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You are here: Home / All Recipes / Paksiw na Lechon Manok (Filipino Sweet Sour Chicken Stew)

Paksiw na Lechon Manok (Filipino Sweet Sour Chicken Stew)

Grilled chicken stewed in vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, garlic, shallots and chili. It’s a Filipino sweet sour chicken stew a.k.a. paksiw na lechon manok.

Paksiw na lechon manok in claypot

You saute garlic, shallots and chilies in a little oil, you pour in the vinegar and soy sauce, and you sprinkle in brown sugar. You throw in a couple of bay leaves and add a little freshly cracked black pepper. You drop in the grilled chicken and you boil everything together until the chicken has soaked up most of the liquid.

Then, you pour in the lechon sauce and simmer everything until all the flavors have fused together and the sauce has reduced some more. By the end of the cooking time, the chicken pieces should be snuggled in a thick blanket of dark sauce.

Paksiw na lechon manok (Filipino sweet sour chicken stew)

It’s also a smart way to recycle fried chicken. Fried chicken is great with its crispy skin and moist meat when newly cooked. But when it has turned cold especially after sitting overnight in the fridge, it is impossible to make the skin as crispy during reheating. Some cooks deep fry leftover fried chicken but that makes the chicken much too greasy. Me? I’d rather throw cold fried chicken into a pot and cook it as paksiw.

Paksiw na Lechon Manok (Filipino Sweet Sour Chicken Stew)

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
It's easy, it's delicious and it requires a much shorter cooking time than the traditional paksiw na lechon because the chicken pieces are smaller. It takes only about 30 minutes to cook the dish plus a couple of minutes to do the prep.
Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 35 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Filipino
Servings 4 people
Paksiw lechon manok on plate with rice and vegetables
Print Recipe

Ingredients
  

  • 2 shallots or 1 red onion
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 2 to 3 bird’s eye chilies
  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil
  • â…“ cup vinegar
  • ¼ cup dark soy sauce
  • ¼ cup dark brown sugar firmly packed
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 6 to 10 leftover grilled, otisserie or fried chicken pieces (about 800 grams in total weight)
  • 1 to 1 ½ cups lechon sauce (store bought)
  • sliced scallions to garnish

Instructions
 

  • Peel and thinly slice the shallots
  • Peel and mince the garlic.
  • Finely slice the chilies.
  • Heat the cooking oil in a pan.
  • Saute the garlic, shallots (or onion) with 2/3 of the sliced chilies until softened and aromatic, about two to three minutes.
  • Pour in the vinegar and soy sauce. Stir in the brown sugar and black pepper, and throw in the bay leaves.
  • Dump the leftover grilled, rotisserie or fried chicken into the pan. Boil until most of the liquid has been absorbed, about five minutes.
  • Pour in the lechon sauce. Set the heat to the lowest setting. Cover the pan. Simmer the chicken for 20 minutes. Midway through the cooking, taste the sauce and adjust the seasonings, as needed.
  • Transfer the cooked paksiw na lechon manok into a serving bowl or individual bowls. Garnish with sliced scallions and the remaining sliced chilies.
Keyword Chicken, Stew
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