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Perfect Lechon Manok Recipe You Must Try!

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Ingredients
  

For the Chicken & Marinade

  • 1 whole chicken
  • 1 stalk lemongrass bulb part, tied into a knot
  • 1 stalk leeks
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 tsp whole peppercorns
  • 1 –2 pcs star anise
  • Juice of 3–4 calamansi or ½ lime
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • ½ cup pineapple juice
  • 2 tbsp annatto oil or chicken oil
  • 1 Maggi Magic Chicken Cube crumbled
  • 1 small onion for stuffing
  • Foil for tying chicken legs

For Java Rice

  • 2 cups rice rinsed
  • 3 tbsp annatto oil
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 tbsp butter or margarine
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder optional, for color
  • 1 pack Maggi Magic Sarap
  • Salt to taste
  • Water for cooking rice

For the Dipping Sauce

  • 1 medium onion diced
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 –2 chilis sliced
  • ½ cucumber diced
  • 2 tbsp calamansi juice
  • 1 tbsp vinegar
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 4 tbsp Maggi seasoning
  • Black pepper to taste