My love affair with chicken adobo dates back to 2005. A friend who was born and raised in Guam had made dinner one night and served up a rustic-looking and extremely fragrant chicken dish. I had never eaten or even heard of chicken adobo before. But one bite of the juicy dark meat with all [...]
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Chicken Adobo
This past weekend, I saw the effects of the chicken wing shortage that was reported earlier this year. I was all set to grill wings for a last-minute July 4th/Birthday gathering, but one look at the Trader Joe’s meat department derailed my plans. Brooklyn Fare didn’t have wings either. Or Associated Supermarket. Forget shrimp. Chicken [...]
Pork Adobo
I became addicted to adobo while living in Brooklyn. Albert, my roommate from Guam, made chicken adobo one night and handed me a plate with some fat chicken thighs, a thick brown sauce with onions, and a clump of rice. Keep in mind that at this time, I was making dainty hors d’oeuvres everyday in [...]
