MANOK PANSOH (BRAISED CHICKEN IN BAMBOO)

Serve 10

Ingredients:

1.7kg meaty chicken pieces
1-2 lemongrass, finely sliced
50g ginger, sliced
10 gm Garlic finely sliced
20 gm Onion finely sliced
20g bungkang leaves (can substitute with daun salam or dried bay leaves)
Black pepper

1 tsp salt
Bamboo log

Tapioca leaves or banana leaf

Method

Combine all the ingredients, except the last two, in a mixing bowl and set aside for 10 minutes. Stuff into the bamboo log and seal with the tapioca leaves of banana leaf.
Cook the chicken by standing the bamboo log sealed side up, over burning wood or charcoal, for 30 minutes.
To serve, remove the tapioca/banana leaf and drain the tasty juice into a bowl. Split the bamboo to extract the chicken and arrange on a serving dish with the juice.