Simple Filipino Chicken Adobo | Kenji's Cooking Show

Summary by Krater

J. Kenji López-Alt cooks a straightforward Filipino-style adobo chicken in a wok, combining chicken drumsticks with garlic, black pepper, palm sugar, cane vinegar, soy sauce, and bay leaves, and simmering until tender and glazed.

From the video

Answers: How do you make Filipino adobo chicken?

• Filipino adobo chicken recipe
• Cooking chicken adobo in a wok
• Balancing adobo sauce ratios

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs chicken drumsticks
• 15 to 20 cloves garlic
• salt
• canola oil
• black pepper
• 5 oz palm sugar
• 8 oz cane vinegar
• 5 to 6 oz soy sauce
• bay leaves
• white rice

What it concludes

• Adobo chicken does not need to be brined because it becomes plenty juicy on its own.
• The ratio for adobo sauce should be approximately one part vinegar to two-thirds parts soy sauce to two-thirds parts sugar by weight.
• Filipino adobo chicken gets better as it sits overnight and the flavors penetrate deeper.