How To Cook Traditional Filipino Chicken Asado Full Recipe

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium soy sauce reduces sodium intake while maintaining flavor.

cooking oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Olive oil is healthier, while vegetable oil is often cheaper.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey is a natural sweetener, while brown sugar is often less expensive.

potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: yams

Sweet potatoes offer more nutrients, while yams are often cheaper.

Marinate chicken legs in 3 tbsp soy sauce and juice of 1 large lemon for 4 hours in the refrigerator.

Chop 10 garlic cloves and 1/2 small white onion into small pieces.

Heat a frying pan and add 2 tbsp vegetable oil and 2 tbsp butter until hot.

Fry marinated chicken legs in the pan until golden-brown.

Add chopped garlic and onion to the pan and sauté until fragrant.

Add 2 medium chopped tomatoes and 6 bay leaves to the pan.

Stir in 1 tbsp brown sugar and return the chicken to the pan.

Cook everything together for at least 7 minutes.

Season with salt and black pepper to taste and adjust as needed.

Serve the chicken on a plate.

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