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.
Rita Ocasio says
I like black peppercorns in my adobo. Better flavor..
Rita Ocasio says
Also l use yukon gold potatoes because they are firm and it turns out better.
dhing says
I’ve tried this!taste so good!
kat says
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.
Bethany Park says
"Cover and cook for 30 minutes." That's my kind of dinner!
The Blonde Duck says
Popped in to say hi! This looks so good!
teresa says
what a fun and unique dish!
Barbara says
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!
Maria says
Glad you had a nice Mother's Day. Will have to save this one for the hubs:)
Joanne says
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!
Kim says
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.
Pam says
It looks really good! I've heard adobo many times but didn't really know the meaning, so thanks for clearing that up!
Rosa's Yummy Yums says
A delicious looking dish!
Cheers,
Rosa
Debbi Smith says
I've made adobo chicken a long time ago and haven't come back to it for some reason, this looks delicious! Thanks!