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Chicken Adobo in Coconut Milk

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Submitted by Ramer

Filipino chicken adobo gets a coconut milk twist for silky richness. Vinegar, soy, and garlic create the classic tangy-savory base, then coconut cream rounds it all out into pure comfort over steamed rice.

YIELD

6 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

20 min

READY

3 hrs

This Filipino comfort classic marries the punchy vinegar-soy backbone of traditional adobo with the tropical sweetness of coconut milk.

The two-hour marinade infuses every bite with garlic, bay leaf, and black pepper, while the final broiling step adds caramelized edges that contrast beautifully with that silky, reduced sauce. When you pour the glossy, coconut-enriched adobo over fluffy rice, you get every Filipino cook’s goal: layers of salty, sour, sweet, and umami in perfect harmony.

This is soul food that travels well for potlucks and tastes even better the next day.

Kitchen Tips

  • Marinate matters: Those 2 hours let the vinegar tenderize the chicken and the garlic penetrate deep. Don’t skip it.
  • Broiling watch: Chicken can go from golden to burnt fast under the broiler. Check at 3-4 minutes.
  • Sauce reduction: Reducing the sauce by half concentrates all those flavors into a glossy coating that clings to rice.
  • Leftover gold: This reheats beautifully and actually improves as flavors meld overnight.

Ingredients

3 1.4
POUNDS KG CHICKEN
cut into pieces
1 ½ 355
6 90
TABLESPOONS ML GARLIC
finely minced
1 5
TEASPOON ML BLACK PEPPER
freshly ground
2 2
EACH BAY LEAVES *
1 15
TABLESPOON ML PEPPERCORN
1 15
TABLESPOON ML BROWN SUGAR
12 346.8
OUNCES ML/G COCONUT MILK
1
X SALT
to taste *

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan and marinate for two hours.

Boil mixture until chicken is tender.

Separate sauce from chicken and broil chicken until brown.

Reduce the sauce over moderate heat to half and pour over chicken.

Serve hot with rice.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 375g (13.2 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 293 44% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 14g 22%
Saturated Fat 8g 38%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 101mg 34%
Sodium 703mg 29%
Total Carbohydrate 1g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0g 1%
Sugars g
Protein 69g
Vitamin A 1% Vitamin C 3%
Calcium 4% Iron 16%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Trans-fat Free, Low Carb
 
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