Pictorial: Chicken Adobo!

"A common dish in the Philippines, typically made from pork or chicken or a combination of both. It is slow-cooked in soy sauce, vinegar, crushed garlic, bay leaf, and black peppercorns." (1)

ingredients #1 (chicken adobo)

4 X chicken drumstick
9 X garlic clove (pretty much one head, minced)
6 X black pepper corn
2 X bay leaf
1/3 CUP soy sauce
2/3 CUP rice wine vinegar
1 CUP chicken stock
2 TBSP veg or peanut oil

ingredients #2 (garlic fried rice)

2 TBSP minced garlic
2 TBSP veg or peanut oil
2 CUP cooked rice

heat a pot and fry the minced garlic in some oil until golden



add vinegar, soy sauce, bay leaves and pepper corns



add the drumsticks and bring to boil

(it's also possible to marinate the chicken in vinegar, rice wine and garlic for up to 24h before cooking)



flip the chicken from time to time, keep them boiling for 5-10 min



add hot chicken stock, lower heat and simmer covered for 15-20 min



heat oil in another frying pan and add the chicken (somewhat drained)



pan-fry the chicken until golden, the sauce can reduce a little in the meantime (uncovered)



clear the frying pan and park the chicken in the reduced sauce to keep it warm



add oil and garlic to the frying pan (watch the heat, don't burn the garlic)



add the rice when the garlic is golden and stir-fry until the rice is homogeneous and hot



serve the chicken adobo on garlic fried rice and drizzle some extra adobo over it




Many thanks to Domestic Goddess from eG Forums for this wonderful recipe.