• Adobo Chicken with Potatoes

  Filed under Main Dishes - Chicken
  May 10
  I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day – especially all you moms! We ended up having my in-laws over for dinner, but my mother in law ended up doing most of the cooking. I can’t complain, though, because everything she brought was delicious and I by the end of the evening, I was stuffed full. It was a great Mother’s Day, and it is such a special day to me now, especially since I am a mother!

  I don’t have a clever segue into this dish, but I’ll jump right in anyway! This comes from a family cookbook, and I am rarely led astray from family cookbooks. I had actually been wanting to make this recipe for quite sometime, and recently I found myself with an excess of potatoes, so it was the perfect meal! I actually had to look up “Adobo” because I was curious what it really meant. In this recipe, it refers to adobo in Filipino cuisine. It is the process of cooking the meat in a soy sauce, vinegar and spice mixture. Not to be confused with Spanish adobo. Yes, it really is all very confusing! Regardless, I really enjoyed this meal. It’s quite simple, but it packs a ton of flavor. And it doesn’t hurt that it only takes a few minutes to prep then you can just let it cook away!

  Adobo Chicken with Potatoes
  from the Goodman Family Cookbook 2007

  serves 8-10

  total time: about 45 minutes

  5 chicken breasts, cut into chunks
  1/2 onion, chopped
  5 cloves garlic, chopped
  oil
  1 cup apple cider vinegar
  1 cup soy sauce
  2/3 to 1 cup water
  salt and pepper to taste
  lemon pepper, for sprinkling
  2 bay leaves
  1 tablespoon sugar
  3 large potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
  rice, for serving

  Heat oil in a skillet and saute garlic until lightly brown. Add onions to skillet and continue to saute. Put chicken into a large stock pot on stove and pour garlic and onions over chicken. Add remaining ingredients and stir. Cover and cook for about 30 minutes.

  Serve over rice.

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  11 Comments

11 Responses to “Adobo Chicken with Potatoes”

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   Debbi Smith said on May 10th, 2010 at 12:16 pm

   I've made adobo chicken a long time ago and haven't come back to it for some reason, this looks delicious! Thanks!

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   Rosa's Yummy Yums said on May 10th, 2010 at 12:49 pm

   A delicious looking dish!

   Cheers,

   Rosa

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   Pam said on May 10th, 2010 at 12:51 pm

   It looks really good! I've heard adobo many times but didn't really know the meaning, so thanks for clearing that up!

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   Kim said on May 10th, 2010 at 1:17 pm

   Glad to hear you had a happy mother's day! I know exactly what you mean by cooking from family cookbooks. They are almost always family pleasers. This looks fantastic.

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   Joanne said on May 10th, 2010 at 5:37 pm

   Quick and easy. Sounds like a good meal to me!

   I'm so glad you had a happy mother's day…sounds like a ton of fun!

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   Maria said on May 10th, 2010 at 7:56 pm

   Glad you had a nice Mother's Day. Will have to save this one for the hubs:)

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   Barbara said on May 10th, 2010 at 8:03 pm

   This sounds wonderful, Deborah. How nice your MIL did the cooking! Lucky you!
   The old family cookbooks and those church cookbooks have the best recipes!

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   teresa said on May 10th, 2010 at 10:15 pm

   what a fun and unique dish!

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   The Blonde Duck said on May 11th, 2010 at 10:16 am

   Popped in to say hi! This looks so good!

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    Bethany Park said on May 11th, 2010 at 11:34 am

    "Cover and cook for 30 minutes." That's my kind of dinner!

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    kat said on May 11th, 2010 at 4:38 pm

    The seasoning here sounds really good. I think a lot of different cultures have something called an adobo, it would be interesting to taste the differences.

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