Having a hard time figuring out what to cook for lunch or dinner? If your family likes the Filipino Adobo (this is like it’s cousin), they would definitely love this recipe . Here’s a very easy and simple Chicken Asado recipe that your whole family will enjoy.
Chicken Asado Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 kilo chicken (quarter cut or adobo cut, whichever you prefer)
- 2tbsp cooking oil
- 3-4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 medium onion sliced
- 1 pc laurel leaf
- 1/4c calamansi juice
- 1/2c soy sauce
- 1 large potato quartered
- 1 medium red bell pepper sliced
Procedure
- In a pan heat oil, add garlic and onion, sauté until fragrant, light brown, about 1-2 minutes.
- Add chicken. cook until no longer pink, about 5-8minutes.
- Add soy sauce, calamansi juice and laurel leaf. Cover and simmer in very low heat for about 30 minutes.
- Turn the chicken, and then add the potatoes. Cover and cook for another 30 minutes.
- Add bell peppers, cover and simmer for an additional 5minutes.*
- Serve with steamed white rice. Enjoy.
*Note: You may also mix either one of these to add another dimension to this dish – 1 tbsp tomato ketchup or 1 tbsp pineapple juice or 1 tsp sugar. It’s up to you, but as it is, this dish is guaranteed delish. Don’t forget to cook enough steamed rice.
If you love the toyo-mansi flavor, I have a Deconstructed Morcon Recipe that you can also try.
I surely hope that you will like this recipe as much as our family does. I will be posting more recipes soon.