Chicken adobo, Philippines traditional dish

Chicken adobo, Philippines traditional dish


Chicken Adobo is a traditional  Philippines dish and is one of the mostly recognized Philippines foods. Chicken adobo could almost be found throughout the house a simple meal by a street in the Philippines. With chicken cooked with soy sauce and combined with potatoes, usually the food is often served also as friends were on their way to the Philippines by plane.

Chicken adobo, Philippines traditional dish

Chicken adobo, Philippines traditional dish

This Chicken Adobo Recipe is the simplest that you can get. Not to be mistaken with Mexican adobo, this dish is uniquely prepared by stewing chicken in vinegar and soy sauce. Several sources who are experts in Asian food history say that the Filipinos were already cooking adobo even before Spanish colonization. The cooking method is termed as “adobo” which is the very same method in this Chicken Adobo Recipe. It is also said that cooking with vinegar preserves the meat. This method is also considered as one of the earliest food preservation practice.

Chicken adobo, Philippines traditional dish

Chicken adobo, Philippines traditional dish

Chicken adobo, Philippines traditional dish

Chicken adobo, Philippines traditional dish