Sitting pretty Chicken Recipe (pinaupong manok)

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 whole chicken

• 1 bottle 7-up or sprite

• 1 pc. onion, chopped

• 1 bay leaf

• 2 cloves garlic, chopped

• 5 pcs. whole peppercorn

• 3 pcs. calamansi

• 1 pc. chicken bouillon cube

• 1/2 cup margarine

• achute for coloring or 2 tbsp. tuyo

• 1 tsp. salt.

PROCEDURE:

• Boil chicken with 7-up, onions, calamnsi juice, chicken cube, margarine and salt, enough water to cover the chicken

• Cook in medium fire until chicken is tender

• Cook for about 1 hour for a kilo of chicken

• Reserve soup  for sauce.