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Chicken Adobo
Filipino Cuisine
Chicken braised in soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, bay leaves, and black peppercorns until the sauce reduces to a glossy glaze.
Category
Main
Main Ingredient
Chicken
Cooking Method
Braised
Spice Level
Mild
Region
Nationwide
Cuisine
Filipino
Fun Fact
The vinegar-braising technique predates Spanish contact — colonizers simply named it after their word 'adobar' (to marinate). A 1613 Spanish dictionary recorded it as 'adobo de los naturales,' the adobo of the natives.