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Chicken Inasal Recipe

Ed Joven
Craving smoky, grilled and flavorful chicken? Try our Chicken Inasal Recipe! This Filipino dish is packed with flavor & easy to make at home.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Marinate 6 hours
Total Time 7 hours 5 minutes
Course Chicken
Cuisine Filipino
Servings 4
Calories 460 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 4 pcs Chicken quarter legs

INASAL MARINADE:

  • 8-10 pcs Calamansi
  • 1/2 cup Tuba vinegar
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1 30g Sachet Oyster sauce
  • 1 tsp ground pepper
  • 6 cloves garlic
  • 3 pcs thumbs size Ginger

CHICKEN OIL:

  • 100 g Chicken skin/fats
  • 1/4 cup Canola Oil
  • 1 tbsp atsuete seeds

DIPPING SAUCE:

  • Spicy Sinamak
  • Toyo-Mansi
  • Siling Labuyo

SERVE WITH:

  • Rice & Fried Garlic

Instructions
 

  • We need to slit the chicken legs (watch the video to see how to do it)
  • Place the chicken in a baking pan or a large bowl
  • Pound Ginger using mortal and pestle
  • Pour Vinegar (Tuba is recommended for Inasal) to Chicken
  • Add soy sauce, calamansi juice, ground black pepper, crushed garlic and ginger
  • Add 1(30g) Sachet of Oyster sauce
  • You can also add Tanglad stalk but optional
  • Using gloves massage the marinade into the chicken.
  • Place in the refrigerator and Marinate for at 2 to 6 hours.
  • In a fry pan over medium heat, place fatty chicken skin and fry, turning as needed, until crisp and renders oil.
  • Then add atsuete seeds fry until the oil turns orange, remove from heat and set aside.
  • Lightly grease grill and heat over hot coals.
  • Drain chicken from marinade and scrape off any stray aromatics. Arrange chicken in a single layer over hot grates with skin side up.
  • Grill chicken for about 30 to 40 minutes, turning once or twice and basting regularly with chicken oil.
  • Remove from the grill and allow to rest for about 3 minutes. Serve hot with the remaining chicken oil, steamed rice and dipping sauce.

Video

Nutrition

Calories: 460kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 32gFat: 30gCholesterol: 130mgSodium: 560mgPotassium: 370mgFiber: 1g
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