Recipe: Delicious Famous Chicken Adobo

Famous Chicken Adobo. Cook chicken pieces until golden brown on both sides, then remove. Pour in vinegar and soy sauce, and season with garlic powder, black pepper, and bay leaf. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat; brown chicken.

Combine the chicken thighs, vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, peppercorns and bay leaves in a large pot. Chicken adobo is one of the most popular Filipino recipes, other than lumpia and pancit. There are many ways to cook adobo, for example: you can make it with a slow cooker or crock pot chicken adobo, but cooking it on the stove top with a skillet is quick and easy. You can have Famous Chicken Adobo using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Famous Chicken Adobo

Prepare 1 of whole chicken cut up.
You need 3/4 cup of soy sauce.
You need 3/4 cup of vinegar.
You need 1/4 cup of oyster sauce.
You need 3/4 cup of sprite.
You need 10 cloves of garlic crushed.
Prepare 1 of small onion chopped.
It's 2 tbsp of oil.
You need 1/2 tbsp of peppercorn.
It's 5 pcs of bay leaves (optional).

Chicken Adobo is a Filipino dish made by braising chicken legs (thighs and/or drumsticks) in a sauce made up of vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, and black pepper. It's tangy, salty, garlicy, slightly sweet, and spicy. The chicken is slowly simmered in the sauce making it flavorful and incredibly tender. It has been modified to be a bit more saucy than traditional adobo, it is delicious served over rice.

Famous Chicken Adobo instructions

Take a whole chicken and cut it up in serving size pieces.
Take a large wok or skillet and heat up oil. Add onions and garlic and sauté until brownish. Should take about 3-4 minutes depending on how high your heat is.
Add chicken and sauté until chicken is fully brown on both sides.
Add soy sauce, vinegar, and oyster sauce and let it simmer for 8-10 minutes on medium heat.
Add sprite, peppercorn and bay leave and let it simmer on low for another 15-20 minutes or until most of the liquids have been absorbed to your desired amount.
Best served with white rice. Enjoy!.

The famous Chicken Adobo originated in the Philippines. The dish is prepared using the Inadobo style of cooking. It means cooking meat or seafood with vinegar and mostly soy sauce. It is a popular method during the olden days when refrigerators and freezers were not yet available because vinegar helps extend the shelf life of food. Pour chicken and marinade into a large, heavy bottomed pot and cover.