Savory Style Chicken | Panlasang Pinoy Meaty Recipes (2024)

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• 1 whole dressed chicken
• 1 bundle lemon grass or tanglad crushed
• Sesame oil (optional)

For the marinade:

• 1 bundle lemon grass crushed, chopped
• 1 head garlic crushed
• 1 cup soy sauce
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground pepper
• 1 tsp Five-spice powder or 3 pcs whole star anise, also called "sanque"
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• Spring onions chopped
• 2 pcs bay leaves

Gravy ingredients:

• 3 Tbsp. cooking oil
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1 Tbsp. peanut butter unsweetened
• 1/8 tsp Five-spice powder
• Salt and pepper to taste

How to Cook Savory Style Chicken:

• Mix all marinade ingredients (except bay leaves) and put in a blender.

• Blend marinade mixture on low until lemongrass and garlic are finely chopped. Set aside.

• Filter and discard solid particles of the marinade mixture using a sieve.

• Combine chicken, marinade mixture and bay leaves in a plastic zip-loc bag, marinate overnight in refrigerator.

• The following day, stuff chicken with lemongrass. Let stand for about 30 mins.

• Roast chicken in oven at 425°F for 1 1/2 hour (Note: a better way is to use a probe thermometer and when the internal temperature of the thickest part of the chicken reaches 175°, remove the chicken from the oven).

• Prepare basting sauce by mixing 2 tbsp. sesame oil to the marinade, baste chicken in oven every 15-20 mins.

• Roast until golden brown.

• Serve with the prepared gravy (See gravy recipe below).

You can also fry the chicken by following these procedure:

• Mix all the marinade ingredients in a pot and pour 2 cups of water.

• Stuff the chicken with lemon grass and put it in the pot with the marinade.

• Boil until half cooked. Drain the chicken and then deep fry until the skin is brown and crispy.

• Serve with the gravy (see recipe below).

How to make the gravy:

• Mix cooking oil and 1/4 cup flour.

• Stir mixture in a sauce pan over low heat for about 4 minutes, until the color changes to brown.

• Mix the remaining flour into the chicken broth and pour in to the pan.

• Add five spice powder and peanut butter

• Bring the mixture to a boil and stir cook for a few minutes until the mixture thickens

• Add more broth if necessary. Add salt and pepper to taste.