Chicken Adobo

Chicken Adobo is an authentic dish of the Philippines.  Adobo is the Spanish word for  marinade or sauce and therefore Chicken Adobo is  chicken marinated with a combination of soya sauce, vinegar, Bay leaves, crushed peppercorns and garlic.  Not much effort is needed in the preparation for this dish.  To me, this is something quite similar to our soya sauce chicken just that this has vinegar and Bay leaves added to it.  I must agree that it does pair well with plain white rice.

Recipe for Chicken Adobo      (adapted from  'here' with slight modification)

Ingredients                      


• 550 gm free-range chicken cut into bite size
• 3 pcs dried Bay leaves
• 1 Tbsp dark soya sauce
• 1  Tbsp  vinegar
• 4 cloves crusched garlic
• 1  tsp sugar or to taste
• 1 cup water
• about 2  Tbsp oil
• 1  tsp crushed black peppercorns
• Salt to taste
Method

1. Marinate chicken with the soya sauce and garlic for about 3 hours or overnight, refrigerated.
2. Heat up oil, add in the chicken pieces (without the marinade), cook for about 5 mins.
3. Pour in the remaining marinade, add water, bring to the boil.
4. Add dried Bay leaves and crushed peppercorns.  Simmer for about 30 mins. till chicken is tender.
5. Add vinegar, stir and cook for about 10 mins.
6. Add in sugar and salt to taste.
7. Turn off  heat, dish up onto serving plate.
8. Serve hot with rice.