# Filipino Chicken Adobo

Filipino Chicken Adobo is the national dish of the Philippines and has a sweet and savory sticky glaze made with ingredients you always have on hand.

- Cuisine: Filipino
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 750 g chicken thigh fillets boneless and skinless
- 6 garlic cloves minced
- 0.33 cup soy sauce all purpose or light
- 0.33 cup white vinegar
- 2 tbsp white vinegar
- 4 bay leaves fresh or dried
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 small brown onion diced
- 1.5 cups water
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp whole black pepper
- 2 green onions sliced
- cucumber

## Instructions

1. Marinate the chicken with soy, vinegar, peppercorns, bay leaves and sugar
2. Lightly brown the chicken on each side, but don't cook it all the way through
3. Saute the onion and garlic
4. Pour in the marinade
5. Simmer for five minutes just to give it a head start
6. Put the chicken back in to finish cooking.
7. After 20 minutes the sauce will reduce down to a sticky glaze that coats the chicken

## Equipment

- stainless steel bowl
- tongs
- large skillet

## Tips

- Marinate the chicken overnight if you can, but even 20 minutes is fine.
- Lightly brown the chicken on each side, but don't cook it all the way through.
- If the sauce hasn’t reduced by 25 min, take the chicken out then return pan to stove – will reduce super fast without chicken.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1173919803610354?fs=e&fs=e
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/6ff37d11-a056-43e9-97c8-985b472a2403
- Extracted: 2025-05-14

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