Help Me Use This Ingredient?

[katharina]

A few years ago, I was on an ethnic food kick. While on vacation,
I bought a jar of adobo. Question 1... what do I do with it? It says
add equal parts of broth or water and you can add a little sugar, but
that doesn't tell me how to use it. :)

Question number 2 would be ... is the stuff even still good after a
few years in the pantry? It's in a glass jar, not a can. We're talking
4 years here.

Thanks if anyone has any ideas!

[cat lover]

Adobo is a Spanish seasoning. You can use it as a rub from the container on lamb, chicken, beef, pork or fish. Add the broth, water and sugar to it to use as a marinade. Hope this helps!

I don't go much for dates on even foods; it is smells right and hasn't "bubbled" its top if it is in a can I'd go for it!

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Katherina, adobo is wonderful stuff. Have you thought about trying it in chili?

[katharina]

Adobo is a Spanish seasoning. You can use it as a rub from the container on lamb, chicken, beef, pork or fish. Add the broth, water and sugar to it to use as a marinade. Hope this helps!


It helps tremendously, thank you! Well that solves a huge mystery for me. I had a Filipino friend in the past who was always talking about the wonderful Adobo her Dad made. It's an entire entree with pork or sometimes chicken. When I bought these jars of it, I thought that's what it was! Thank you so much for these ideas on what to do with it! Is it terribly hot or spicy or more mild?

[cat lover]

Generally it isn't too hot, but that depends on individual taste I guess you could say. Most recipes for any type of adobo calls for making it along with the recipe; usually with vinegar, soy sauce and etc.

You mentioned a Filipino friend talking about it; the following is a recipe CHICKEN-ADOBO - Filipino chicken with garlic Adobo is the national dish of the Philippines.

1 cup soy sauce
2 cloves garlic
2 tbsp white vinegar
1 small onion, slliced
2 slices fresh ginger
2 bay leaves
8 chicken breast halves
salt & pepper to taste

Remove ckin from chicken and put in a baking pan. Add garlic and ginger and add onions, bay leaves, soy sauce, white vinegar and dash of salt & pepper. Cook at 350 degrees for 20 minutes; then reduce heat to 150 degrees and cook an additional 20 minutes. Serve with steamed rice and oriental veggies. Serves 4

[katharina]

Generally it isn't too hot, but that depends on individual taste I guess you could say. Most recipes for any type of adobo calls for making it along with the recipe; usually with vinegar, soy sauce and etc.

Thank you for the chicken adobo recipe. Those do indeed sound like the same ingredients my friend used to talk about. And I can't believe I'll finally be able to use the jar of that spice! :D

[cat lover]

Great! Now if I coud figure out how to get to your place for a bite of it! LOL

[mamab]

That's one spice I haven't heard of before. I guess if you're still in doubt about using it after all this time, there's probably a telephone number for customer service someplace on the bottle. You could give them a call and ask them if it's still safe. :)

[jazz363]

This stuff NEVER goes bad. As with any spice, use it as you would any other. Imagination, rub it on, dilute it with stock, marinate,sprinkle it on anything. It's just a spice, like all the other ones you have.