Filipino
Adobong Manok sa Gata (Chicken Adobo in Coconut Milk)
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Adobong Manok sa Gata (Chicken Adobo in Coconut Milk) is Filipino home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Combine the chicken, vinegar, soy sauce, smashed garlic, and bay leaves in a pot and let sit 10 minutes.
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Bring to a boil without stirring, then reduce to a simmer and cook uncovered 15 minutes.
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Pour in the coconut milk and the chilies, and continue simmering until the sauce splits and thickens around the chicken, about 15 minutes.
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Serve hot with steamed rice.
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Serve it with
A Filipino dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Adobong Manok sa Gata (Chicken Adobo in Coconut Milk), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Adobong Manok sa Gata (Chicken Adobo in Coconut Milk) carries gluten, soy, and coconut. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Arroz Caldo (Filipino Chicken Rice Porridge) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Arroz Caldo (Filipino Chicken Rice Porridge) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Adobong Baboy (Pork Adobo) |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 550 kcal
- Protein
- 34 g
- Carbs
- 4 g
- Fat
- 44 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 680 mg
- Saturated fat
- 24 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Adobong Manok sa Gata (Chicken Adobo in Coconut Milk) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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