Philippine Adobo

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Philippine Adobo is an indigenous Philippine cuisine.

The origins of
Philippine Adobo dates back centuries before the Spaniards arrived
in the Philippines. Way back during Chinas Song Dynasty (960 1279), Chinese merchants already had a harmonious trading
relations with the natives of the Philippines. Records and annals of
these travel and trades can be found in Zhu Fan Zhi, a book written
by Chao Ju Kua, a Chinese superintendent of trade, published in
1225. The Chinese trades their silks, porcelain, and ceramics in
exchange for herbs, spices, and crops. It was during those early
times that the Chinese introduced "toyo" (Chinese Hokkien dialect:
tu-yu), referring to "soy sauce" in English. Soy sauce is one of the
main ingredients of Philippine Adobo and is a traditional condiment
in Southeast Asian cuisine that originated in China in 2nd century
BCE. Philippine Adobo was created indigenously with the readily
available ingredients in the island and cooking methods of the
Filipino natives and Chinese traders. Philippine Adobo is a cuisine
that Filipinos can proudly claim as their very own dish. It is an
authentic Filipino recipe originally made by the natives in the
Philippines.
Although Adobo is a Spanish word, the dish (Philippine Adobo)
already existed long before the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines.
When Philippines was colonized by Spain for nearly 400 years
beginning in the early 15th century, the Spaniards saw that the dish
(Philippine Adobo) is very similar to their own Spanish Adobo and so
they named the Filipino dish marinated in garlic, vinegar, and soy
sauce as Adobo. The version of Spanish Adobo consist mainly of
paprika, oregano, salt, garlic, and vinegar. Spanish Adobo was
widely adopted in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba and other islands in the
Caribbean and Latin America.
Pork adobo, also known as Adobong Baboy in tagalog, is a
stewed pork meat in a mixture of garlic, vinegar, and soy sauce. It
is a very a popular Filipino recipe in the Philippines and almost every
household knows how to prepare it for lunch, dinner, and even

breakfast. In fact, it is a signature dish of the Filipinos. It is being


served on special occasions like bario fiestas, birthdays, Christmas,
noche beunas, christenings, weddings, meetings, reunions, and
other important gatherings.
There are different variations of Philippine pork adobo, made from
one region to another. In Batangas, for example, they love to saut
the pork first before stewing. In Pampanga, they love to use salt
instead of soy sauce. In Laguna, they love to use sweet onions. In
visayas, they love to add coconut milk. Other regions love to add
sugar. Filipino pork adobo continues to evolve even abroad and here
in Los Angeles, Angelenos like to add oyter sauce. However, the
most common way of cooking pork adobo is by marinating the pork
with garlic, soy sauce and vinegar.

Pork Adobo Ingredients

1 kilo pork belly (liempo); cut into 2-inch sizes


1 head garlic; pounded

1/2 small onion; chopped

4 dried bay leaves

1/2 tablespoon peppercorns

6 tablespoons soy sauce

6 tablespoons vinegar

1 cup rice water

1 tablespoon oyster sauce (optional add-on)

Cooking oil

Pork Adobo Cooking Instructions

1.

Marinate pork in soy sauce, garlic, and peppercorns for 30


minutes.
2.
Saut onion, then drop the marinated pork and bay leaves.
3.

Continue sauteing until liquid has evaporated and meat starts


to render fat.

4.

Pour the marinade including the bits of garlic and a cup of rice
water. Continue boiling in medium fire until pork becomes tender.

5.

Pour vinegar and simmer until little oily sauce is left.

Cooking Tips

The basic ingredients of adobo is pork, soy sauce, garlic,


vinegar, and water. The other ingredients are just additionals and
optionals as others love to make their adobo special and like to have
variations.
Boiling the pork without vinegar in the beginning of cooking
procedure makes the process of pork tenderization faster. Add the
vinegar when pork is already tender.

Adding 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce will make your pork


adobo more delicious.

Pork loin or butt is a good substitute if you don't like pork belly
for your adobo.

Agos-Os Recipe
Definition
Agos Os is pork's meat stuffed with mashed potato.

Agos-Os Ingredients

1/4 kilo pork or beef; thin slices

1 onion; minced

4 cups mashed sweet potato (kamote)

Banana leaf

Salt to taste

Agos-Os Cooking Instructions


1.

Season the mashed boiled sweet potato with salt, then mix the onion. Set
aside.

2.
3.
4.

On a dry banana leaf, spread about one centimeter thick of mashed sweet
potato.
Put on top layer the meat, then spread again the mashed sweet potato.
Do this until two layers of meat and three layers of mashed sweet potato are
spread.

5.

Roll the layers (8 long) carefully with banana leaf.

6.

Tie both ends firmly. Keep in a cool place for 1 - 2 days.

7.

Cut into ring slices.

8.

You may either fry or broil the Agos-Os.

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