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Chicken Adobo - crazy delicious Filipino Chicken Adobo recipe made in one pot. Chicken Adobo is a perfect dinner for the entire family.
Chicken Adobo Recipe
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.
What Is Chicken Adobo
Chicken Adobo is a Filipino chicken recipe that is well loved by many people.
The ingredients are chicken, bay leaves, black peppercorn and bay leaves. You can use any parts of the chicken: breasts, thighs, legs or wings.
I used chicken thighs for this recipe and yields tender, moist, fall-off-the-bone chicken.
You can use a pot, pan, skillet, slow cooker or an Instant Pot to make this recipe.
Adobo
This recipe is from The Adobo Road Cookbook.
It’s an authentic adobo recipe and yields delicious and amazing results. The seasonings consist of soy sauce and Filipino white cane sugar vinegar. You can also use distilled white vinegar.
How To Make The Best And Authentic Filipino Adobo
- Brown the chicken thighs in the broiler for 3–5 minutes.
- Use whole black peppercorns.
- Reduce the sauce until it is almost completely evaporated; the chicken will then begin to fry in its own fat.
- For more sauce, double the amount of soy sauce and vinegar.
Chicken adobo makes a perfect dish for weeknight dinner as the cooking process is so easy. I just love it that everything gets done in one pot and the ingredients are everyday ingredients that you can get easily in any store.
There is no need to marinate the chicken; the chicken soaks up the sauce while cooking in the pan.
Frequently Asked Questions
This adobo recipe is 332 calories per serving.
What To Serve With Chicken Adobo
This meal is best served with steamed rice. For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Chicken Adobo
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup white Filipino cane vinegar, or distilled white vinegar
- 6-8 cloves garlic, smashed with the side of a knife and peeled
- 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
- 2 bay leaves
- 6 skin-on bone-in chicken thighs
Instructions
- Place the soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, black peppercorns, and bay leaves in a large, nonreactive sauté pan. Nestle the chicken thighs, skin side down, into the pan.
- Bring the liquid to a boil over high heat. Then, cover and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Turn the chicken over, cover again, and simmer for an additional 10 minutes.
- Uncover the pan and increase the heat to high, bringing the sauce back to a boil. While occasionally turning and basting the chicken, continue boiling the sauce, uncovered, until it reduces by half and thickens slightly, about 5–7 minutes.
- Serve the chicken with steamed white rice.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
If you can get the Filipino cane sugar vinegar you should. It turns out much better than regular distilled white vinegar. I found Flipino vinegar with hot peppers in the bottle. It adds just a hint of spiciness, yummm!
Sounds good.
Just made this recipe
It was very good and
Different thanks for sharing
I will be making this again
Awesome
It’s a 5 star …not that it is exceptional gourmet …but it’s a delicious meal everyone at the table will enjoy …and, it’s easy to make.
I think I will be making this routinely (maybe with some variations.) Highly recommended!
Thanks again for another wonderful recipe Bee!
BobB (aka Roberto)
Thanks!
Even though I know how to cook adobo, it always amazes me to see all these “marinate the meat recipes”, this is an authentic one and I was very pleased to see, that there still are people who pass on the authentic recipe.
Chicken adobo was a fan favorite in my house growing up. My mother is from Cebu, City. I have learned to cook some of my favorite Filipino recipes from being in the kitchen with her. You and my mom cook this dish the same exact way and it’s absolutely delicious. My mom has passed away but her memory and good food lives on. It’s so nice to see others embrace their culture and share with others too.
I grew up eating adobo as a regular meal in mom’s rotation but didn’t appreciate it as a child, My grandfather taught mom to cook. He immigrated from the Philippines as a young man. I added a dash of fresh grated ginger and I was back in his kitchen. I LOVE the particular blend of sweet, sour and salty that Filipino food offers. What more could you ask for?! Thank you so much for the recipe. Can’t wait to try your Pancit.
Thanks for your support.
Thanks for the great recipe. It is so tasty and easy to make, especially on busy work days! I double the amount of soy sauce (low sodium) and vinegar because we like more sauce. This is a regular meal now in our home?
Thanks!
Hi Rasa,
My German mom cooked lots of Asian dishes for my Filipino stepdad. In her adobo, she used more soy sauce, a bit less white vinegar, a bit of sugar to balance the vinegar, ground allspice and then added water to cover the meat (along with the garlic, pepper, bay leaves). This was cooked at high heat until the liquid boiled down to leave a good amount of rich sauce. I have tried it without the sugar and allspice, but much prefer it with. Would that be a specific, regional dish with those added ingredients as they are not included in any of the adobo recipes I have seen?
Hi Maria, I am not sure but whichever you love the best. Your version sounds amazing!
Absolutely delicious, fixed this for dinner tonight and we enjoyed the tender chicken so much. First time I have eaten this dish and will make it soon again.
Awesome!
Recommended to eat chicken adobo with more sauce to reduce its oil. Also try adding oranges and chocolate.