4.8 from 69 votes
Filipino Pressure Cooker Chicken Adobo
10 mins to prep this Filipino signature pressure cooker chicken adobo. A burst of sweet, savory, and sour flavors wrapped with a kick of spice.
Total Time
35 mins
Servings: 2 - 4
Calories: 310 kcal
Course:
Main Course , Lunch , Dinner
Cuisine:
Asian , Filipino
Ingredients
- 6 (2lbs) chicken drumsticks
- 1 tablespoon oil
- green onions , chopped for garnish
Sauce
- ¼ cup Filipino soy sauce
- ½ cup Regular soy sauce
- ¼ cup Filipino vinegar
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 10 cloves garlic , crushed
- 1 small onion , minced
- 1 teaspoon ground black peppercorn
- 1 dried red chili
- 4 dried bay leaves
Optional: Cornstarch Mixture
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon water
Instructions
- Make Adobo Sauce: Combine Filipino soy sauce, regular soy sauce, Filipino vinegar, fish sauce and sugar in a medium mixing bowl.
- Brown Chicken: Add oil to the pot and brown the chicken for 1 to 2 minutes with the skin side down first. (Instant Pot users: press sauté button) Then, remove the chicken from the pot.
- Saute Aromatics: Sauté garlic and onion in the pot until fragrant and golden in color. Then, add ground black peppercorn, red chili, and bay leaves to the pot and sauté for 30 seconds.
- Deglaze: Add the Sauce mixture and deglaze the pot.
- Pressure Cook Chicken Adobo: Add drumsticks back into the pot and cook at high pressure for 9 minutes with an Electric Pressure Cooker, then natural release.
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Optional Steps:
- Reduce Adobo Sauce: Remove the chicken from the pot. Simmer the sauce and add cornstarch mixture until the sauce is reduced (Instant Pot users: press sauté button).
- Brown Adobo Chicken: Brown the chicken underneath a broiler with the skin side up for 5 minutes.
- Serve Chicken Adobo: Place chicken on serving plate, pour in the Sauce mixture, add chopped green onions for garnish. Serve & enjoy~
Notes
- Please taste and adjust the Sauce mixture according to your preference.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
310kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
7g
(2%)
Protein
29g
(58%)
Fat
18g
(28%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Cholesterol
140mg
(47%)
Sodium
1309mg
(55%)
Potassium
431mg
(12%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
70IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
3mg
(3%)
Calcium
28mg
(3%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2- 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories 310
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 310kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 7g | 2% |
| Protein | 29g | 58% |
| Fat | 18g | 28% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 140mg | 47% |
| Sodium | 1309mg | 55% |
| Potassium | 431mg | 9% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 70IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 28mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.