This popular dish, Adobo, is the national dish of the Philippines. It is a native Filipino dish, but was somewhat influenced by the Spaniards and Chinese. This influence is reflected by its name, and by simply having soy sauce as one of its ingredients. It is easy to cook, but because of the combination of vinegar, garlic and soy sauce, its aroma will surely make your mouth water once you try this recipe. Adobo is always served with steamed rice. Either pork or chicken maybe used, though different variations exist that use fish and vegetables.
Preparation Time: 45-85 minutes, 6-8 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.
Preparation Time: 45-85 minutes, 6-8 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:
You want to find more recipes like this? We have hundreds of Filipino recipes available at Foodipino.com. Ben Santones is a Filipino born and raised in the Philippines, but now lives 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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