Chicken Adobo with Potatoes : AFF Philippines

I have always been curious about Chicken Adobo ever since I came across the recipe in Amy Beh's Culinary Conundrums in The Star. A reader wrote to request for the recipe. Apparently this lady tasted Chicken Adobo at a party and fell in love with it.  I cut out the recipe and that newspaper cutting is still neatly filed away in my folder hah..hah...

For this first attempt, I am using the recipe sourced from Panlasang Pinoy Meaty Recipes. From what I read, this adobo is the Tagalog version which has more sauce unlike other adobo recipes which tend to have very little sauce or is almost dry. I know that most people love sauce to go with rice so this version is perfect. The ingredients are pretty basic, all easily available and very familiar to us all.

Chicken, onions, garlic, potatoes and soya sauce can't go wrong, right? With the the addition of vinegar and bay leaf, it does make Chicken Adobo a little different from the basic soya sauce chicken I used to cook when I first started cooking.

This Chicken Abodo is pretty good and I would think that this dish is also very kid friendly and would be well received by most families. I'm glad that I finally cooked Chicken Adobo and I reckon that it will make its rounds in my kitchen every now and then :)

Chicken Adobo with Potates

Recipe source : Pansalang Pinoy Meaty Recipes

Ingredients :

- 1 kg chicken, chopped into serving pieces 

- 2 medium sized potatoes, quartered

- 1/4 cup vinegar

- 1/4 cup soy sauce

- 1 tsp Magic Sarap (or any granulated seasoning)(I omitted)

- 1 tsp ground black pepper

- 1 tsp brown sugar

- 1 tsp salt or patis( fish sauce) (optional) (I used fish sauce)

- 1 piece laurel leaf (bay leaf)\- 1/2 cup water

- 3 cloves garlic, minced

-  1 medium sized onion, chopped

- 1 tbsp cooking oil

Method :

1. Heat oil in saucepan and saute garlic and onion.

2. After a minute add chicken. Stir fry until most of the liquid has evaporated.

3. Add 1/2 cup water, soy sauce, vinegar, bay leaf and black pepper

4. Cove and simmer for 20 minutes, the add potatoes

5. Simmer for 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

6. Taste and season with magic sarap, sugar and patis or salt, if necessary.

7. Serve hot.

I am submitting this post to Asian Food Fest - Philippines hosted by The Sweet Spot.

This post is also linked to the event, Little Thumbs Up organised by Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids and Doreen of My Little Favourite DIY and hosted by Jasline of Foodie Baker.