Hello everyone...

Today, I want to share and show you how I cooked the Roasted Whole Chicken or Lechon Manok I prepared last All Saints and All Souls Day.

Do you love to eat roasted chicken or lechon manok? If so, check out my simple recipe for lechon manok using the air fryer.

Air Fried Roasted Chicken or Lechon Manok

INGREDIENTS:

-1 whole chicken
-Pineapple Juice
-Sprite
-Lemon Grass
-Spring Onion
-Onion
-Tomato
-Ground Black Pepper
-Garlic Powder
-Bay Leaf
-Paprika
-Magic Sarap Seasoning
-Salt
-Ketchup
-Brown Sugar
-Tabasco Sauce
-Soy Sauce
-Canola Oil
-Water

PREPARATION:

Wash and clean the whole dressed chicken thoroughly.
Wash lemon grass and then fold and make a knot.
Wash the spring onions.
Wash the tomato and slice it into small pieces.
Peel and wash the onion, then slice it into small pieces.
Get the whole chicken and put all the fresh spices inside for stuffing. Put in the onions first, then tomatoes, spring onions, and the lemon grass. Then set aside.

In a pot or big bowl, put 1 cup of pineapple juice then add one 8oz Sprite, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp ground black pepper, a few drops of Tabasco sauce, fresh onions, fresh garlic, and bay leaf.

Dip the chicken in the liquid mixture and marinate it for 3hrs to 5hrs or much better if overnight.





Meanwhile, I prepared another batch of fresh spices for the dipping. These are onions, long chili, ginger, tomato, and spring onion.

Clean all these spices thoroughly and cut them into small pieces. Mix the spices with vinegar, soy sauce a little brown or white sugar, and then hot sauce. (I used Tabasco sauce) and then set aside.

COOKING TIME:

Pre-cook the marinated chicken in a pot or deep pan with the marinated sauce on low to medium heat. Just cook the chicken slightly. Then remove it from the pot or pan and transfer to a bigger plate. Let it cool down and then pat dry the chicken.





While waiting for the chicken to cool down, I made another sauce for brushing the chicken's body while roasting it later. It's a mixture of ketchup, soy sauce, garlic powder, paprika, lime juice and Tabasco sauce.

Now, let's prepare the air fryer!





Put baking paper on the air fryer's pan and then put the whole chicken. Set the air fryer to 180 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes and then cook the chicken.

After 7 minutes, open the air fryer and brush some sauce on the chicken then close again. After 5 minutes open again to check. When it's already cooked, reverse the chicken and cook the other side.

Now, it's the breast side. Continue cooking and check after 10 minutes this time, then rub some sauce cover again, and continue cooking.





In exactly 30 minutes, my whole roasted chicken was already well-cooked. It was a little crispy outside, yet tender and juicy inside.

That was so delish!!

I hope you like it and have some homemade roasted chicken for your meal. Thank you so much for stopping by and God bless.