Chicken Adobo

Chicken Adobo is a well known traditional Filipino dish.  Adobo consist of chicken simmering in a tangy garlic and soy sauce flavored  sauce.  Both my kids can eat just steam rice with the tangy garlic soy sauce.  This simple dish usually have them smiling from ear to ear.  The tangy flavored sauce is quite addicting.  Although my kids don't help me cook this dish, it's one of their favorites.  I literally have to cook twice the amount of rice when I make this dish because they ask for seconds sometimes thirds!


Ingredients

• 1/4 cup of olive oil
• 12 chicken drumettes
• 5 cloves of garlic (crush) 
• 1/3 cup of soy sauce
• 1/3 cup of vinegar  (depends how tangy you want the tangy garlic sauce to be)
• 2 dried bay leaves
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

• In a big sauce pan or wok, heat 1 tablespoon of oil then sauté the 5 cloves of garlic until garlic is golden brown.
• Take the garlic out of the pan. Add the chicken to the pan and cook until fully cook and golden brown. I put a dash of salt and pepper while I fry the chicken drumettes.
• Add the soy sauce, 1/2 of the vinegar mixture, and bay leaves to the pan. Add the golden brown garlic pieces back to the pan.  Bring to a boil and simmer chicken for 6-8 minutes.  Tastes the tangy garlic broth, if you need a bit more tang add more of the vinegar.  I usually end up using a bit less than the 1/3 cup.
• Add back the golden brown garlic pieces . 
• If you need more sauce add more water but no more than 1/4 cup.  You don't want to dilute the garlic tangy flavor.