The Adobo is a combination of influneces from world's apart. The Adobo is achieved by the mixture of Spanish and Chinese influences.
This Filipino dish is the favorite of most Filipinos. It is so easy to cook and it leaves a distinct taste in your mouth. It is a combination of a salty taste and a sour taste, mixing together to leave that distinction in your mouth.
Cooking it doesn't require much time. It is so easy to cook because you can use basic ingredients to create this dish. Here is one way to cook adobo:
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 kilo pork cut in cubes + 1/2 kilo chicken, cut into pieces or
choice of either 1 kilo of pork or 1 kilo of chicken
1 head garlic, minced
1/2 yellow onion, diced
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 cup vinegar
2 cups of water
1 teaspoon paprika
5 laurel leaves (bay leaves)
4 tablespoons of cooking oil or olive oil
2 tablespoons cornstarch
Salt and pepper to taste
3 tablespoons water
Cooking Instructions:
In a big sauce pan or wok, heat 2 tablespoons of oil then sauté the minced garlic and onions.
Add the pork and chicken to the pan. Add 2 cups of water, 1/4 cup of soy sauce, vinegar, paprika and the bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or when meat is tender.
Remove the pork and chicken from the sauce pan and on another pan, heat cooking oil and brown the pork and chicken for a few minutes.
Mix the browned pork and chicken back to the sauce and add cornstarch dissolved in water to thicken.
Add salt and/or pepper if desired
Bring to a boil then simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
Serve hot with the adobo gravy and plain rice.
-Paolo Tinio
8 comments:
the taste never fails to satisfy my tongue
very classic! :)
I had this for lunch the other day :))
Looks delicious!
One of my favorites!
I'm craving.
Tasty!
We usually have pork :))
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