Adobo is the national dish of the Philippines. It is a dish partially influenced by the Spaniards and Chinese as evident by its name and the use soy sauce as one of its ingredients. It is a simple dish, easy to cook, but its aroma from the combination of vinegar, garlic and soy sauce is guaranteed to make your mouth water once you smell it. It is always served with steamed rice and either pork or chicken maybe used, though there are variations that use fish and vegetables.
Prep Time: 45 to 85 minutes, 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients:
2 cups of water, or as needed 2-3 bay leaves 2 tbsp olive oil 4 hard boiled eggs 1 tbsp white or brown sugar 1/4 c. vinegar 1 cup soy sauce 1 tsp. grnd black pepper 2 cloves garlic 2 lbs pork, cut up in 1 1/2 inch wide by 2 inches long
Instructions:
Using a frying pan, saute garlic until golden brown. Add in pork and fry until brown and until water dries. Add black pepper, sugar and soy sauce. Simmer until soy sauce is absorbed by the meat. Mix and add water to simmer until pork is tender. When sauce thickens, add vinegar. Simmer again for 5~8 mins. Put in hard boiled eggs. Serve with steamed rice.
Notes:
For a family of four, you would normally use 6-8 pieces of hard-boiled eggs. Hard-boiled eggs are optional, it is not always added and including this ingredient varies per family.
Do not add the vinegar during the early stages of cooking. Doing so will make the process of tenderizing the pork longer than what would it normally be.
This dish is a good source of protein especially for those people trying to cut down on carbohydrates.
This can be made with chicken, or a combination of pork and chicken.
When grocery shopping for vinegar, try to get native palm vinegar available at Asian grocery stores. If not, use apple cider vinegar.
Prep Time: 45 to 85 minutes, 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients:
2 cups of water, or as needed 2-3 bay leaves 2 tbsp olive oil 4 hard boiled eggs 1 tbsp white or brown sugar 1/4 c. vinegar 1 cup soy sauce 1 tsp. grnd black pepper 2 cloves garlic 2 lbs pork, cut up in 1 1/2 inch wide by 2 inches long
Instructions:
Using a frying pan, saute garlic until golden brown. Add in pork and fry until brown and until water dries. Add black pepper, sugar and soy sauce. Simmer until soy sauce is absorbed by the meat. Mix and add water to simmer until pork is tender. When sauce thickens, add vinegar. Simmer again for 5~8 mins. Put in hard boiled eggs. Serve with steamed rice.
Notes:
For a family of four, you would normally use 6-8 pieces of hard-boiled eggs. Hard-boiled eggs are optional, it is not always added and including this ingredient varies per family.
Do not add the vinegar during the early stages of cooking. Doing so will make the process of tenderizing the pork longer than what would it normally be.
This dish is a good source of protein especially for those people trying to cut down on carbohydrates.
This can be made with chicken, or a combination of pork and chicken.
When grocery shopping for vinegar, try to get native palm vinegar available at Asian grocery stores. If not, use apple cider vinegar.
About the Author:
We have a wide collection of Filipino recipes available at Foodipino.com. Ben Santones is a Filipino born and raised in the Philippines but now live in Tracy, CA. He is the creator of Foodipino.com, which aims to share Filipino recipes to people around the world.
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