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Updated May 8, 2017
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This classic, easy Filipino chicken dish slow cooks and simmers in a flavorful sauce that is traditionally served with white rice.

Slow-Cooker Chicken Adobo

  • Prep Time 25 min
  • Total 4 hr 0 min
  • Ingredients 8
  • Servings 8
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Ingredients

  • 8 bone-in skin-on chicken thighs (3 1/2 to 4 lb total)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup unseasoned rice vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 10 to 12 garlic cloves, peeled (about 1 whole head)
  • 1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns
  • 2 bay leaves
  • Cooked white rice, if desired

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Spray 4- to 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Heat nonstick 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat; season chicken thighs with salt. Add half of the chicken thighs in single layer to skillet, and cook 8 to 10 minutes or until brown on both sides; transfer to slow cooker. Repeat with remaining chicken thighs.
  • Step 
    2
    Add vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, peppercorns and bay leaves to slow cooker. Cover and cook on Low heat setting 3 1/2 to 4 hours or until juice of chicken is clear when thickest part is cut to bone (at least 165°F).
  • Step 
    3
    Before serving, remove chicken to serving platter; pour liquid from slow cooker through strainer, discarding peppercorns and bay leaves. Serve chicken and garlic with cooked white rice and some of the strained sauce.

Nutrition

220 Calories
11g Total Fat
29g Protein
2g Total Carbohydrate
0g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
220
Calories from Fat
100
Total Fat
11g
16%
Saturated Fat
3g
16%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
140mg
47%
Sodium
730mg
31%
Potassium
280mg
8%
Total Carbohydrate
2g
1%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
0g
Protein
29g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
2%
2%
Iron
10%
10%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 4 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
0
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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