Not a spelling error but a comfort food!

When someone first mentioned Adobo, I assumed that they had either made a spelling error or were thinking of a style of architecture – but not so, no this is Filipino home food!  Well, Pilipino comfort food to be honest!  Essentially, it is chicken and rice with a sticky soya sauce which is very easy to whip up when you get in the door.  Quite impressive too so if you have people over for dinner, you don’t have to tell them how easy this is.

Ingredients:

• About a kilo of chicken pieces (either thighs, legs or wings)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic and chili powder
• Olive oil for frying
• ½ cup cider vinegar
• ½ cup soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon of chopped chili (optional)
• ½ cup water
• 2 teaspoons whole black peppercorns
• 3 dried bay leaves
• 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 bunch spring onions, chopped (optional)
• Serve on rice

1.  Mix the salt, garlic and chili powder and black pepper together (traditionally, you don’t add the chili but I like the kick).  Then sprinkle over the washed and dried chicken.

1. Add the oil to a pan and when smoking hot, add the chicken and fry until brown
2. Take the chicken out and let the oil cool slightly
3. Mix the vinegar, soy, water, bay leaves, pepper corns and garlic.  I also add chili but then again I like thinks a little hot (she blushes and tries not to sound like a bad romance novel)

1. Add the mixture to the cooled oil and bring to the boil.
2. Pop the chicken into the mixture and cook on a low heat until the chicken comes away from the bone easily (45 minutes for thighs but less for wings)

I serve this on rice so between cooking, washing up and trying to hang up the washing I tend to put a pot of this on (the work of a women is never done).  I also add chopped spring onions on top as I life the cheffy touch and it really does make it taste good.

Enjoy

L xx

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