Quick & Easy Tender Chicken Adobo
User Reviews
4.9
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Prep Time
5 mins
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Cook Time
25 mins
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Total Time
30 mins
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Servings
4
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Calories
372 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Filipino
Quick & Easy Tender Chicken Adobo
Description
This Chicken Adobo recipe uses skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs browned skin-side down to develop color. Onions are cooked separately until translucent. Soy sauce, garlic, whole black peppercorns, bay leaves, and vinegar are added without stirring initially to avoid excess acidity. The mixture is brought to boil, then simmered covered for 10 minutes, flipped, and cooked another 10 minutes covered.
After uncovering, the sauce simmers an additional 3-5 minutes to thicken and glaze the chicken. The resting time allows juices to settle, making the chicken tender and flavorful with a savory, tangy sauce balanced by slow simmering. The bay leaves and whole peppercorns impart aromatic depth.
This dish can be served as a main course with rice to soak up the sauce. It showcases classic Filipino flavors achieved through careful layering of ingredients and cooking steps.
Ingredients
- 4 chicken thighs skin on, bone in
- ¼ cup soy sauce regular
- ½ cup rice vinegar or cane vinegar, coconut vinegar, palm vinegar or white vinegar
- 1 ½ tablespoon garlic minced
- ½ teaspoon black peppercorns whole
- 2 bay leaf
- ½ onion sliced
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil any neutral tasting oil
Instructions
- Heat vegetable oil in a medium-sized pan on medium heat. Cook sliced onions until translucent and softened.
- Move the onions aside and place chicken thighs skin side down. Brown the skin for a few minutes and avoid moving the chicken around or it won't evenly brown.
- Add soy sauce, sliced garlic, whole black peppercorns, bay leaves and lastly, the vinegar. Do not stir the sauce or it will end up tasting too acidic because the vinegar didn't have a chance to fully evaporate. (The simmering process will create a balanced tasting sauce so don't panic if it tastes very tangy at this point).
- Bring to a boil, cover and then reduce to low-medium heat or a rolling simmer for 10 minutes.
- Remove the lid, flip the chicken over so it's skin side up. Cover and simmer for another 10 minutes.
- Uncover the lid and simmer for another 3-5 minutes to the thicken the sauce. Remove off heat and rest for a couple minutes before enjoying for the juices to settle in the chicken.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 372 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 372kcal | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 5g | 2% |
| Protein | 25g | 50% |
| Fat | 28g | 43% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 6g | 35% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 142mg | 47% |
| Sodium | 923mg | 38% |
| Potassium | 383mg | 8% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 120IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 27mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.9
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