Ingredients:
- Whole Fat Chicken 1 Kilo (remove and set aside the fat)
- Cold Water 8-10 Cups
- Chorizo de Bilbao 2 whole pieces (quartered diagonally)
- Dried Ham Bone 100 gm
Chicken Kinulob - Chinese Ham Bits 100 gm
- Large White Onion 1 pc
- Large Potatoes 2-3 pcs (peeled in halves)
- Whole peppercorns 15 pcs
- Kikkoman Soy Sauce 1 tbsp
- Sherry 1 tbsp
- Rock salt, to taste
- Banana leaves to cover the Masflex Casserole
- String
Procedure:
Stud potatoes with peppercorns.
Singe banana leaves till smokey and fragrant.
In a casserole, render oil from chicken fat.
Saute chorizo, oil will be orange.
Add ham bone, chicken and cover with water.
Bring to a boil.
Add onion and potatoes, soy sauce, and sherry.
Bring to a boil, then lower heat to simmer.
Cover the Masflex Casserole tightly with banana leaves.
Cook for 35 minutes then check chicken.
Chicken has to be fall-off-the-bone tender.
If not yet tender, cook for another 10-15 minutes.
Taste broth, season with rock salt if needed.
Broth must have the smokey fragrance of burnt banana leaves.
To eat in a La Opala Diva Bowl, mash the potatoes in the broth, no need for rice.
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