Instant Pot Filipino Chicken Adobo. I'm back with another recipe, this time Filipino Chicken Adobo cooked in the instant pot! This is a very simple, and quick recipe to make. Thanks to the Instant Pot®, now you can enjoy all the delicious flavor in Filipino chicken adobo without having to marinate for hours ahead of time!

The soy sauce in Filipino adobo reflects Chinese influences and largely replaces salt in the dish. Mixed with vinegar and aromatics, it makes a Turn an Instant Pot® (see Cook's Note) to the high saute setting and add the oil. Once it's shimmering, but not smoking, add half the chicken pieces and brown. You can cook Instant Pot Filipino Chicken Adobo using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Instant Pot Filipino Chicken Adobo

It's 1 of whole chicken cut in several small pieces.
Prepare 1/2 cup of distilled white vinegar.
You need 1/4 cup of soy sauce.
Prepare 2 tablespoons of minced garlic.
You need 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
You need 1 tablespoon of brown sugar.
It's 1 teaspoon of black peppercorns, roughly cracked.
You need 3-4 of bay leaves.
Prepare 1 of large onion, sliced.
It's 1 tablespoon of chopped scallions (Optional).

Filipino chicken adobo has a deliciously strong, beckoning aroma, thanks to its vinegar and garlic base. It's fantastic and AMAZING, and I am pretty sure Traditional Filipino chicken adobo can take hours to make. If you don't have an Instant Pot or pressure cooker, you would marinate the meat for. Traditionally, Filipino Adobo Chicken starts with bone-in chicken pieces.

Instant Pot Filipino Chicken Adobo step by step

Whisk vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, olive oil, brown sugar, and crushed peppercorns in a bowl until sugar is dissolved. Stir bay leaves into the sauce..
Clean and cut up whole chicken is small sizes..
Line the bottom of a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) with onion slices. Place chicken on top of onions and pour vinegar-soy sauce over top. Close and lock the lid..
Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 10 minutes. Allow 10 minutes for pressure to build..
Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil..
Release pressure using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Using tongs, transfer chicken to the prepared baking sheet, skin-side up. Select Sauté function and cook until sauce thickens, 3 to 5 minutes..
Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler to high..
Place chicken under the preheated broiler, and broil until skin is crispy, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer thighs to a serving plate and spoon sauce over the top. Garnish with chopped scallions..

A superb Filipino chicken adobo with onions and garlic cooked in the Instant Pot pressure cooker. Low carb, keto, and gluten free. This is a superb Chicken Adobo with onions and garlic — Filipino comfort food conveniently made in a pressure cooker. Chicken Adobo from "The Filipino Instant Pot Cookbook" can be made with frozen chicken thighs for a fast weeknight meal. (Nancy Cho). The six California authors behind "The Filipino Instant Pot Cookbook: Classic and Modern Filipino Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker" (Rocketships.