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Filipino Adobo-style Chicken Recipe


Filipino Adobo-style Chicken Recipe
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In keeping with this week's resolution to prepare a new food every evening, this was tonight's choice and we were all pleasantly surprised with the taste and ease! Just boil the chicken for the first 40 minutes, reduce the broth to a sauce, grill th... More

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Ingredients
  • 3 lb whole chicken legs; drumsticks and thighs
  • 3/4 cup distilled white vinegar
  • 2 garlic cloves; crushed
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 6 tablespoons soy sauce

Directions
  1. In a large kettle combine the chicken, the vinegar, the garlic, the bay leaf, the pepper and 1/2 cup water.
  2. Bring the mixture to a boil and simmer it, covered, for 20 minutes.
  3. Add the soy sauce and simmer the mixture, covered, for 20 minutes.
  4. Transfer the chicken with tongs to an oven-proof platter and discard the outer skin.
  5. Place platter in oven and grill both sides for about 15 minutes until browned.
  6. Strain the broth through a sieve, return it to the kettle and boil for 10 minutes or until it is reduced to about 1/2 cup
  7. Remove chicken from the oven, pour the sauce over it and serve with rice.

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Interesting post but Adobo usually has either red chillies or some sort of tomato product. Is it possible that you skipped an ingredient?


This looks wonderful!


The way that I found it on epicurious didn't have chilies or tomatoes. Also, my neighbor is Filipino and she's been trying for years to teach me this and her version didn't have chilies or tomatoes in it either. In any case, we don't eat chilies :)


This sounds so good! I like Barbie's ideas also! Instead of chicken drumsticks do you think I could use chicken breasts (bone-in)...


Now thats my kinda chicken thanks high5


Lillian absolutely.. I myself would prefer a part of the bird (bone-in) slightly less veiny-bony than the leg. Next time :)


Sounds very good, had this overseas in Japan. A neighbor made it and invited us for supper. It was really good. You have my 5


This is one of the best chicken recipes around. The vinegar becomes very mild tasting during the cooking and the meat very tender.


Aha…Pilipino cooking…fond memories…and a great dish…the chickens not bad ether…err…great recipe yah that was what I meant to say!


Sounds great...:)


Sounds delicious!


I made this tonight and it was perfect!!! If this is what they eat in the Philippines, then I think I could be very happy there! I was so tempted to add more ingredients but I didn't...well except I doubled the garlic! Thats the Italian in me! LOL! I used thighs and breasts(bone-in)...and I served this over plain white rice. I also took the meat off the bones and mixed it into the sauce and rice before eating! But I took the photo as per the recipe. This has a nice ethnic flavor to it and the chicken tastes like its been cooking all day! Nice deep flavors! My kids even loved it and said I could make it once a week! I hope you like my photo! Thanks for posting this great recipe!


Oh, by the way...I didn't let the sauce reduce down to 1/2 cup because I knew I would need more sauce than that, for the rice. I just let it reduce in half...was that what you really meant?


I actually did reduce it to 1/2 a cup because we liked the sauce thicker and it reminded me so much of BBQ. Of course if you want you could reduce it less. I'm glad you loved it and this is the first recipe of mine that someone has actually tried AND commented on and you made me very happy. Thank you so much!


The sauce sounds great here! Has to be good, thanks!


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Now 2 days later, I decided to just take the meat off the bone and stir it into the sauce. Way more enjoyable that way. I've decided next time around to prepare it as noted above and then discard all the bones.


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