Easy Filipino Adobo Chicken
Easy Filipino Adobo Chicken - Chicken in a sweet and spicy glossy sticky sauce made with soy sauce, vinegar and brown sugar.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- ½ Cup Onions - Sliced
- 5 Chicken Drumsticks
- ¼ Cup Brown Sugar/Palm Sugar or Jaggery For Paleo- date syrup or coconut Sugar
- ¼ Cup Soy Sauce Tamari for gluten free & Coconut Aminos for paleo
- ¼ Cup Vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Ginger
- 1 tablespoon Garlic
- 1 teaspoon Pepper
- 2 Bay Leaves
- 1 Red Chilli
- Green Onions for garnish
Instructions
Stove Top Method
- Mix together the Sugar, Soy sauce, Vinegar, Ginger, Garlic and pepper.Check and add salt if needed
- Pour the marinade over the chicken.Marinate for 1 -3 hours.
- Heat a pan, add oil and place the chicken(without the marinade) one by one.Reserve marinade.
- Brown from all sides.Remove chicken once caramelised from all sides.
- To the pan add onions and sauce till they start turning golden brown.
- Add red chillies and the marinade.Place the chicken back and cover and cook for 15 minutes.
- Remove the chicken from the sauce.
- Reduce the sauce for another 10-15 minutes making it thick.Toss the chicken in the sticky sauce.
- Garnish with green onions and serve hot.
Instant Pot Method
- Choose the Sauté setting on HIGH(press it till the red light is under high), once it's hot, add the oil and onions. Saute them for 2-3 minutes.
- Cancel the Saute. Add the bay leaf,Soy sauce, pepper, vinegar, ginger, garlic and ¼ cup of water.Mix it up and place the chicken on top.
- Sprinkle the sugar on top.Do not mix.
- Pressure cook on SEALING for 8 minutes.(increase the time to 10 minutes for very big drumsticks).Quick Release and open the instant pot.
- You can garnish the chicken and serve as it is or if you want to thicken the sauce, follow the next step.
- Remove the chicken and switch to Saute on HIGH and reduce the sauce for 10-12 minutes till its thick.
- Pour the reduced sauce over the chicken, garnish with green onions and red chilli, serve hot.