Filipino Chicken Adobo With Garlic

This is my Favorite Filipino dish. Everyone who tried it for the first time loves it.

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 2  lbs chicken wings
• 1  head garlic, coarsely chopped
• 1⁄2 onion, coarsely chopped
• 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
• 1  tablespoon ground black pepper
• 2  cups water
• 1⁄2 cup vinegar (rice vinegar or white wine vinegar work best)
• 2  bay leaves
• 2  tablespoons  cooking oil

Directions

1. Put vinegar, bay leaves, pepper, soy sauce, onion and water in a saucepan. Cover and cook slowly about 15 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, heat the cooking oil in a large, heavy-bottomed frying pan. Peel the garlic, break the cloves into chunks, and brown them over medium-low heat (about 5 minutes).
3. Add the chicken to the frypan and brown it over medium-high heat (about 5 minutes).
4. Add the broth to the frypan and simmer, partly covered, until the chicken is done (about 30 minutes). Do not let it come to a boil.
5. Remove the bay leaves and serve over rice. This dish is too strongly flavored to go well with wine; try serving it with beer.