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.
If u use chicken breast how many hours
Same time.
I don’t have a broiler. Could I just sear/brown the thighs in a cast iron before putting in crock pot? Or would that prevent the meat from absorbing the goodness from the other ingredients?
Can you use apple cider vinegar versus white vinegar?
Yes.
Can you use chicken breast?
Yes, you can!
forgot to mention changed it slightly used 6-8 cloves of garlic, 6-8 thighs and between 1/4-1/3 soy sauce. My daughter liked it. still want to know abut the vinegar
it is very good but little vinegary how to lower that -it is already made.
Add sugar to balance the taste.
Can you use skinless thighs and how many to make the weights. My scale broke.
Yes, you can. You can use 7-8.
I’m a bit short on soy….. will it change my outcome?
You may add a little salt?
not the way my boss makes it with 2lb bay leaves
2 lbs bay leaves? Are you sure? The leaves are very very light, there is no way to use 2 lbs worth of bay leaves!
Maybe they meant pieces not pounds .., I usually put six bay leaves but I double or more my recipes so I can have leftovers ?
2 lbs. of bay leaves would fill up cooking pot. LOL
Just 2 bay leaves.
Bee, thank you very much for sharing your amazing recipes. can I use balsamic vinegar instead? Thanks
It will be fine.