Chicken Adobo (Easy!)
Chicken adobo is a Filipino dish made from braised chicken in a scrumptious vinegar-soy reduction. This one-pan chicken adobo recipe is SO easy, requiring less than 15 minutes of prep, oven-roasting for less mess and cleanup!
Servings: 4 servings (1/2 pound each)
Equipment
- Large oven-safe pan
Ingredients
- 1 ½ - 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs
- ½ cup white wine vinegar
- ⅓ cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 small yellow onion sliced
- 4 large garlic cloves minced
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- ½ tablespoon black peppercorns
- Scallions to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Add chicken thighs to a large oven-safe pan.
- In a bowl, add vinegar, soy, garlic, bay leaves, dark brown sugar, and black peppercorns. Stir until sugar dissolves. Add onion slices so they’re mostly submerged in the liquid.
- Sprinkle onions throughout your pan. Then drizzle the vinegar-soy mixture over the chicken thighs.
- Roast chicken for 45-55 minutes, basting chicken thighs with the vinegar-soy mixture every 10-15 minutes. Make sure to move around onions as well, so they get some time in the sauce and some time on top of the chicken. Chicken is done when the sauce has thickened significantly, but there’s still enough to spoon on top.
- Remove bay leaves. Serve chicken thighs with spoonfuls of sauce and chopped scallions.
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Notes
- You can use less chicken thighs if desired. If you want to use more, I recommend removing chicken thighs from the pan at 45 minutes, and letting your sauce reduce alone to desired thickness. More than 2 pounds of chicken thighs will crowd your pan, lengthening the time it takes for your sauce to reduce.
- No need to marinate the chicken ahead of time.
- Like it spicy? Add more peppercorns or some hot pepper flakes!
- It’s okay if chicken thighs register significantly above 165 degrees. Chicken thighs stay tender even at high temperatures, especially when basted in sauce!
- Garnish with chopped peanuts as well for extra crunch and flavor!
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 325kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 46g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 215mg | Sodium: 972mg | Potassium: 705mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 67IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 3mg