Cebu-Style Roast Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken
• sea salt
• black pepper
• garlic powder
• 2 stalks lemongrass
• 2 bunches spring onions

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 475°F.

2. 2

   Rinse and pat the chicken dry (this will make the skin crunchy). Set aside.

3. 3

   Wash the spring onions and the lemon grass stalks well. Slice the stalks in half. Set aside.

4. 4

   Sprinkle sea salt and black pepper into the inside of the chicken.

5. 5

   Stuff the chicken with the spring onions and the lemon grass.

6. 6

   Rub the chicken with sea salt, black pepper, and garlic powder. In an oven-safe pan or stoneware, roast the chicken @ 475F for 45 minutes.

7. 7

   Lower the oven temperature to 375F and continue to roast for 30 minutes.

8. 8

   Serve with hot rice and cold Coca-cola.