Chicken Adobo

Name: Chicken Adobo
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 80 ml soy sauce; 10 cloves garlic, crushed; 4 bay leaves; 1 tsp black peppercorns, lightly crushed; 1.2 kg chicken thighs and drumsticks, bone in; 120 ml water; 120 ml white wine vinegar or cane vinegar; 1 tbsp brown sugar; 1 tbsp sunflower oil; 2 spring onions, sliced; 600 g steamed rice, to serve

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Prep10 min

Cook50 min

Total60 min

The best-known dish of the Philippines: chicken braised in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, bay leaves and black peppercorns, then browned and returned to the reduced sauce, so it ends up sour, salty, glossy and deeply garlicky.

Ingredients

Serves:4

80 ml soy sauce
10 cloves garlic, crushed
4 bay leaves
1 tsp black peppercorns, lightly crushed
1.2 kg chicken thighs and drumsticks, bone in
120 ml water
120 ml white wine vinegar or cane vinegar
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp sunflower oil
2 spring onions, sliced
600 g steamed rice, to serve

Nutrition (estimated)

high confidence

1328kcal · per serving

93.3g

Protein

141g

Carbs

38.2g

Fat

Recipe total: 5313 kcal · P 373g · C 563.9g · F 152.9g

Estimated from 11 of 11 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

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Steps

1
Mix the soy sauce, garlic, bay leaves and peppercorns, coat the chicken and marinate for 1 hour, or overnight in the fridge.
2
Put the chicken and its marinade in a heavy pan with the water and bring to the boil.
3
Pour in the vinegar and do not stir for the first 5 minutes; letting it boil undisturbed for a while takes the harsh edge off, as Filipino cooks do.
4
Cover and simmer for 30 minutes, turning the chicken once, until tender.
5
Lift out the chicken, add the sugar to the pan and boil the sauce for 8–10 minutes until reduced by half and slightly syrupy.
6
Meanwhile pat the chicken dry and brown it skin side down in the oil in a frying pan for 5 minutes until crisp.
7
Return the chicken to the sauce and turn it to coat. Scatter with the spring onions and serve with the rice, spooning the sauce over.

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Questions and answers

How long does Chicken Adobo take to make?

About 60 minutes: 10 min prep and 50 min cooking.

What ingredients do you need for Chicken Adobo?

11 ingredients: soy sauce, garlic, bay leaves, black peppercorns, chicken thighs and drumsticks, water, white wine vinegar or cane vinegar, brown sugar, sunflower oil, spring onions, steamed rice.

How many servings does this Chicken Adobo recipe make?

4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.

How many calories are in a serving of Chicken Adobo?

About 1328 kcal, with 93.3 g protein, 141 g carbohydrate and 38.2 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.

Which diets does this Chicken Adobo recipe suit?

It is dairy-free.

What cuisine is Chicken Adobo?

Chicken Adobo comes from Filipino cuisine.

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