Crock Pot (Slow Cooker) Chicken Adobo
Published Aug 21, 2019
Updated Oct 02, 2024
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Crock Pot Chicken Adobo - the best and easiest chicken adobo made in a slow cooker or crock pot. Just add the chicken, garlic and seasonings and dinner will be ready.
Slow Cooker Chicken Adobo
I have an easy and amazing classic Chicken Adobo recipe made on a skillet, and this is adobo made in a slow cooker.
Chicken adobo is an excellent recipe for a slow cooker or crock pot. Just have all the ingredients in the crock pot and let it do the magic.
What Is Adobo
Many people think of adobo, you think of canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. In Filipino recipes, adobo actually is a type of vinegar-based marinade that consists of soy sauce and garlic. It’s an iconic dish in the Philippines, just like the everyone’s favorite lumpia.
Adobo is definitely highlighted in this chicken dish that is accented with whole black peppercorns and bay leaves.
When simmering away in the crock pot or slow cooker, the chicken takes on the tanginess of the vinegar.
In addition, the vinegar helps maintain the chicken’s tenderness, and the result, a moist piece of poultry.
One Pot Dinner For The Entire Family
Dinner will be ready for the entire family without much fuss, and the clean up is a breeze as you have only one pot to clean.
Now that it’s back-to-school season, try this crock pot chicken adobo recipe for your family and I guarantee you that even the pickiest eater would love it.
What To Serve With Adobo
When serving, I recommend simple steamed white rice with a side of romaine lettuce and cucumbers. You can also make cilantro lime rice, which is great for this dish.
Drizzle the adobo sauce over the lettuce and cucumbers for added flavor.
A side of soy sauce for dipping pieces of the chicken into would also be delicious. You can add extra oomph to the soy sauce by whisking in sugar, sliced Thai chili peppers and lime juice.
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 334 calories per serving.
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Crock Pot (Slow Cooker) Chicken Adobo
Ingredients
- 6 chicken thighs, skin-on, bone-in
- 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
- 8 cloves garlic, smashed with the side of a knife and peeled
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
Instructions
- In a crock pot, add all the ingredients in the order listed, ensuring that the peppercorns and bay leaves are submerged in the liquid. Cook on high for 5 hours.
- Transfer the chicken to a baking dish and add 1/2 cup of the reserved liquid to the bottom of the dish. Place the chicken under the broiler in the oven to brown, approximately 8 minutes, depending on the broiler's temperature.
- Remove the chicken from the oven and serve it.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I am trying this recipe for the first time. The liquid barely covers the chicken thighs; do I need to add more liquid or is ok that some of the chicken is exposed?
The liquid is OK, the water from the chicken will come out after cooking.
I am trying this recipe for the first time, but the liquid is not covering the chicken thighs. Is this ok, or do I need to add more liquid?
I just put the liquids in and it’s barely covering the bottom of the pot. I’m assuming that is correct? It just seemed like very little liquid….
Yes you only need a little bit of water for slow cooking in crockpot.
Hello Hello! Greetings From Kuala Lumpur. I’am going to try this Recipe with chicken offal… Heart, gizzard and liver… Should be good. I Love this blog !
I made this tonight and it was amazing! And so easy.
Very simple and yummy!!! Thank you!!
THANK-YOU FOR THIS RECIPE I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS ONE TIME BUT HAVE REMEMBERED IT AS ONE OF THE BEST CHICKEN DISHES I HAVE EVER TASTED. ONE OF MY CO-WORKERS FROM THE PHILLIPINES MADE IT FOR A POT LUCK. I JUST RECEIVED A NEW CROCKPOT AND THISB IS THE FIRST DISH I AM GOING TO MAKE IN IT.
Thanks for this recipe! I didn’t think I could use my crockpot to make adobo! It is a family favorite!
I wonder, would it be all right to use apple cider vinegar instead of distilled white vinegar? Thanks! xx
Yes you can. Apple cider vinegar is fine.
Nice to see you featuring a Filipino dish.. Such an easy but very delicious recipe.. you can also include pork here if you want.. :) THat’d be the Chicken and pork adobo
Yes chicken and pork Adobo is awesome!
Hi I enjoyed your recipe very much. There are very easy to follow. Just wonder do you have fish head curry recipe to share. Thank you so much. Regards xxx Theresa
My DAD used to make Pork Adobo when I was about 3-5 years old, with white rice. My sisters and I didn’t want to leave the table. I still remember I had to go to the hospital for appendicitis – but I wanted to finish my Adobo first. He was a cook in the Navy – and then for the Statler Hilton restaurant in Washington after he got out.
That’s an amazing story.
How interesting to come across your comment about adobo and your dad being a navy cook. The adobo recipe I have always had came from my sister who got it from her Filipino father-in-law who was a cook in the Navy! :-)
A nice and easy recipe. Thanks Bee.