Chicken Adobo
Looking for a quick and easy weeknight dinner you can make in 30 minutes with everyday ingredients? You're going to love filipino chicken adobo. Marinated and then cooked in a savory sauce with incredibly tender chicken.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups Rice/Cane vinegar
- 4 Chicken thighs (with skin and bones)
- ½ cup Soy Sauce
- 1 head garlic (about 12 cloves)
- 3 dried bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a ziplock bag and marinate overnight or for a few hours.
- Remove chicken, reserving the marinade. Pat chicken dry with paper towels.
- In a skillet with a lid, heat olive oil over medium high heat. When it’s hot, add chicken skin side down and let cook for about 3-5 minutes without moving. Once the skin is browned, carefully remove to a plate.
- In the same skillet pour in marinade and bring to a boil. Add chicken back to the pan, cover and reduce heat to simmer. Cook for about 20 minutes until a meat thermometer reads 170º.
- Remove chicken to a plate along with the bay leaves and turn up the heat to medium high cooking the sauce until it begins to thicken, stirring constantly. Add chicken back to the pan and spoon sauce over chicken and serve.
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Barbara's Notes + Tips
- For the best flavor use chicken thighs with skin and bones.
- If you don't have rice or cane vinegar, you can use white, add to the soy sauce and taste it, if it's too strong, add more soy sauce.
- You do not have to marinate this over night, try to marinate for at least an hour.
- If you don't like whole peppercorns, remove them before you cook down the sauce.
- To get the best combination of vinegar and soy sauce, taste it before adding the chicken, you should like the way it tastes.
Nutrition
Calories: 342kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 111mg | Sodium: 1711mg | Potassium: 337mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 106IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 2mg
