Filipino Chicken Adobo Recipe
The Filipino Dishes website wouldn’t be complete if it doesn’t contain Chicken adobo! It is the most served, eaten and famous dish in the Philippines.
Ingredients
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Adobo Chicken Ingredients for Marrnade
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1 tbsp. GarlicMinced
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3/4 cup Vinegar
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3/4 cup. Soy Sauce
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3 Pieces Laurel Leaves
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Adobo Chicken Ingredients for cooking
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1 Kilo Chicken BreastCut in serving pieces
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1 tbsp PeppercornCracked
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3 tbsp Cooking Oil
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1.5 cup Water
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to taste Salt
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1 Red OnionChopped
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1 tbsp GarlicMinced
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2 tbsp Brown Sugar
Directions
The Filipino Dishes website wouldn’t be complete if it doesn’t contain the famous Chicken adobo recipe! It is the most served, eaten and famous recipe in the Philippines. Adobo recipes comes in different styles because it can be prepared with either chicken or with pork. Chicken Adobo recipe can also be prepared in many ways and with different parts of chicken. In this recipe I will describe the easiest and traditional way of preparing a Filipino Chicken Adobo dish.
In this Chicken Adobo Recipe, I’ve used chicken breast as the main ingredient. I’ marinaded the chicken for this recipe for at least 20 hours. This way, the marinade is really absorbed into the chicken and makes the taste of the chicken abobo recipe even better! More information about marinading chicken can be found in this post
I will separate a portion of the Adobo ingredients for this recipe, so it will be clear what ingredients to use for the marinade and a what portion of ingredients are needed for cooking.
Marinading the Chicken Adobo Recipe
Start marinading the chicken adobo bij mixing all the adobo chicken ingredients together: Soy sauce, Vinegar, laurel leaves and a tablespoon of garlic.
Add Chicken to Adobo Marinade ingredients
Add the chicken to the adobo chicken marinade and leave it overnight (in the ref). If you can't marinade the chicken adobo for 20 hours, then make sure that the chicken is marinade for at least 5 hours so the marinade can soak into the chicken.
Start cooking Adobo Chicken by putting the cooking oil in a pan and add the chicken breast until the chicken is light brown. Approximately 1.5 min on each side and set aside.
Leave the left-over adobo marinade, including the oil, in the pan, and add garlic until its golden brown (not burned).
Next add the Onions and stir for a few minutes until its soft.
Add the water, cracked peppercorn, brown sugar, Garlic and the ingredients that were left from the marinade (Soy Sauce and Vinegar, garlic and Laurel leaves) and bring it to a boil without stirring. You can put some extra soy sauce or salt accordingly to reach the desired taste.
Lower the heat and add the chicken. You can cover the pan but it's not necessary. Leave the chicken adodo ingredients mixture simmer for about 20 minutes. You can stir the adobo ingredients occasionally, but I've learned that you can also just leave it as is.
Turn the chicken around and ket the Adobo chicken simmer for another 15 min (until chicken is tender).
The sauce will be thick and reduced. If you want the chicken to be more tender, then simmer the whole mixture longer.
If you want the adobo sauce to be thicker you can also remove the Adobo Chicken and leave the left-over ingredients until it reaches the thickness you want.
Serve this Adobo chicken recipe with white tice on a place. You can garnish the plate with spring onions, and I've added some fried onions as well which made the taste unique!
Recipe Reviews
Ingredients
Adobo Chicken Ingredients for Marrnade |
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| 1 tbsp. Garlic | |
| 3/4 cup Vinegar | |
| 3/4 cup. Soy Sauce | |
| 3 Pieces Laurel Leaves | |
Adobo Chicken Ingredients for cooking |
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| 1 Kilo Chicken Breast | |
| 1 tbsp Peppercorn | |
| 3 tbsp Cooking Oil | |
| 1.5 cup Water | |
| to taste Salt | |
| 1 Red Onion | |
| 1 tbsp Garlic | |
| 2 tbsp Brown Sugar | |
