Chicken Adobo

I first became interested in chicken adobo when I saw a recipe for it using a slow cooker. It looked delicious but completely different than the adobo that I was familiar with. I thought adobo was that rich, spicy, reddish-brown Mexican sauce that comes with chipotle peppers. But no. Filipino chicken adobo is savory, tangy, and garlicky, built on a bold combination of soy sauce and vinegar. It’s SO good and so very easy to recreate at home.

“I’m usually a sucker for spice, but this chicken adobo recipe (with accompanying yellow jasmine rice) is a juicy, tangy, taste-bomb!! Made it for my visiting parents tonight and they proclaimed “you’ve finally learned how to coo...