INGREDIENTS:
- 1 kg Whole Chicken, cut into pieces or chicken thighs
- 2 Tbsp UFC Golden Fiesta Canola oil
- 500 ml Locally coconut water
- 1 L Coconut milk
- 1 pc Pandan leaf
- 1 pc Red chili
- 3 pc Kaffir lime leaves
- 60 g Peeled and chopped ginger
- 50 g Peeled chopped garlic
- 100 g Chopped onion
- 30 g Chopped lemongrass
- 10 g Salt
- 40 ml Jufran Thai Fish sauce
- 15 g Muscovado sugar or brown sugar
- 80 ml Calamansi or lime juice
PROCEDURE:
1. Pre heat oven to 180C
2. Dry your chicken and salt liberally
3. Add some canola oil to your Dutch oven and when hot, add your chicken pieces skin side down
4. Cook until nice and golden brown, then flip.
5. When half cooked, remove from Dutch oven and set aside.
6. In the same pot, add your aromatics- ginger, garlic, onion and lemongrass and sauté until softened
7. Add your chicken back, skin side up and top off with coconut water and coconut milk.
8. Add fish sauce, sugar, lime juice , pandan leaf and red pepper. Add slices of any extra ginger and lemongrass leaves if you wish.
9. Bring to boil, cover and transfer to oven and cook for about 45 minutes.
10. When finished, remove from oven, adjust seasoning and enjoy with a hot bowl of rice!

