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Palauan Chicken Adobo

Name: Palauan Chicken Adobo
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Palau
Ingredients: 700g Chicken Thigh; 100ml Vinegar; 80ml Soy Sauce; 6 cloves Garlic; 3 leaves Bay leaf; 1 tsp Black Pepper; 1 tbsp Sugar; 200ml Water; 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Chicken simmered in vinegar, soy sauce, and garlic — a Filipino dish rooted in Palauan homes.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Adobo is a signature Filipino dish that has also taken root as home cooking in Palau through people who came from the Philippines. Chicken is simmered with vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, bay leaf, and peppercorns and eaten with white rice.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Palauan kitchen, chicken simmers in a pot smelling of vinegar and soy sauce and is plated with rice.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Chicken Thigh 700g
Vinegar 100ml
Soy Sauce 80ml
Garlic 6 cloves
Bay leaf 3 leaves
Black Pepper 1 tsp
Sugar 1 tbsp
Water 200ml
Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the chicken into large pieces.
Put the chicken, vinegar, soy sauce, crushed garlic, bay leaf, pepper, and water in a pot and marinate 30 minutes.
Bring to a boil over medium heat, then cover and simmer on low for 30 minutes.
Add the sugar, uncover, and reduce the liquid by half.
Heat oil in another frying pan, sear the chicken, and coat with the sauce.

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