Paleo-Philippino Cooking: Welcome Chicken Adobo

Friday, May 29, 2009
By jc

img_0151Like most oriental cuisines, Philippino cooking poses a paleo-challenge. The cuisine embraces rice, rice noodles and egg noodles as its caloric mainstay. However, there are a few green shoots for the paleogastronomer.

No less then Anthony Bourdain proclaims Lechon, a pig roasted over a hand turned rotisserie, the best pig in the world.

Sinigang, the national soup of the Philippines, is a seafood and tamarind based concoction, akin to hot and sour soup in chinese cuisine, is also paleo compliamt.

Finally, the national dishes of the Phillippines, chicken adobo, pork adobo, and chicken and pork adobo are all completely paleo-compliant. Try out this paleo-delicacy.

Recipe: Chicken Adobo

Ingredients

    8 chicken legs or thighs, or combination of legs and thighs

    1/2 cup chicken broth
    1/3 cup cider vinegar
    3 tablespoons soy sauce
    2 tablespoons cane sugar, or demerrara sugar
    1 teaspoon salt
    2 cloves of garlic, finely minced
    2 bay leaves

    2 plus 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredient in a sealable plastic bag, large enough to hold the chicken. Let marinade for 2 to 24 hours.
  2. Heat grapeseed oil in a frying pan large enough to hold the chicken. Using tongs, place the chicken in the pan, and sear the pieces on all sides.
  3. Add the remaining marinade to the pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and place cover on the pan. Let simmer for an hour. If the liquid drys out, add 1/2 cup of chicken broth
  4. Remove chicken from pan and let cool. Pour remaining sauce into a plastic container and refrigerate. All ingredients can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours.
  5. Before serving, use your hands to remove the chicken from the bones. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan or cast iron pan. Refry the chicken meat until a few pieces form a crust. Place chicken in a serving dish.
  6. Meanwhile, remove excess fat from the sauce, and add sauce to a sauce pan. Reduce until sauce is syrup like. Pour sauce over chicken and serve
  7. Makes 4 serving, ~ 320 Cals per serving

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