Name: Chicken Adobo
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Filipino cuisine
Ingredients: 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 4 qty skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs; 4 qty chicken drumsticks; 1 qty head of garlic, halved crosswise; 5 qty dried bay leaves; 0.75 cup distilled white vinegar; 0.75 cup soy sauce; 1 tbsp light or dark brown sugar; 1 qty green chiles (such as serrano or jalapeño), thinly sliced, seeds removed if desired, divided; 1 tsp Freshly ground black pepper; 1 qty Cooked rice (for serving)

Chicken Adobo is a Filipino dish made by braising chicken legs (thighs and/or drumsticks) in a sauce made up of vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, and black pepper. It's tangy, salty, slightly sweet, and spicy. The chicken is  simmered in the sauce making it flavorful and tender.

Chicken Adobo

Step 1 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.

Step 2 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.

Step 3 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.

Step 4 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.

Step 5 Serve chicken over rice topped with remaining chile and more pepper.

Chicken Adobo

Chicken Adobo is a Filipino dish made by braising chicken legs (thighs and/or drumsticks) in a sauce made up of vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, and black pepper. It's tangy, salty, slightly sweet, and spicy. The chicken is simmered in the sauce making it flavorful and tender.

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