Cherry & Dennis Recipes

Filipino Chicken Inasal

Name: Filipino Chicken Inasal
Total time: 4 h 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1000 g chicken thighs; 2 piece lemongrass stalks; 30 g ginger; 6 clove garlic; 80 ml white vinegar; 60 ml calamansi juice; 3 tbsp Fish sauce; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp Black pepper; 1/2 tsp salt; 4 tbsp annatto oil; 1 tbsp cooking oil

菲律賓阿薩爾烤雞

Total time: 295 min
Difficulty: Medium
Servings: 4 servings

Recipe overview

Chicken thighs marinated with lemongrass, ginger, garlic, vinegar and calamansi are grilled while basted with annatto oil.

Ingredients

Main ingredients

1000 g chicken thighs
2 piece lemongrass stalks
30 g ginger
6 clove garlic

Seasoning

80 ml white vinegar
60 ml calamansi juice
3 tbsp Fish sauce
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp Black pepper
1/2 tsp salt

Sauce

4 tbsp annatto oil
1 tbsp cooking oil

Filipino Chicken Inasal complete ingredient overview

Tools

knife
cutting board
mixing bowl
small bowl
measuring cup
measuring spoons
grater
ridged grill pan
tongs
pastry brush
food thermometer
serving plate

Steps

Step 1

Trim and dry the chicken

Trim excess fat, pat the thighs dry and make two shallow cuts in the thick flesh.

Step 2

Bruise the aromatics

Cut and bruise lemongrass, grate ginger and mince garlic.

Step 3

Mix the marinade

Stir vinegar, calamansi, 2 tablespoons fish sauce, 1 tablespoon sugar, pepper and aromatics until the sugar dissolves.

Step 4

Marinate the chicken

Coat the chicken, cover and refrigerate 4 hours, turning once halfway.

Step 5

Make the basting oil

Reserve 1/4 tablespoon cooking oil for the grill pan; mix the remaining 3/4 tablespoon with annatto oil, the remaining 1 tablespoon fish sauce and the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar for basting.