Chicken Adobo {Cooking with Mama Pearl}

Chicken Adobo

Author: Mama Pearl

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Ingredients

• 1 Chicken, cut into 12 serving size pieces. (Usually cut into egg size pieces)
• 1 ½ cup light soy sauce
• 1 ¼ cup cider vinegar, or distilled vinegar
• 1 bay leaf
• 5 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed
• 2-3 Tbsp. black peppercorns
• 2 cups of water, more if necessary
• 1/8 cup of cooking oil
• 3/8 cup sweet soy sauce (optional or 1 tbsp sugar)
• 1 onion, large, peeled, and sliced
• 1-2 tsp salt (according to taste)

Instructions

1. Place chicken pieces in a saucepan.
2. Add soy sauce, vinegar, bay leaf, 2 cloves of crushed garlic, 2 tbsp peppercorns and enough water to cover the chicken.
3. Bring mixture to boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium and leave to simmer; uncovered, until chicken is cooked and tender and liquid has reduced by half.
4. Remove chicken pieces and set aside.
5. Strain boiling liquid and reserve 1 ½ cups. This allows for you to strain off chicken fat.
6. In a large frying pan or wok, heating oil over medium heat.
7. Fry remaining garlic until golden brown, then add chicken pieces and fry for 3 minutes or until light brown.
8. Add sweet soy sauce and remaining peppercorns.
9. Stir to mix well and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
10. Add reserve boiling liquid and season with salt.
11. Increase heat and bring to the boil.
12. Add potatoes if desired, then reduce heat to medium and leave to simmer for 5 minutes.
13. Add onion and stir to mix well.
14. Leave for another 1-2 minutes to cook onion lightly.
15. Remove from heat and transfer to a serving dish.

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