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Easy Chicken Adobo
This easy Chicken Adobo is a delicious Filipino recipe flavored with black pepper, bay leaves and green chillies. The perfect easy dinner served with rice.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 4 -6
Calories: 225 kcal
Course:
Dinner
Cuisine:
Filipino
Ingredients
- 8 chicken thighs bone-in, skin on
- ½ cup white vinegar
- 3/4 cup soy sauce (Use Tamari as a gluten free substitute)
- 4 garlic cloves crushed
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 2 green chillies thinly sliced
- 4 bay leaves
Instructions
- Season chicken generously on both sides with salt and pepper.
- Brown chicken well in a tablespoon of oil in a large skillet or deep frying pan. Remove from the pan and set aside.
- Combine the vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, garlic, black pepper, bay leaves and chillies and pour into the pan. Bring to a simmer.
- Add the chicken, skin-side up, and simmer with the lid ajar for 20-30 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked and tender.
- Remove the lid and turn up the heat. Allow the sauce to reduce, while glazing the chicken. Cook until the sauce has thickened and the chicken is glossy.
- Serve the chicken with steamed rice and greens.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
225kcal
(11%)
Carbohydrates
8g
(3%)
Protein
32g
(64%)
Fat
6g
(9%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Cholesterol
143mg
(48%)
Sodium
1806mg
(75%)
Potassium
447mg
(13%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
36IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
29mg
(3%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4-6
Amount Per Serving
Calories 225
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 225kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 8g | 3% |
| Protein | 32g | 64% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 143mg | 48% |
| Sodium | 1806mg | 75% |
| Potassium | 447mg | 10% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 36IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 29mg | 3% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.