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Filipino Chicken Adobo

Welcome back! 
Today, we have a traditional Filipino dish: Chicken Adobo! Adobo is a very classic Filipino flavor involving vinegar, peppercorns, and bay leaves. It's used for many different types of meat; pork is another very common choice. The dish should not be confused with a Spanish variety of adobo, which has a similar concept but different ingredients - there's a heavier emphasis on spices like paprika and oregano.

Filipino Chicken Adobo

Ingredients:

  • 2 pounds chicken drumsticks
  • 1/2 cup rice vinegar
  • 1/3 cup soy sauce
  • 6 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 2 tablespoon sugar

Directions:

  1. Prepare the marinade by adding in all the ingredients except for the chicken. Mix this together.
  2. Put the chicken in and let it marinade for a few hours, preferably overnight so the flavor really soaks in.
  3. Take the chicken out. Keep the marinade!
  4. In an oiled pan, sear the chicken for 2 minutes on each side (imagine that the drumsticks have two sides).

  5. Remove the chicken from the pan. Pour the marinade into the pan now.

  6. Let this sauce simmer for 5 minutes.
  7. Add the chicken back in. Cover the pan and cook for 20-25 minutes. Flip the chicken halfway through.
  8. Optionally, once you are finished cooking the chicken, you can remove the chicken and reduce the sauce even more. Then you can drizzle the sauce onto the chicken.
Although this recipe called for drumsticks specifically, it can also be used for any other part of the chicken - wings, etc. In fact, here's a plate of wings made in this style: it's the same process. We didn't sear these (you honestly could get away with not searing the drumsticks). We also added onions - saute them in the pan before putting the marinade and chicken back into the pan.

We feel that the thing that stands out the most about this is the hint of vinegar that exhibits itself in a unique sour taste. However, the sourness is not super powerful, and still blends in nicely with the other flavors. It's a great way to try a popular ethnic dish at home!

-Chefpo
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