Chicken Adobo sa Puti with Tanglad
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 chicken leg quarters, cut into 3
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 whole garlic bulb, cloves smashed
- 3 stalks lemongrass
- 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
- 3 bay leaves
- 1/3 cup vinegar
- 1 1/2 cup water
- 1 tbsp sugar
- patis or fish sauce to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan and cook garlic until soft and fragrant.
- Add the chicken pieces, skin side down,bay leaf, lemongrass and peppercorns.
- Pour in ½ cup of water and the vinegar.
- Bring to a boil and simmer until the mixture is almost dry.
- In the rendered fat, fry the chicken until lightly browned.
- Add the rest of the water, sugar and fish sauce. Mix well and simmer until the chicken is cooked (about 15 more minutes) and the sauce thickens.
- Serve with steamed rice.