mins
Course: Chicken Recipe
Cuisine: Filipino
Keyword: chooks roasted chicken, lechon manok
Servings: 2 to 3 servings
Calories: 323kcal
Author: Manny
For the lechon manok
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 Tbsp. anise seeds
- 4 stalks of lemon grass or tanglad
- 1 medium size onion quartered
- 1 Tbsp. brown sugar
- Salt to taste
- 1 cup chicken soup stock or chicken bouillon cube dissolved in 1 cup hot water
- 1 whole medium size dressed chicken
For the lechon manok sauce:
- 1/2 kilo fried chicken liver
- 2 medium sized onion chopped
- 1/4 cup vinegar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp. bread crumbs
- 1 head garlic
- 1/2 tsp. all spice powder
- 1 Tbsp. ground black pepper
- 1 cup chicken stock
- salt to taste
For the lechon manok:
Put chicken stock in a saucepan and let it simmer.
Add the ingredients anise, lemon grass, onion, salt, sugar, garlic and cover.
After a few minutes turn off the heat and set aside.
Strain the soup stock and reserve the spices. This will be used later to stuff the chicken.
Get a big syringe and inject the chicken with the soup stock.
Let the chicken marinade overnight in the fridge.
Slowly grill the chicken over the live charcoal and baste with the oil and soup stock mixture.
Grilling time will take about 2 to 3 hours depending on the size and weight of the chicken.
Chicken is done when clear juice comes out of the chicken when you make a cut on the thigh part.
Cook it until the meat is tender and the skin is brown. Serve with lechon manok sauce.
For the lechon manok sauce:
Put all the ingredients together in a blender (except the all spice powder) until it becomes a puree .
Pour the mixture in a saucepan and simmer for about 15 minutes or until the liver is already cooked and the sauce thickens.
Turn off the heat then add the all spice powder. Mix well and set aside.