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Pinaupong Manok

Pinaupong Manok

Pinaupong Manok, which means "seated chicken," is a Filipino-style dish steamed on a bed of rock salt. It's moist, tender, and delicious to the bone!

⏱ Prep: 0 min ⏱ Cook: 21 min Easy
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Ingredients

  • 0.25 1 whole chicken (about 4 to 5 pounds)
  • 0.25 1 head garlic peeled
  • 0.25 teaspoon 1 teaspoon pepper freshly ground
  • 0 rock salt
  • 0.5 2 stalks lemongrass
  • 0.25 l 1 large onion
  • 0 fish sauce or soy sauce to taste
  • 0 calamansi juice
  • 0 heavy bottomed pot with tight-fitting lid clay pot
  • 0 Remove the gizzards and any internal organs inside the chicken's cavity. Under cold running water, rinse chicken well. Thoroughly dry the chicken inside and out.
  • 0 In a food processor, pulse garlic until smooth. In a small bowl, combine pureed garlic and pepper.

Instructions

  1. Chop it up and serve with sinangag (fried garlic rice), steamed or coconut rice, and calamansi-soy sauce for dipping. Delicious to the bone talaga!

  2. Transfer leftovers to a container with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up 2 months.

  3. Reheat leftovers in a dry skillet, turning them over to warm evenly, until they reach 165°F. Alternatively, warm in a 350°F oven for 10 to 15 minutes or in the microwave at 2- to 3-minute intervals until thoroughly heated through.

  4. You can use leftovers for Chinese chicken salad, sotanghon soup, chicken salad sandwiches, or chicken sisig.