INSTANT POT CHICKEN ADOBO

INSTANT POT CHICKEN ADOBO

Adobo chicken is a traditional Filipino food for convenience that is easy to cook in a pressure cooker. The chicken is tender and aromatic, and the adobo sauce is both spicy, sweet and piquant. I can’t often eat Filipino food, but this is one of my favorites!

The main ingredients of chicken adobo are chicken thighs (I use boneless and skinless), onions, soy sauce and vinegar. Chicken thighs are seasoned and fried in a pan, and then cooked under pressure with soy sauce, vinegar and onions in an instant pot. Honeycomb mode is then used to reduce the sauce to an almost sticky consistency.

INGREDIENTS

2 - 2.5 pounds boneless chicken thighs

1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce (do not use regular, which will be too salty)

1/3 cup white vinegar

1 chopped onion

Chop 5 cloves of garlic

3 bay leaves

2 tablespoons of olive oil

1/4 teaspoon cayenne

salt and large black pepper

For serving:

2 chopped onions

cooked white rice or cauliflower rice

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Select the mode of honeycombs on the pressure cooker for medium temperature. Season the chicken thighs generously on both sides with salt and pepper. When HOT appears in the display, add olive oil to cover the bottom of the pan. Add half the chicken thighs and cook for a few minutes on each side before transferring them to a plate. Repeat for the remaining chicken thighs. Turn off the cell mode.
2. Add soy sauce, vinegar, onion, garlic and cayenne pepper to the pan. Mix well and peel all the brown pieces that have stuck to the bottom of the pot. Return all the chicken thighs to the pan in one layer, placing them gently on top of the onion. Top with bay leaf. Fasten and close the cover. Cook for 10 minutes at high pressure, followed by manual pressure relief
3. Expand and select the sauté mode. Holding the chicken in a pan, cook for about 15 minutes to thicken the sauce. Remove the bay leaf. Serve chicken and sauce, optionally cooked with cauliflower rice. Top with chopped green onions.

NUTRITION

• This recipe gives 6.5 g of pure carbohydrates per serving. Nutrition information does not include ingredients such as rice.

This article is adapted from this site.