Easy Chicken Adobo Recipe
Chicken Adobo recipe is a popular Filipino dish that is amazingly easy to cook with fewer ingredients. A tangy sweet, salty and aromatic chicken recipe that is cooked in its own marinade. Can be cooked in a pan, in the oven, slow-cooked or pressure-cooked.
Want to Save This Recipe?
Enter your email & I'll send it to your inbox. Plus, get great new recipes from me every week!
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken thighs with skin and bone in wings, drumstick or combination
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar or any kind of vinegar
- ½ cup soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar or more according to taste
- ½ teaspoon ground pepper or 1 teaspoon peppercorn
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 4-6 pcs dried bay leaves
- ½ teaspoon chili flakes optional
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 cup water
Instructions
Marinate the chicken (recommended)
- Place the chicken in a bowl. In a separate bowl or liquid measuring cup, combine vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, pepper, minced garlic, bay leaves and chili flakes. Pour the mixture to the chicken and marinate for atleast an hour or more.
- After marinating, remove chicken from the marinade. Do not throw marinade, you will use it to simmer the chicken.
Sear and Simmer
- Heat oil in a pan. Fry the chicken until light brown in all sides. You can add garlic if desired while searing.
- Pour the lefotver the marinade mixture into the pan with chicken. Add 1 cup water. Simmer for 30-40 minutes until the sauce is thick. Flipping the chicken occasionally. Serve with rice and enjoy.
IF baking in the oven
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Heat an oil in a pan. Fry the chicken until light brown in all sides. You can add garlic if desired while searing.
- Transfer the chicken to a baking dish skin down. Pour the leftover marinade. Place in the oven. After 20 minutes flip the chicken. Bake for another 20 minutes. You can broil for a minute or 2 to brown the skin.
- Garnish with scallions, sesame seeds and serve with steamed rice.
IF slow-cooking or Crockpot
- Using a pan, lightly brown the chicken then transfer it with the marinade mixture to the slow cooker. Add water. Set to high for 4 hours or 7-8 hours for low and medium cooking.
- Garnish with scallions, sesame seeds and serve with steamed rice.
IF pressure-cooking or Instant Pot
- Heat oil in the pot. Fry the chicken until brown. Pour the leftover marinade, water, and set to high to pressure cook for 8 minutes. Follow the quick release steps as per your manufacturer. Set to sauté mode for 20 minutes until the sauce becomes syrupy.
- Garnish with scallions, sesame seeds and serve with steamed rice.
Notes
- To make the sauce thick without reducing the amount of liquid, add cornstarch.
- Add more water if the sauce thickens quickly.
Total Fat 37.4g; Saturated Fat 10.4g; Total Carbohydrate 4.9g; Dietary Fiber 0.3g; Total Sugars 2.4g; Protein 19.1g