Crispy Skin Roasted Chicken

Are these pictures look mouthwatering to you? Do you believe this is homemade? Yeap, it's 100'% homemade! I've seen restaurants serving this kind of chicken or duck very often whenever there's wedding function or birthday party. But never in my head thought of making one and surprisingly I DID !
And here's what I did.
Ingredients :
1 whole chicken (about 2kg)
3 cups water
2 tbsp maltose
1 tbsp vinegar
Seasoning :
3 tbsp fermented soybean paste
1/2 tspn chinese 5 spice
1 whole preserved kamquet, roughly chopped
1 tspn light soy sauce
pepper
Method :
(1) combine water, maltose & vinegar in a wok/a large pot and bring it to boil.
(2) make sure the chicken is clean & pad dry, then bath the chicken with the boiling mixture for several times.
(3) tide the neck of the chicken with a string and sun dry for an hour.
(4) again bath the chicken for the 2nd time, sun dry again for another 1-1/2 hours or till a dried & hard skin is formed.
*for ducks : sun dry for about 3-4 hours due to thicker skin.

(6) finally, bake at preheated oven 190'C for about an hour or untill the skin is brown & crispy. And serve hot.

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I'm sending this to 3 Hungry Tummies @ Muhibbah Malaysian Monday.
chicken, main course