Filipino Chicken Adobo

A pan with 5 chicken thighs in adobo sauce

3.55 from 22 votes

Filipino Chicken Adobo, a delicious recipe made with chicken thighs cooked in a delicious adobo marinade. It is a super easy dish to make from scratch with just a few ingredients. Serve it with rice, salad or any other side of your choice, and enjoy the best homemade dinner tonight.

Prep Time5

Cook Time30

Marinating1

Total Time1 45

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Filipino

Servings: servings

Calories: 357kcal

Author: Daniela Apostol

Ingredients

5 skinless, bone-in chicken thighs
½ cup soy sauce
½ cup cider vinegar
4 cloves of garlic, minced
10 peppercorns
3 bay leaves
3 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup chicken stock (broth)
freseh parsley to garnish

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

To make the marinade, add the soy sauce and cider vinegar to a bowl together with the minced garlic and mix well.
Place the chicken thighs in a large dish and pour over the marinade.
Cover with clingfilm and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, so that the chicken can soak up the flavours.
Remove the chicken from the dish and retain the marinade.
In a large frying pan, heat up the oil and add the chicken thights.
Fry slightly on each side until lightly brown.
Add the marinade, peppercorns, bay leaves and chicken stock, and leave to cook with the lid on until the chicken thighs are cooked through and the sauce is reduced and slighty thickened.
Serve the chicken with rice or the side dish of your choice, pouring over the remaining sauce.

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Notes

Some recipes call for brown sugar to be added to the sauce to help with the sticky texture, but I find that there is no need for sugar, the sauce is nicely balanced without.

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