Chicken Thigh Fillet Adobo with Coconut Milk
This delicious dish calls for a lot of rice. The creamy coconut adobo sauce is oh sooo good!! I once made a mistake of making this when I was so hungry.
Ingredients
- 300 grams Chicken Thigh Fillet with skin on
- Salt to taste
- Black Pepper to taste
- Coconut Oil or Cooking Oil
- 2-3 pcs Red Chili Flakes bird's eye chili, chopped, optional
- 1 Laurel Leaf
- 4-5 cloves Garlic chopped or sliced thinly
- 1/4 cup Soy Sauce
- 2 tablespoons Vinegar
- 1/2 cup Coconut Milk
Instructions
- Put a pan over medium high heat.
- Wash and pat dry chicken fillet with paper towels.
- Season with salt and ground black pepper.
- When pan is really hot, put seasoned chicken skin side down and let cook until skin is bowned. You may or may not cover the pan.
- Flip the chicken and cook the other side for about 5 minutes.
- Take chicken out of the pan and set aside.
- Add about a tablespoon of coconut oil ( or any cooking oil) in the pan, when oil is hot, add garlic and red chilies.
- Lower heat and add soy sauce, vinegar and a little water ( about 1/4 cup only).
- Bring to a boil then add coconut milk.
- Add laurel leaf, if using.
- Let it simmer then put the pan-fried chicken pieces.
- Simmer until liquid is reduced to slightly sticky consistency.
- Taste to check the seasoning.
- Serve with steamed rice. Enjoy!
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