Chicken adobo

  • Lactose free

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for lunch
  • Good for dinner

Less suited for breakfast.

Filipino chicken braised in vinegar, shoyu, garlic and black pepper.

4 servingsFinal yield 1,240 g

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Ingredients

  • 1,100 gChicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat and skin, raw
  • 180 gVinegar, distilled
  • 110 gSoy sauce made from soy and wheat (shoyu)
  • 55 gGarlic, raw
  • 5 gSpices, pepper, black
  • 300 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking

Method

  1. Cut 1100 g chicken thigh into 4 cm cubes and roughly crush 55 g garlic.
  2. Mix chicken with 180 g vinegar, 110 g shoyu, garlic and 5 g black pepper. Cover and marinate for 20 minutes in the refrigerator.
  3. Transfer chicken and marinade to a pot, add 300 g water, bring to a boil and braise covered for 25 minutes at 95 °C. Turn the meat once and verify 74 °C at the centre.
  4. Uncover and simmer for 8 minutes at 98 °C until the sauce coats the chicken. Serve with all the garlic and sauce.

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
2,616.2 kcal
Protein
194.7 g
Fat
183.8 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
29.6 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
3.3 g
Saturated fatty acids
50 g
Sodium
6,959.3 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
17.4 g

Per serving

Energy
654.1 kcal
Protein
48.7 g
Fat
45.9 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
7.4 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
0.83 g
Saturated fatty acids
12.5 g
Sodium
1,739.8 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
4.3 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
211 kcal
Protein
15.7 g
Fat
14.8 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
2.4 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
0.27 g
Saturated fatty acids
4 g
Sodium
561.2 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
1.4 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • The number of servings is an editorial estimate (midpoint of the source range or based on the dish type and energy).
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains: Gluten, Soy

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central SR Legacy. · CC0 1.0 Universal