Chicken Adobo in Coconut Milk

Engrossed's Note:

This is another recipe from "The Philippine Cookbook". I made this recently for my husbands Filipino birthday dinner. I used cubed boneless skinless chicken breasts. I just cooked it in the pot until the sauce was reduced. I didn't bother with the broiler. I also used white vinegar as I don't care for apple cider vinegar. It was great! I might try it in the crockpot next time.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 55 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 (3 lb) roasting chickens , cut into serving pieces
• 1 ½ cups apple cider vinegar
• 6 tablespoons garlic , finely minced
• ½ cup soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 2 bay leaves (optional)
• 1 tablespoon whole black peppercorn
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar (optional)
• 1 (12 ounce) can coconut milk
• salt or patis

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan and marinate for two hours (traditional method is at room temperature, I put in the refrigerator).
2. Boil mixture on stovetop until chicken is tender.
3. Preheat Broiler.
4. Remove chicken from sauce and broil until browned.
5. Reduce sauce to half over medium heat.
6. Pour over chicken.
7. Serve hot with sticky rice.

Reviews

[B-Walk]

Hey, this is a winner! I love the way the coconut milk cuts some of the typical adobo acidity without removing it completely - just a tasty, tasty dish. I used four boneless, skinless chicken breasts, and marinated all day while we were at work. I used 2/3 cup white vinegar, and 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar. I'm GF so I used a wheat free Vietnamese soy sauce, and it was delicious. I shredded the chicken into chunks with about fifteen minutes to go and continued to simmer with the lid off. Served with sticky rice and steamed broccoli. Next time I won't use as many whole peppercorns - it's tasty to bite into one every now and then, but it wasn't that great to have them in every bite.

[Yvonne72]

This is a dish this is a dish that IS to be sour! Thats the point of the meal, so if your American palete is too sensitive, dont try it or cut down the vinegar to a 1/2C.
I love this recipe, My deceased Mother in law was Fillipino, and taught me how to make it, but over the years I lost (forgot) the recipe. Great recipe, thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[William (Uncle Bill) Anatooskin]

I cooked a variety of chicken pieces, about 3 lbs. However, I cut back the vinegar to 3/4 cups and still found the sauce to be too vinegary and sour. The chicken did turn out great, and I love the coconut milk sauce. I will be making this again, but will cut the vinegar to 1/3 cup. "Uncle Bill"