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Nick's Chicken Adobo Recipe (Stovetop or Instantpot)
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs chicken
chicken wing sections, thighs, drumsticks or a mix
- 1/4 cup good soy sauce)
(see photo below
- 1/4 cup vinegar)
apple cider or white vinegar (see photo below
- more to taste (or use a few chopped dates!2 teaspoons brown sugar)
- 6 cloves garlic
minced
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
freshly ground*
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 medium onion
cut into slivers
Directions
- 1
Optional marinade step: Put soy sauce, vinegar, chicken, and half the garlic in a large glass bowl to marinade. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes up to a few hours.
- 2
Heat a little olive oil in a large pan, pot or dutch oven
- 3
Sauteé garlic and sliced onions until fragrant, then push to side of pan
- 4
Place the meat into the pan to lightly brown it, skin side down
- 5
Pour the rest of the marinade in over the browned meat. If you didnt marinade, this is where you add in the soy sauce and vinegar.
- 6
Add bay leaves, black pepper and sugar and stir gently
- 7
Bring it to a low simmer, cover and continue simmering on low heat 20-25 minutes. Longer cooking time on low heat = the key to tender chicken here.
- 8
Remove cover, then continue to simmer 10-15 minutes uncovered to let sauce reduce and thicken. We let it go a little longer on low heat to make them extra tender for our toddler.
- 9
Optional: We like to stir in a bag of baby spinach leaves right at the end to get some greens in! Goes great with the sauce.

Nick's Chicken Adobo Recipe (Stovetop or Instantpot)
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