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Chicken Adobo Recipe
by Julie Saqueton

Chicken Adobo

For a delicious variation of "meat and potatoes" try this saucy, flavorful version of a filipino favorite, served over rice.

Rating: 4/5
Avg. 4/5 4 votes
Prep time: Philippines Filipino
Cook time: Servings: 4

Goes Well With: Rice

Wine and Drink Pairings: Kendall Jackson Reserve Chardonnay

Ingredients

  • 2 boneless breast halves of chicken
  • 1 large russet potato
  • 1 yellow onion
  • Soy sauce
  • White vinegar
  • Lemon juice

Directions

  1. Cut uncooked chicken into small thin slices and spread them out on chopping board.
  2. Salt all pieces
  3. Put chicken in mixing bowl and cover with soy sauce just enough to ensure chicken pieces are covered/change color (approx 2-3 tbs)
  4. Add 1 tbs minced garlic to bowl and mix
  5. Let soak for 20 mins at least.
  6. Meanwhile, Peel and cut potato into bite size pieces.
  7. Fry (medium) in 1 tbs olive oil in tall covered pan (to avoid splatter).
  8. When potato is almost cooked, add a little soy sauce onto potato to change color(approx 1 tbs).
  9. Stir and cook about 1 additional minute, then remove potato and put in clean bowl.
  10. Peel onion and cut into small pieces
  11. Saute onions (medium-low) in covered pan when potato is removed.
  12. When onion is mostly cooked, add a little soy sauce onto onion to change color.
  13. Stir, and cook about 1 additional minute.
  14. Remove onion, and add to potato bowl.
  15. Cook chicken in same pan with approx. 1 tbs oil.
  16. Spread pieces of chicken over pan, covering bottom of pan.
  17. Cook on medium in covered pan (It takes about 2 batches to cook chicken).
  18. Turn chicken over when chicken is shrinking. Total cooking time is about 5 minutes.
  19. Remove meat when starting to brown
  20. Add 2nd batch. (usually there is enough oil from first batch to cook second batch, if not add a little).
  21. Remove last batch of meat.
  22. Add soy sauce (1tbs), lemon juice (1 tbs) and water (1/2 cup) to pan, and wait until it begins boiling
  23. add 1 tbs white vinegar (don’t stir and don’t cover) and let boil again briefly until strong vinegar smell is gone
  24. then dump everything back until it boils. Then turn off. You're done.
  25. Serve over rice if desired.