Chicken Adobo The Best Authentic Recipe

Published Aug 03, 2019 Updated Oct 02, 2024

Chicken Adobo Recipe

Chicken adobo is one of the most popular Filipino recipes, other than lumpia and pancit. There are many ways to cook adobo, for example: you can make it with a slow cooker or crock pot chicken adobo, but cooking it on the stove top with a skillet is quick and easy.

What Is Chicken Adobo

Chicken Adobo is a Filipino chicken recipe that is well loved by many people. The ingredients are chicken, bay leaves, black peppercorn and bay leaves. You can use any parts of the chicken: breasts, thighs, legs or wings. I used chicken thighs for this recipe and yields tender, moist, fall-off-the-bone chicken. You can use a pot, pan, skillet, slow cooker or an Instant Pot to make this recipe.

Adobo

This recipe is from The Adobo Road Cookbook. It’s an authentic adobo recipe and yields delicious and amazing results. The seasonings consist of soy sauce and Filipino white cane sugar vinegar. You can also use distilled white vinegar.

How To Make The Best And Authentic Filipino Adobo

Brown the chicken thighs in the broiler for 3–5 minutes. Use whole black peppercorns. Reduce the sauce until it is almost completely evaporated; the chicken will then begin to fry in its own fat. For more sauce, double the amount of soy sauce and vinegar.

Chicken adobo makes a perfect dish for weeknight dinner as the cooking process is so easy. I just love it that everything gets done in one pot and the ingredients are everyday ingredients that you can get easily in any store. There is no need to marinate the chicken; the chicken soaks up the sauce while cooking in the pan.

What To Serve With Chicken Adobo

This meal is best served with steamed rice. For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes. I hope you enjoy this post as much as I do. If you try my recipe, please leave a comment and consider giving it a 5-star rating. For more easy and delicious recipes, explore my Recipe Index, and stay updated by subscribing to my newsletter and following me on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram for new updates.