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Filipino Chicken Adobo with Coconut Broth
Thousands of islands make up the Philippines. And there probably are as many recipes for chicken adobo, the classic Filipino dish that turns handful of ingredients—loads of garlic, black pepper and vinegar—into a bright and tangy meal. We tailored our recipe for weeknight ease, using a hefty dose of rice vinegar blended with soy sauce and aromatics to create a potent marinade for bone-in thighs. For heat we used serrano chilies. Look for chicken thighs that are uniform in size; if some are smaller than others, begin to check them early and remove them as they come up to temperature
4
Servings
Tip
Don’t use regular soy sauce. As the chicken braises, the cooking liquid reduces, concentrating the flavor—and salt. Low-sodium soy sauce produced a broth that was well-seasoned.
1 hour 45 minutes
30 minutes active
Ingredients
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1½
cups unseasoned rice vinegar
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¾
cup low-sodium soy sauce
Directions
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01In a large Dutch oven, combine the vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, chilies, bay leaves and peppercorns. Add the chicken thighs, submerging them. Cover and refrigerate for 30 to 60 minutes.
Reviews
September 19, 2026
A new staple
Such as easy recipe and the broth with the coconut milk, we can’t get enough of. It’s become a staple in our house. There’s more broth than needed so I freeze the extra to use on rice for other meals.
June 4, 2026
Wonderful
Made this as the recipe states. Very good with a lot Flavor! A keeper!
January 26, 2025
FANTASTIC
I doubled the garlic, and used 2 cups of Coconut milk and 2 cups of the broth. Heavy on the cilantro. Absolutely delicious. BURSTING with flavor. My new favorite.
July 29, 2022
Great Quick Tuesday Night Meal
My husband doesn't like coconut so I substituted the coconut milk with regular heavy cream and it was AMAZINGLY good! This recipe is on our regular weeknight rotation.
January 19, 2023
Great!
Amazing recipe! Love the addition of the coconut milk. My ONLY suggestion would be to reduce the sauce a bit. I loved a clingier sauce for this.
My first time I tried this recipe it was a struggle. It took twice as long to reach the desired temp and by then the liquid was almost gone. I rescued by adding the coconut milk, then straining out the bits, although some skin was lost in the pan. My second try was totally successful. This time I covered the dutch oven, cooked for 15 minutes then checked for temp, recovered and simmered for another 10 minutes. I re-watched the television episode and re-read the recipe looking for covered/uncovered instructions and didn't see this mentioned. It looked like it was uncovered on the TV episode, but I'll always make this great tasting dish again with the lid on.
Tried this tonight but used boneless skinless thighs (what I had on hand). I covered the pan per the suggestion given in another comment, but found but found that the liquid didn’t quite reduce enough, resulting in a somewhat watery, not very flavorful sauce. I broiled the thighs as well which probably wasn’t necessary (since no delicious skin to crisp up) but did add some nice crispy bits. Next time I will use bone in, skin on thighs per the recipe and cook without the lid to further concentrate the sauce and flavor.
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Super flavorful and easy to pull together. The marinating for 30-60 minutes might rule this out as reasonable weeknight option but if you're cooking for a group and don't want to spend much time stressing in the kitchen then this is a really good option.