Adobo

Fourteen recipes in this category.

Adobo is cooked in vinegar, garlic and soy sauce, and a pouch of Mama Sita’s Adobo Mix is an easy way in. Here are the chicken and pork classics, versions finished with oyster sauce, squid, water spinach and banana peel, and what to do with leftover adobo, from fried rice to a pandesal sandwich.

Chicken adobo drumsticks with fried garlic over rice in a banana leaf-lined bowl

Adobong Manok

Chicken Adobo

Preparation time: Prep 25 min
Cooking time: Cook 20 min
Yield: 8-10
Difficulty: Beginner

Braised pork adobo with fried garlic in a Mama Sita's branded bowl

Adobong Baboy

Pork Adobo

Cooking time: Cook 45 min
Yield: 5-7
Difficulty: Intermediate

Chicken and pork adobo pieces over rice with a tomato and cilantro salad

Chicken Pork Adobo

Preparation time: Prep 30 min
Cooking time: Cook 1 hr 20 min
Yield: 6
Difficulty: Beginner

Chicken adobo pieces glazed in a dark oyster sauce, in a saucepan

Chicken Adobo with Oyster Recipe

Cooking time: Cook 20 min
Yield: 4
Difficulty: Beginner

Adobong baboy: pork liempo pieces coated in a glossy garlic adobo sauce

Adobong Baboy with Oyster Sauce

Preparation time: Prep 50 min
Cooking time: Cook 3 hr 2 min
Yield: 4-5
Difficulty: Beginner

Chicken pieces simmered with garlic in a savory sauce, in a metal pan

Chicken Adobo (using Adobo Simmer Sauce)

Cooking time: Cook 20 min
Yield: 3-4
Difficulty: Beginner

Whole squid braised in dark adobo sauce in a blue-and-white bowl

Adobong Pusit

Squid Adobo

Cooking time: Cook 15 min
Yield: 2-4
Difficulty: Intermediate

Water spinach adobo glazed in oyster sauce with fried garlic on a white plate

Adobong Kangkong

Water Spinach Adobo

Cooking time: Cook 6 min
Yield: 2-4
Difficulty: Beginner

Banana peel adobo topped with fried garlic on a banana leaf, with pandesal rolls behind

Banana Peel Adobo (Meatless)

Cooking time: Cook 1 hr 35 min
Difficulty: Intermediate

Adobo rice with shredded leftover adobo on a white plate

Adobo Rice

Cooking time: Cook 11 min
Yield: 4

Garlic fried rice topped with crisp baked kale chips in a white bowl

Adobo Fried Rice with Kale Chips

A quarantine-kitchen delegation recipe

Cooking time: Cook 51 min
Yield: 8-10

Bowl of seasoned adobo rice with a bay leaf and toasted garlic, with vinegar and oyster sauce bottles behind

Adobo Fried Rice with Oyster Sauce

Cooking time: Cook 45 min
Yield: 4

Two chicken adobo sandwiches made with shredded meat inside sliced pandesal rolls

Chicken Adobo Sandwich

Cooking time: Cook 2 min
Yield: 5
Difficulty: Beginner

Whole roasted chicken with charred skin on a platter with arugula, tomato, and red onion salad

Adobo Spiced Roast Chicken

A Filipino Thanksgiving newsletter recipe

Preparation time: Prep 8 hr
Cooking time: Cook 1 hr 42 min
Servings: Serves 4–6