Chicken Adobo

also called adobong manok · Filipino adobo · adobo sa toyo

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The table

Chicken Adobo: ingredients down the left, what to do with them across. Tap any cell to cross it off.
3 lb(1.4 kg; bone-in, skin-on)chicken thighsmarinate 1 hrsear skin side downsimmer covered 35 minreduce to a glaze 8 min
1/2 cup(120 mL)cane vinegar
1/2 cup(120 mL)soy sauce
8 cloves(crushed)garlic
1 tspblack peppercorns
3bay leaves
2 Tbsvegetable oil
1/2 cup(120 mL)water
1 Tbsbrown sugar
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What to lay out

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Pans and tools

1marinate 1 hr

2sear skin side down

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3simmer covered 35 min

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Cooking it

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The clock

Start to finish
at least 1 hr 43 min1 of 4 steps gives no time
Needs you
about 8 min
If you get it wrong
Forgiving — there is sugar in it by the last eight minutes, and a glaze taken past sticky turns bitter on the thighs
What you'll wash
Two things — the skillet, a bowl to marinate in
Does it keep
5 days — vinegar is what this dish was built on, and everyone agrees it is better on the third day
  1. marinate 1 hr

    1 hrwalk away(we think)from the start

  2. sear skin side down

    not timed1 hr in

  3. simmer covered 35 min

    35 minwalk away(we think)1 hr in

  4. reduce to a glaze 8 min

    8 minneeds you(we think)1 hr 35 min in

You'll need skillet

See how it is written
>> title: Chicken Adobo
>> category: Stews & Braises
>> tags: chicken, filipino, soy sauce, vinegar, braise
>> counters: Meat and Three, One Pot
>> aka: adobong manok, Filipino adobo, adobo sa toyo
>> servings: 4
>> time: 1 hr 45 min
>> slack: forgiving — there is sugar in it by the last eight minutes, and a glaze taken past sticky turns bitter on the thighs
>> washing-up: the skillet, a bowl to marinate in
>> keeps: 5 days — vinegar is what this dish was built on, and everyone agrees it is better on the third day

>> step: marinate 1 hr
Marinate @chicken thighs{3%lb}(1.4 kg; bone-in, skin-on) with @cane vinegar{1/2%cup}(120 mL), @soy sauce{1/2%cup}(120 mL), @garlic{8%cloves}(crushed), @black peppercorns{1%tsp}, @bay leaves{3} for ~{60%min}.

>> step: sear skin side down
Sear @&(~1)marinated chicken{}, @vegetable oil{2%Tbs} skin side down in a #skillet{}, marinade reserved.

>> step: simmer covered 35 min
Simmer @&(~1)seared chicken{} in the reserved marinade with @water{1/2%cup}(120 mL), @brown sugar{1%Tbs} for ~{35%min}.

>> step: reduce to a glaze 8 min
Reduce @&(~1)adobo{} until the sauce coats the chicken, ~{8%min}.