Filipino Rotisserie Chicken (Lechon Manok)

Filipino Rotisserie Chicken (Lechon Manok)

Ingredients:
1 whole chicken
8 oz Sprite or 7up
3 tbsp brown sugar
5 cloves of minced garlic
1 medium sized sliced onion
12 pieces calamansi (juiced)
1 thumb size chopped ginger
2 stalks lemon grass
2 tbsp ground black pepper
3 bay leaves
1 tbsp salt
3 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp paprika
garlic bread spread

Marinade:
Sprite or 7up
soy sauce
calamansi juice
garlic
ginger
onions
pepper
sugar
cayenne powder

Instructions:
1. Place the whole chicken and marinade in a ziploc bag. Refrigerate overnight.
2. Stuff the chicken cavity with lemon grass, bay leaves, garlic, and black pepper.
3. Inject chicken with marinade and melted garlic spread
4. Rub the chicken with garlic spread, salt and pepper
5. Place chicken on rotisserie and tie tightly
6. Place rotisserie on hot spit
7. While roasing brush chicken with garlic bread spread, pepper and paprika
8. Roast chicken until breast temperature is at 165 degrees
9. Serve with mang tomas dipping sauce