Instant Pot Chicken Adobo from Savory Tooth

Instant Pot Chicken Adobo - made December 31, 2022 from Savory Tooth 

2 - 2.5 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs, patted dry and trimmed

1/2 cup low-sodium soy sauce

1/3 cup white vinegar

1 onion, sliced

5 gloves garlic, minced

3 bay leaves

2 tablespoons olive oil

1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper

salt and black pepper

2 green onions, tops sliced into small pieces, for garnish (I didn't have any so I left out)

1. Sear chicken: heat instant pot on saute mode. Sprinkle chicken pieces with salt and pepper. Add olive oil to instant pot when hot. Sear chicken pieces in hot oil, cooking for several minutes on each side. Remove from instant pot and transfer to plate. 
2. Turn off saute mode. Add soy sauce, vinegar, onion and garlic, stirring well and scraping up the browned bits on the bottom. Add chicken. Top with bay leaves.
3. Secure and seal lid. Cook at high pressure for 10 minutes then do a quick release. Remove lid and set instant pot on saute mode. Bring mixture to boil and let boil for 15 minutes or until sauce is thickened. Remove bay leaves and serve chicken over rice, garnished with chopped green onions.

Are you sick of sugar yet? Never fear, I'm going to switch to "real food" for the next few posts. I need to catch up on the savory dishes I've been making and not just the baked goods I've been mailing out.

Chicken Adobo is probably one of the easiest dishes to make. There are multiple variations of it but essentially, all you need is vinegar, soy sauce, bay leaves and peppercorns. You can add ginger if your taste buds prefer and you can play with the proportions of each to get the taste to your liking but that's essentially it. For extra flavoring, it's best to marinade the chicken overnight in the soy sauce-vinegar combination of your choice and cook it over low heat until the chicken is tender. I went the Instant Pot route for quick gratification and my taste buds aren't picky enough about it to care. This was a standard recipe and did quite nicely for a quick weeknight meal.