Lechon Manok Barbecue Chicken Sliders

One day my wife left for Manila to help out one of my daughters who had to transfer to a different room from her dormitory.  So I was left with the cooking chores but I had to drive them to the bus terminal first.  Considering that I did not have enough time to do a proper lunch, I had to figure out what I could do quickly but is not ordinary.  So I figured, why not re-purpose lechon manok (Filipino roasted chicken) and use it as the main ingredient for barbecue chicken sliders?  Why not?

So on the drive back home, I stopped by the ever reliable Baliwag Lechon stand and got me one lechon manok.  I just asked them to halve it into two instead of chopping it up into smaller pieces.

Since it was only me and my eldest daughter who were going to have lunch, the recipe that I will be sharing is for 2 people.  When I got home, my daughter asked, what is for lunch?  I replied, Lechon Manok.  And she had this look like she wanted to ask why.  She was surprised on the outcome of our lunch.  She couldn’t believe it that I could do barbecue chicken sliders with a lechon manok.  While having lunch, I asked her if I could repeat this recipe and she said yes!  There were 9 mini dinner rolls, I had 5 and my daughter had 4.  She was satisfied with lunch.

This is the result:

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Ingredients:

• 1/2 Lechon manok (Filipino style roasted chicken)
• 1 pack Marby mini dinner rolls

  

• 1/3 cup BBQ sauce

  

• 2 small onions, sliced into rings
• 9 slices cheddar cheese
• 1/4 cup parsley flakes
• melted butter (enough to cover dinner rolls)

Instructions:

1. Shred the 1/2 Lechon manok and discard the bones.
2. Slice dinner rolls in half horizontally.
3. Put the shredded chicken on the bottom half of the dinner rolls.
4. Pour BBQ sauce on chicken.
5. Add sliced onions on top, distribute evenly.
6. Cover with Cheddar cheese slices.
7. Sprinkle parsley flakes on top of cheese.
8. Cover with the top part of the dinner rolls and pour melted butter.
9. Bake at 375 deg F for 20 minutes.
10. Slice and serve hot.

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Lechon Manok Barbecue Chicken Sliders

This is a western inspired recipe with a Filipino twist. I used Lechon manok which is the Filipino version of roasted chicken. I also used Cheddar cheese slices instead of the original cheese required, which was Jack Pepper. I also included the chicken skin for more flavor.

Prep Time 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 30 minutes minutes

Servings 2

Ingredients

• 1/2 piece Lechon manok (Filipino style roasted chicken)
• 1 pack Marby mini dinner rolls
• 1/3 cup BBQ sauce
• 2 pcs onions small, diced
• 9 slices cheddar cheese
• 1/4 cup parsley flakes
• melted butter enough to cover dinner rolls

Instructions

• Shred the 1/2 Lechon manok and discard the bones.
  
• Slice dinner rolls in half horizontally.
  
• Put the shredded chicken on the bottom half of the dinner rolls.
  
• Pour BBQ sauce on chicken.
  
• Add sliced onions on top, distribute evenly.
• Cover with Cheddar cheese slices.
  
• Sprinkle parsley flakes on top of cheese.
  
• Cover with the top part of the dinner rolls and pour melted butter.
  
• Bake at 375 deg F for 20 minutes.
• Slice and serve hot.