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Lechon

Whole pig roasted over charcoal until the meat is tender and the skin turns shatteringly crisp. The star of any fiesta or celebration, lechon has regional variations across the Philippines, and the term also covers lechong manok, roast chicken, and lechon kawali, deep-fried pork belly.

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