Frugal Gourmet Chicken And Pork Adobo Food

FRUGAL GOURMET CHICKEN AND PORK ADOBO

Steps:

• Place a 6 qt heavy stove - top covered casserole on the burner and add the vinegar, water, garlic, salt, bay leaves and pepper. Bring to a boil.
• Add the cut up meat to the casserole and cover, bringing to the boil again. Turn the heat to a simmer and cook, covered for 30 minutes. Add the soy sauce and cook for 10 more minutes. Remove meat from pot and reduce the juices by at least half. Remove sauce to a bowl and reheat the pot. Add the oil and brown the meat in small batches. Brown it well. Drain the oil from the pot and return the sauce to the pot. Heat the adobo to serving temperature.
• Serve with rice.

EASIEST CHICKEN ADOBO

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium. Cook chicken, thighs skin side down, lifting pieces with tongs once or twice toward the end to let fat flow underneath and turning drumsticks as needed to brown both sides, until skin is crisp and golden brown, 7-10 minutes. Transfer to a plate and turn thighs skin side up.
• Add garlic, bay leaves, vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, and half of chiles to same pot. Bring to a simmer; reduce heat to low and cook, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved; season generously with pepper.
• Return chicken to pot; arrange skin side up. Cover and cook gently, adjusting heat to maintain a bare simmer and turning pieces halfway through, until chicken is very tender and meat is pulling away from bones but not falling apart, 35-40 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to a clean plate. Bring braising liquid to a boil over medium-high and cook, stirring often, until thick enough to coat a spoon, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; return chicken to pot, turning to coat in sauce.
• Serve chicken over rice topped with remaining chile and more pepper.

PORK AND CHICKEN ADOBO

Steps:

• Season pork and chicken with salt and pepper and place in a stock pot. Rub with crushed garlic and torn bay leaf, and coat with vinegar and soy sauce. Cover, and marinate in the refrigerator at least 2 hours or overnight.
• Bring meat and marinating liquid to a boil in a cast iron casserole or Dutch oven. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until meat is tender, about 30 minutes. If necessary, add water to prevent sauce from drying out.
• Strain liquid from meat and set aside; discard bay leaves. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the pork and chicken on all sides; reduce heat and stir in remaining 2 cloves of smashed garlic. Cook and stir for 2 minutes more. Pour in reserved cooking liquid, and continue simmering until sauce is slightly thickened. Serve hot.

PORK (CHICKEN) ADOBO

Steps:

• Finely dice the onion and garlic (note that this is a whole head of garlic, not just a single clove.).
• Brown the finely diced onion and the garlic in a large pot with a little oil.
• Cut the pork or chicken into 1"x1" to 1"x3" pieces. If using bone-in, just cut away some of the larger pieces from the bone.
• Add the 1 cup of vinegar and 1 cup of water to the onion/garlic.
• Bring it to a low boil at about medium-high.
• Add the meat and continue to cook at or near boiling for a minimum of 20 minutes.
• Sometime during the 20 minutes, add the balsamic vinegar (to taste). I usually cook it for more than 20 minutes. The extra time doesn't hurt the meat and actually makes it tenderer (Probably because of the vinegar).
• With about ten minutes left, add the soy sauce.
• If you cook it as long as I do (30-40 minutes), you will want to have an extra cup of water and some vinegar (white) on hand since the mixture will probably reduce too much.
• When the meat is tender, pull it out of the gravy and brown it in a little oil in a separate pan. I sometimes sprinkle a little bit of paprika on it at this point for both color and flavor.
• While the meat is browning use a cold water roux made from a one-to-one ratio of cornstarch and water to thicken the remaining gravy.
• The meat can be remixed with the gravy after browning or served separately. I usually put the meat and gravy together and serve it over the rice. Sometimes I serve the chicken and rice separately, dousing both with gravy.