Slow Cooker Chicken Adobo

I've been sick as a dog the last couple of days, so cooking dinner is definitely not at the top of my priorities. I came across this Chicken Adobo recipe a few days ago and decided to give it a try. It seriously took all of 10 minutes to throw everything into the crockpot and just let it took for 6 hours. Definitely my kind of recipe for a sick day.

Slow Cooker Chicken Adobo

(Source: Damn Delicious)

1 teaspoon olive oil

2 shallots, minced

6 cloves garlic, minced

3 tablespoons brown sugar

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

2 bay leaves

1/2 cup chicken stock

1/3 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

2 pounds chicken thighs, fat trimmed

Brown rice, for serving

Rub the olive oil around the inside of your slow cooker then throw in your shallots, garlic, brown sugar, pepper, cayenne and bay leaves. Then pour in your chicken stock, soy sauce, and apple cider vinegar. Stir everything together with a spoon to make sure everything is distributed evenly. Add in your chicken thighs and use the spoon to spoon some of the sauce on top so it’s coated. Or you can just push the thighs down into the liquid. Cook on low for 6 hours.Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and set aside.

When your chicken is done, remove it from the crockpot insert and place it on the prepared baking sheet. With oven mitts, lift out the insert and strain the sauce into a pot (using a large mesh strainer to catch the bits of garlic and shallots, etc) and let the sauce cook down for about 20 minutes. It should start to thicken up. If it’s not thickening up as quickly as you’d like, you can add in a bit of cornstarch and water mixture and it’ll thicken right up! Using a brush, brush the sauce on the chicken, coating it well, then put the chicken in the oven and broil it on high for about 3-5 minutes. Remove from oven and serve with white rice (what I did) or whatever else you prefer. There will be extra sauce left so you can coat your chicken & rice in more sauce.