Easy Cast Iron Chicken Adobo Recipe
Cast iron chicken adobo with bold Filipino-inspired flavor, tender chicken, and a rich savory sauce perfect for weeknight cooking.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- 1 Cast Iron Pan
Ingredients
- 3 oz thick-cut bacon cut into 1/4-inch matchsticks
- 6 large chicken thighs
- Salt & pepper
- 6 garlic cloves minced
- 1 large shallot thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 ½ tbsp Fish Sauce
- 1 ½ tbps Soy Sauce
- 6 bay leaves
- ¼ tsp cayenne
Instructions
- In a Cast Iron Pan cook the sliced bacon over medium heat until browned.
- Transfer the bacon to a plate and leave the bacon fat in the Cast Iron Pan.
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper and place it in the skillet skin side down.
- Cook until the skin is brown and crispy (about 7 minutes) turn the chicken and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Remove most of the bacon grease leaving a little behind to cook with.
- Turn the heat to medium low and add the garlic and shallot stirring frequently until browned and soft.
- Add the cider vinegar to the Cast Iron Pan stirring to remove brown bits from the pan.
- Add the chicken broth, fish sauce, soy sauce, bay leaves and pinch cayenne to Cast Iron Pan, turn up the heat, and bring to a simmer.
- Return the chicken and bacon to the Cast Iron Pan and cook over medium low heat for 30 minutes.
- Remove the bay leaves and serve over rice.