Adobo Chicken
Okay people, so I think I've gotten prettier pictures to make you happy today, yay! Not to mention this meal was so delicious! Or 'ono' as we say in Hawaii...;)
I remember as a kid my mom used to make this meal a lot! One of the most amazing things I realized when I cooked this meal was the smell brought back memories I had forgotten I had of my mother always making this. It was really nice. :)
So this meal actually took the evening prior as well, but you can take less time, up to your desires. I mixed 1/3 cup (each) of apple cider vinegar and soy sauce, 6 ground peppercorns, 1 small head of garlic crushed and 1 jalapeno that I chopped. You can choose to leave the jalapeno out, however I will note that there wasn't any spice, probably due to the prolonged marinating!
Then I added 8 chicken drumsticks with the skin removed and let that marinate overnight. If you don't want to marinate it that long, marinate it for at least 1 hour.
I added 1/2 cup of water, 4 bay leaves and the chicken and marinade to a deep skillet and cooked that (covered) on medium-low heat for 45 minutes.
After the 45 minutes were up I uncovered it and cooked it for another 15 minutes. This meal was actually so low in calories that I was able to add rice AND corn to the meal. AMAZING!
Really it was very, very delicious, and reminded me of younger years. Glad I could share it with my men! :) The chicken was only 175 calories, but with the rice and corn STILL managed to be under my 500 calorie limit at 443 calories and only $4.04/serving! Woo hoo!!
Here's the recipe!
8 chicken drumsticks, skin removed
1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1 small head of garlic, crushed
6 ground peppercorns
4 bay leaves
1 jalapeno, chopped
Happy cooking everyone!!!!!!
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