Hainanese-Style Roasted Chicken

Ingredients:
1 Whole Chicken
4 garlic ~ light bruised
1" ginger ~ Sliced
3-4 Stalk spring onion

Marinade:
3 tbsp soy sauce
1-1/2 tbsp honey
1/2 tsp Chinese 5-spiced powder
1/2 tsp Shaoxing wine
1/2 tsp sesame oil
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground white pepper

Direction:

1. Grab a handful of coarse or kosher salt & start rubbing all over the skin but at the same time being careful not to tear or damage the skin.   Should see smooth clean skin once completed.  Then pat dry inside & out.
2. Mix the marinade ingredients well in a small bowl & rub it generously on the skin of the chicken & also the cavity.
3. Insert the garlic, ginger & spring onion inside the cavity & then transfer it into a Ziploc bag.   Pour the remaining marinade into the bag & overnight.  Turn the plastic bag to make sure that the chicken is evenly marinated.
4. Next morning, discard the garlic, ginger & spring onion in the cavity.   air dry the chicken for about 30 minutes at room temperature or oven fan until the skin surface is no longer wet.
5. In a bowl of balance marinade, use a brush & coat evenly on the chicken skin.   Continue to air dry for about 3 hrs.   Turn the chicken oven air dry both sides.
6. Heat the oven to 150 deg C (up/down).   Place the chicken in a roasting pan (at the lower rack) & roast for about 90 minutes.  1st 30 mins, brush coat the skin with the marinade & turn over.  Continue to bake for another  2nd 30 mins, do the same coating till 90 minutes.
7. Remove from the oven, use the juice/fat brush coat over the chicken.  Let cool a little then add 2 tsp of sesame oil & coat all over the chicken.