How to cook Adobo one of the famous food in the Philippines

How to cook Adobo

Adobo refers to a common cooking process indigenous to the Philippines. The main ingredients are vinegar, soysauce, black pepercorns, and bay leaves. The dish usually cook with pork meat and chicken. You can also mix the pork and chicken if you want.

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Ingredients

• 1 kilo pork/chicken (cut)
• 1 teaspoon whole peppercorn
• 5 pieces bay leaves
• 8 cloves of garlic (minced)
• 1 onion medium size (slice)
• 10 tablespoons soy sauce
• 6 tablespoons vinegar
• ½ cup water
• 3tablespoons cooking oil
• Salt to taste
• 2 medium potatoes (cut)
• 4 boiled egg
• Brown sugar (optional if you like it a little sweeter)

Instructions

1. Heat the oil the cooking pot.
2. Add garlic and onion. Saute.
3. Put the pork or chicken in the cooking pot. Stir and cook until golden brown.
4. Pour soysauce, vinegar and water. Let it boil. Cover and cook on low heat.
5. Add the peppercorn and bayleaves. Let it boil. Cover and cook until the meat is tender.
6. Taste the adobo and decide to add salt if needed.
7. Ready to eat. Enjoy 🙂

Those are the ingredients and instructions on how to cook adobo. You can mix the pork and chicken how to do it ? I will also put the instructions here. Adobo can also be put potatoes and boiled eggs. So just scroll down to see the instructions on how to do it.

Instructions how to cook a mixture of pork and chicken

1. Heat the oil the cooking pot.
2. Add garlic and onion. Saute.
3. Add pork and cook. Stirring as needed until golden brown or let cook for about 5-10 minutes.
4. Add the chicken and cook. Stir until lightly brown.
5. Pour soysauce, vinegar and water. Let it boil. Cover and cook on low heat.
6. Add the peppercorn and bayleaves. Let it boil. Cover and cook until the meat is tender.
7. Taste the adobo and decide to add salt if needed.
8. Ready to eat. Enjoy 🙂

Instructions on how to cook adobo with boiled eggs and potatoes

1. Heat the oil the cooking pot.
2. Fry potatoes until the edges are brown.
3. Remove the potatoes from the cooking pot and Set aside.
4. Add garlic and onion. Saute.
5. Put the pork or chicken in the cooking pot. Stir and cook until golden brown.
6. Pour soysauce, vinegar, water and potatoes. Let it boil. Cover and cook on low heat.
7. Add the peppercorn, bayleaves and boiled egg. Let it boil. Cover and cook until the meat is tender.
8. Ready to eat. Enjoy 🙂

Frequently Asked Question

1. Why is vinear used in adobo?
   • When the refrigerator was not yet available. Vinegar is used to preserved food because if your recipe contains vinegar it will not spoil immediately.
2. Only meat can be adobo?
   • No, You can also use vegetables such as spinach, eggplant and string beans.

Try to cook it too, you will definitely like eating adobo. That’s all I hope you like my content.