Filipino Chicken Adobo

Filipino chicken adobo features tender marinated chicken braised in a sweet and tangy sauce of vinegar, soy sauce, garlic and pepper.

Prep Time15

Cook Time1 30

Total Time1 45

Course: main dishes

Cuisine: Filipino

Servings:

Author: Kevin

Ingredients

4 lbs chicken thigh and drumsticks
1 cup white vinegar or coconut vinegar (See Note 1)
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 tbsp light brown sugar or coconut sugar (See Note 2)
2 tsp black peppercorns
15 garlic cloves
6 bay leaves fresh preferably
2 green onion tops sliced thinly

Instructions

Place the chicken pieces in a large container or plastic, sealable bag.
In a bowl mix together the vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, peppercorns, garlic cloves and bay leaves. Pour this mixture over the chicken, turning to coat and seal. Refrigerate overnight or minimum 4 hours.
Preheat oven to 300°F.
Place the chicken and marinade in a 13x9" baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour. Uncover, turn the chicken, baste with braising liquid and cook uncovered for another 30 minutes or when chicken internal temp reaches 165°F.
Remove the chicken and keep warm covered with the aluminum foil. Pour the braining liquid in a saucepan and bring to a boil, reduce by half to thicken. Season to taste. Baste and pour this over the chicken when serving with green onions and steamed rice.

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Notes

1. To keep it on the "authentic" side I took the time to seek out coconut vinegar, which is key, and was not that big of an effort to find. I went to my local asian market. If you don't want to I'm here to share some substitute options with you. Coconut vinegar has a cloudy, white appearance and a slightly milder taste than apple cider vinegar.

Most recipes say to use white vinegar or cider vinegar and sure that would work, but when I looked up substitutes for coconut vinegar I found several options.

Substitutes:

cane vinegar another not found in everyones pantry
use 3 parts white vinegar plus 1 part water,
use 3 parts white vinegar plus 1 part white wine vinegar
use 3 parts white vinegar plus 1 part cider vinegar

2. Regular or brown sugar can be substituted for the coconut sugar if you like.

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