Chicken Coconut Adobo

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The Adobo is the national dish of the Philippines.

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Serves 6 as a main course.

This recipe contains the following types of ingredient: meat and poultry; plants and fungi.

Ingredients

6
cloves garlic
1
medium onion
30 ml
Zaytoun FAIRTRADE olive oil
1
chicken
600 ml
coconut milk
5 ml
fresh ground FAIRTRADE black pepper
3 ml
salt
1 cm
root ginger
50 ml
malt vinegar
1
green chili

Method

Preparation

Get the butcher to chop the chicken into 10 pieces.

De-skin the garlic and crush.

De-skin the onion.

Peel the ginger and grate.

Cooking

In a nice heavy pot, stir fry the garlic with the chopped onion in the oil for a few minutes.

Add the chicken pieces, 400 ml of coconut milk, pepper, salt, ginger and vinegar.

Bring to the boil, and then simmer for 75 minutes.

Add the chili if used.

Add the remaining coconut milk and heat through. Simmer until the sauce is as thick as liked.

Variation

Vary the hot spice to suit your taste.

Use FAIRTRADE ground ginger if you are out of fresh ginger.