This easy Chicken Adobo is a delicious Filipino recipe flavored with black pepper, bay leaves and green chillies. The perfect easy dinner served with rice.
3/4 cupsoy sauce(Use Tamari as a gluten free substitute)
4garlic clovescrushed
2tbspbrown sugar
2tspblack pepper
2green chilliesthinly sliced
4bay leaves
Instructions
Season chicken generously on both sides with salt and pepper.
Brown chicken well in a tablespoon of oil in a large skillet or deep frying pan. Remove from the pan and set aside.
Combine the vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, garlic, black pepper, bay leaves and chillies and pour into the pan. Bring to a simmer.
Add the chicken, skin-side up, and simmer with the lid ajar for 20-30 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked and tender.
Remove the lid and turn up the heat. Allow the sauce to reduce, while glazing the chicken. Cook until the sauce has thickened and the chicken is glossy.