Chicken Adobo - Filipino Dish

Ingredients:

Chicken adobo is a tasty dish from the Philippines, and is one of my personal favorites. It is a staple you will find in nearly any Filipino household. I'll walk you through how to make this super easy dish.

So how much of everything do I use? This is the beauty of adobo. Adjust everything to your taste. You can't really go wrong. Some people don't like too much vinegar, so they prefer a 1:1 ratio of vinegar and soy sauce. Other people like the vinegar but prefer to use a milder rice vinegar over standard white. Do whatever you want! (Don't like chicken? Pork adobo is great too!)

Here's what I like to use:
3lbs chicken thigh
3/4c white vinegar
1/4c soy sauce
1/4ts peppercorns (crushed)
1/4ts salt
3 garlic cloves (chopped or crushed)
2 bay leaves
1/4 of a medium onion (chopped)

Step 1:

Chop the onion and garlic.

Step 2:

Fully chopped:

Step 3:

Get out your soy sauce and vinegar.

Step 4:

Add the soy sauce and vinegar to our chicken. Go ahead and toss in those onions and garlic, too.

Step 5:

Next step is to take your salt, ground peppercorns, and bay leaves.

Step 6:

Add 1/4ts peppercorns (crushed), 1/4ts salt and 2 bay leaves to the pot.

Step 7:

Mix it all up very well.

Step 8:

And then cover it. We need to let this marinate for 1-3 hours.

Step 9:

Two and a half hours seems fine to me. Let's get this baby cooking. Bring 'er up to a boil, and then let it all simmer for about 40 minutes (or until the chicken is thoroughly cooked.)

Step 10:

Almost done:

Step 11:

Serve in a bowl with some of the sauce. Ideal sidedishes are steamed rice, and veggies (not pictured.)

That's all there is to making chicken adobo. I hope you all enjoy this simple (but excellent!) Filipino dish.