Filipino cuisines are well appreciated and liked for its unique style of dishes and their cooking. The food is highly cherished by connoisseurs across the globe. It consists of the food, preparation and eating customs found in the Philippines. The recipes usually ranges from the simple dish such as meal of fried salted fish to the elaborate paellas and cocidos created for fiestas.
Filipino cuisines are very different from other cuisines in the manner that they contain bold combination of sweet, sour and salty flavors.
In the given write up, I have taken a very simple dish known as as Adobo. Adobo is basically a meat dish which gets prepared by marinating the beef pieces along with chicken, pork or a mixture of meat in vinegar, crushed garlic, soy sauce and some spices.
Let’s begin with the ingredients first. The given ingredients are required for cooking the Adobo: 1 kilo pork or 1 kilo chicken, 1 head garlic, yellow onion, cup soy sauce, 1 cup vinegar, 2 cups water, 5 bay leaves, 1 tbsp paprika, 4 tbsp cooking oil, 2 tbsp cornstarch, salt and pepper to taste.
Cooking method:
Take a pan with 2 tbsp of cooking oil and saute the crushed garlic and onions until they are light brown.You can add the pork or chicken to the pan and add 2 cups of water, cups of soy sauce, vinegar, paprika and bay leaves. Simmer on medium heat and bring them to full boil. After 30 minutes, you need to take out the pork or chicken pieces from the pan. Brown the pork or chicken pieces in a cooking oil in a separate pan for few minutes. Once they are browned, you can mix them again with the sauce mixture. For getting the thick gravy, you can mix the cornstarch in a little water and dissolve it well. Pour the dissolved cornstarch into the gravy. Sprinkle salt as well as pepper to taste and bring to a boil for few more minutes.
Your Adobo is ready to eat. You can enjoy the food with rice.
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