Video & Photography by Jason Loucas
Chef Notes
Australian avocado is blended into the hot sauce, lending a creaminess that softens the vinegar and chilli and balances the acidity of the adobo.
Ingredients
Bread
- 1 loaf pan de kalinga, or any sourdough bread
Chicken adobo
- 1kg chicken Maryland or chicken thigh
- 500ml coconut vinegar or white vinegar
- 200ml soy sauce
- Small handful of black peppercorns
- Pinch of salt
- 2 fresh or dried bay leaves
- 2 whole garlic bulbs
Australian avocado hot sauce
- 2 very ripe Australian avocados
- Tabasco, sriracha or spiced vinegar, to taste
- 200ml coconut cream
- 150ml vinegar
- Sea salt flakes, to taste
Ensalada
- 200g cabbage, finely sliced
- 1 bunch coriander
- 1 bunch mint
- 1 bunch Vietnamese mint
Preparation
For the chicken adobo
- In a pan or large pot, sauté the garlic with the bay leaves and peppercorns until caramelised.
- Add the chicken, vinegar, soy sauce and enough water to cover.
- Simmer until the chicken is very soft and falling off the bone.
- Pick the meat from the bones and return it to the sauce. Mix thoroughly.
For the avocado hot sauce
- Combine and blend the avocado flesh, coconut cream, sea salt flakes and spiced vinegar.
- Season to taste.
For the ensalada
- Finely slice the cabbage and pick the herb leaves.
To assemble
- Mix the ensalada through the avocado hot sauce and layer generously onto the bread.
- Add the pulled chicken adobo.
- Finish with as much avocado hot sauce as you like.