Monday 3:33pm
New Manila, Quezon City
One of my favorite filipino dishes (aside from kare-kare). But never did I ever learn cooking it the right way. Sometimes, it's too salty--- too many soy sauce. Sometimes, too sour--- too many vinegar. So I asked the help of my brother who's learning to be a chef. We cooked this last night to have it in the morning since we can't really make breakfasts on weekdays.
So ok, we prepared the chicken, garlic, onion, bay leaf and ground black pepper. And most importantly, the soy sauce and vinegar. I used to cook chicken adobo in different ways because I never got the right formula of the best chicken adobo. Sometimes, I would saute the garlic and onion first and then the chicken and keep it searing until it becomes tender before I put the vinegar and soy sauce and the rest of the spices. Sometimes, I would just pour in the ingredients altogether and let it simmer until it's cooked but it turns out to be bland. So last night, my brother said he would boil the chicken first. After the meat is tender, we sauteed the garlic and onion. And then, we added the chicken. He added the soy sauce and vinegar according to his taste. I didn't taste it, fearing that it would be nasty again. We set it aside and washed the dishes. I went to bed after I packed my things for the week.
I got up at 5am. Took shower in haste. Change to my working clothes and sat down on the dining table to eat. Surprisingly, the adobo tastes really good. First time that we ever had a good adobo. We would fight over it because no one of us got it right but we would always cook adobo anyway. But whether we cooked the dish right or not, we would still eat whatever is prepared for the family table. The thing is, the only thing that keep us bonded is the weekend meals that we all share. And that's what really matters.
Our good old chicken adobo. Kudos to my brother!
Love,
Bella Donna
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