Chicken Adobo Recipe

Filipino Chicken Adobo is the national dish of the Philippines and may well become your new favourite Asian chicken dish! Just a few everyday ingredients I can practically guarantee you already have, it’s an effortless recipe that yields juicy, tender chicken coated in a sweet savoury glaze with little pops of heat from peppercorns.

This is a chicken thigh recipe and it MUST be made with thighs – no substituting with chicken breast!

Filipino Chicken Adobo (Flavour Kapow!)

Recipe video above. One of the most amazing Asian chicken thigh recipes I have ever come across. Intense in flavour, but so fast and easy to prepare! Chicken is so tender, it’s like it’s been slow cooked.

Prep: 10min

Total: 45min

Serving Size: 407 g

Nutrition Facts: servingSize 407 g, calories 350 kcal, Carbohydrate 13 g, Protein 39 g, Fat 15 g, Saturated Fat 3 g, Cholesterol 178 mg, Sodium 1458 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 7 g

Ingredients:

• 750g / 1.5 lb chicken thigh fillets (, boneless and skinless (5 – 6 pieces) (Note 1))
• 3 garlic cloves (, minced)
• 1/3 cup (85ml) soy sauce (, ordinary all purpose or light (not dark soy sauce, Note 2))
• 1/3 cup + 2 tbsp white vinegar
• 4 bay leaves (fresh) or 3 dried
• 2 tbsp oil (, separated (vegetable, canola or peanut))
• 3 garlic cloves (, minced)
• 1 small brown onion (, diced)
• 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) water
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tbsp whole black pepper ((sub 2 tsp coarse cracked pepper))
• 2 green onions/scallions (, sliced (garnish))

Instruction:

1. Combine Chicken and Marinade ingredients in a bowl. Marinate for at least 20 minutes, or up to overnight.
2. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a skillet over high heat. Remove chicken from marinade (reserve marinade) and place in the pan. Sear both sides until browned – about 1 minute on each side. Do not cook the chicken all the way through.
3. Remove chicken skillet and set aside.
4. Heat the remaining oil in skillet. Add garlic and onion, cook 1 1/2 minutes.
5. Add the reserved marinade, water, sugar and black pepper. Bring it to a simmer then turn heat down to medium high. Simmer 5 minutes.
6. Add chicken smooth side down. Simmer uncovered for 20 to 25 minutes (no need to stir), turning chicken at around 15 minutes, until the sauce reduces down to a thick jam-like syrup.
7. If the sauce isn’t thick enough, remove chicken onto a plate and let the sauce simmer by itself – it will thicken much quicker – then return chicken to the skillet to coat in the glaze.
8. Coat chicken in glaze then serve over rice. Pictured in post as a healthy dinner plate (415 calories) with cauliflower rice and Ginger Smashed Cucumbers.

Chicken Adobo

Chicken slices cooked in soy sauce and vinegar with garlic. This is a delicious Filipino chicken dish that you can eat for lunch with warm white rice.

Prep: 5min

Total: 40min

Yield: 4

Serving Size: 1 serving

Nutrition Facts: calories 607 kcal, Carbohydrate 4 g, Protein 44 g, Fat 44 g, Saturated Fat 10 g, Cholesterol 170 mg, Sodium 1317 mg, Sugar 1 g, servingSize 1 serving

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs chicken ((note 1))
• 3 pieces dried bay leaves ((note 2))
• 8 tablespoons soy sauce ((note 3))
• 4 tablespoons white vinegar ((note 4))
• 5 cloves garlic ((note 5))
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 teaspoon sugar ((note 6))
• 1/4 teaspoon salt ((note 7))
• 1 teaspoon whole peppercorn ((note 8))

Instruction:

1. Combine chicken, soy sauce, and garlic in a large bowl. Mix well. Marinate the chicken for at least 1 hour. Note: the longer the time, the better
2. Heat a cooking pot. Pour cooking oil.
3. When the oil is hot enough, pan-fry the marinated chicken for 2 minutes per side.
4. Pour-in the remaining marinade, including garlic. Add water. Bring to a boil
5. Add dried bay leaves and whole peppercorn. Simmer for 30 minutes or until the chicken gets tender
6. Add vinegar. Stir and cook for 10 minutes.
7. Put-in the sugar, and salt. Stir and turn the heat off.Serve hot. Share and Enjoy!

Easy Authentic Chicken Adobo At Home

FAQ

What are the original ingredients in adobo?

What is Chicken Adobo made of?

What is the step to cook adobo?

1. Heat the oil in a cooking pot.
2. Add the garlic. …
3. Add the peppercorns and bay leaves. …
4. Put the pork belly in the cooking pot. …
5. Pour the soy sauce and beef broth (or water). …
6. Pour-in the vinegar. …
7. Taste your pork adobo and decide to add salt if needed.
8. Transfer to a serving plate.

Is adobo Filipino or Mexican?

Why do you put vinegar last in adobo?