Grilled Chicken & Tilapia

Last friday night, Tita Lita (Papa Nestor's younger sister) & Tito Arnie arrived all the way from Arizona to visit. To celebrate their arrival, we had a Saturday lunch get-together at Leo & Stel's place. The weather was nice and sunny. Everyone were initially inside the house. Then the kids started going outside the backyard, so the adults followed.

There were lots of food, of course. I prepared the grilled chicken Friday night and the grilled fish (tilapia) Saturday noon. Other foods in the party were pancit (noodles), laswa, kare-kare, egg roll, siopao, cake and coconut fruit salad.

The day after a lot of people got sick from the food, including Tita Lita, Ate Angel and myself. I suspect that it was the kare-kare because it went bad that same day, in the afternoon.

grilled chicken
ingredients:
1 pack chicken thighs (12-14 peices)
1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
1/2 cup Kikkoman soy sauce
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup oyster sauce

marination:
Put the chicken in a freezer bag and marinate it with pepper, soy sauce, vinegar and oyster sauce. Store in the fridge for 2 days, turning it every day so the marination process is somewhat even.

grilling:
Preheat the grill for 5 minutes. Then lay down the chicken tighs on the grill. Adjust the heat to medium and close the lid. Turn and apply marinated sauce with a clean painter's brush every 5 minutes. Take the chicken out after 30 minutes and serve.

grilled tilapia
ingredients:
2 pieces tilapia
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 piece lemon

marination:
Squeeze lemon to the outside body and inside stomach cavity area of the fish. Then sprinkle the salt in the same manner. Set on the side for 30 minutes.

grilling:
Preheat the grill for 5 minutes. Then lay down the fish on the grill. Adjust the heat to medium and close the lid. Turn and squeeze lemon to the fish every 10 minutes. Take the fish out after 20 minutes and serve.