Chicken Adobo I Food

FAMOUS CHICKEN ADOBO

Steps:

• Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook chicken pieces until golden brown on both sides, then remove. Stir in the onion and garlic; cook until they soften and brown, about 6 minutes.
• Pour in vinegar and soy sauce, and season with garlic powder, black pepper, and bay leaf. Add the browned chicken, increase the heat to high, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the chicken is tender and cooked through, 35 to 40 minutes.

CHICKEN ADOBO

Steps:

• For the marinade: In a medium bowl, combine the vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, garlic, red pepper flakes, and bay leaves. Whisk until the sugar has dissolved.
• Arrange the chicken in a single layer in a 9-by-13-by-2-inch glass baking dish. Pour the marinade over the chicken and refrigerate for 2 hours, turning the chicken over halfway through.
• Place the chicken and marinade in a large, high-sided skillet or Dutch oven and add the chicken broth. Bring the liquid to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 45 to 50 minutes, turning the chicken every 20 minutes, until cooked through and a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat registers 165 degrees F. Remove the chicken from the liquid and arrange on a serving platter. Discard the bay leaves and garlic cloves. Whisk the arrowroot and lime juice into the liquid and bring the mixture to a boil. Cook until the mixture thickens, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Pour the sauce over the chicken or serve alongside as a dipping sauce. Sprinkle with chopped parsley or cilantro, if using, and garnish with lime wedges.

FILIPINO CHICKEN ADOBO (FLAVOUR KAPOW!)

Steps:

• Combine Chicken and Marinade ingredients in a bowl. Marinate for at least 20 minutes, or up to overnight.
• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a skillet over high heat. Remove chicken from marinade (reserve marinade) and place in the pan. Sear both sides until browned - about 1 minute on each side. Do not cook the chicken all the way through.
• Remove chicken skillet and set aside.
• Heat the remaining oil in skillet. Add garlic and onion, cook 1 1/2 minutes.
• Add the reserved marinade, water, sugar and black pepper. Bring it to a simmer then turn heat down to medium high. Simmer 5 minutes.
• Add chicken smooth side down. Simmer uncovered for 20 to 25 minutes (no need to stir), turning chicken at around 15 minutes, until the sauce reduces down to a thick jam-like syrup.
• If the sauce isn't thick enough, remove chicken onto a plate and let the sauce simmer by itself - it will thicken much quicker - then return chicken to the skillet to coat in the glaze.
• Coat chicken in glaze then serve over rice. Pictured in post as a healthy dinner plate (415 calories) with cauliflower rice and Ginger Smashed Cucumbers.

CHICKEN ADOBO

Steps:

• Place the soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, black peppercorns, and bay leaves in a large, nonreactive sauté pan, and then nestle the chicken thighs, skin side down, into the pan.
• Bring the liquid to a boil over high heat, and then cover and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Turn the chicken over, and then cover and simmer for another 10 minutes.
• Uncover the pan, increase the heat to high and return the sauce to a boil. while the sauce is reducing, transfer the chicken thighs, skin side up, to a foil-lined sheet pan.
• Brown the chicken thighs underneath the broiler for 3-5 minutes and return to the reducing sauce for the last minute. Continue boiling the sauce, uncovered, until it is reduced by half and thickens slightly, 5-7 minutes. Remove the Bay leaves and serve with steamed white rice.
• Variations: For a "drier" chicken adobo, you can reduce the sauce until it is almost completely evaporated. The chicken will then begin to fry in its own fat that is still left in the pan. This is how my many people finishes their adobo.
• For a saucier adobo, double the amount of soy sauce and vinegar.

CHICKEN ADOBO

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl combine thawed chicken, water and salt.
• Allow chicken to soak several minutes while preparing the other ingredients.
• Just before adding to frying pan, drain on paper towels.
• In a medium saucepan combine water, vinegar, soy sauce, bay leaves and pepper.
• Heat on medium low setting, covered, about 15 minutes.
• In a 12" skillet or chicken fryer combine oil and sliced garlic over medium low heat.
• Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Drain chicken pieces and add, skin side down, to garlic oil, increasing heat to medium high.
• Cook 5 minutes per side.
• Reduce heat to simmer and pour vinegar-soy mixture over chicken.
• If finishing adobo in skillet, partially cover pan and continue cooking, turning occasionally for 30-40 minutes, or until sauce is reduced by half.
• Alternate Slow Cooking Method: After browning chicken, place in 3 or 4 quart slow cooker, on low setting.
• Pour vinegar-soy mixture over top, and cook 2 hours, covered.
• Remove cover, increase setting to high and finish cooking an additional 1 hour.
• Variations May substitute 1 1/2 pounds either cubed pork or beef for the chicken.
• Brown 1" cubes on all sides a total of 5 minutes, then proceed as above.
• Stew meat works well here.
• May use one, (1 to 1 1/2 pound), package boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breasts in place of the regular chicken thighs.
• May replace one cup of water in the vinegar-soy mix with same amount of coconut milk.
• Proceed as above.
• *Discard bay leaves before serving.

FILIPINO CHICKEN ADOBO

Steps:

• Combine the chicken thighs, vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, peppercorns and bay leaves in a large pot. Cover and marinate the chicken in the refrigerator for 1 to 3 hours.
• Bring the chicken to a boil over high heat. Lower the heat, cover and let simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove the lid and simmer until the sauce is reduced and thickened and the chicken is tender, about 20 more minutes. Serve with steamed rice.