Filipino Adobo Without Soy Sauce – Adobong Puti Recipe
This is an easy vegan Filipino recipe for the original method of making adobo using salt instead of soy sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
- 16 oz of dehydrated soy curls
- 2 cups of oil
- 2 tablespoons of salt, divided
- 3” chunk ginger, unpeeled, rinsed and roughly chopped – about 33 grams
- 1 whole head of garlic, each clove peeled and roughly chopped
- ¼ cup of peppercorn
- 3 dried bay leaves
- 3 cups of white distilled vinegar
- 3 cups of water
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of the oil to medium-high heat.
- When oil is hot, add ginger, garlic, dried bay leaves, peppercorns and sprinkle with one tablespoon of salt. Stir to mix evenly and cook for about 1-2 minutes. Make sure not to brown.
- Add the soy curls and stir so that the oil and aromatics cover each soy curl as much as possible.
- Add the remaining tablespoon of salt, water and vinegar. Stir to mix and then bring to a boil and cook on for 20-25 minutes at a rolling boil until about 90% of the liquid is cooked down.
- The next 5 minutes is mostly stirring to avoid sticking while still browning. Fold in the soy curls so that everything is evenly brown. Stir until most of the soy curls are still full, moist but evenly brown. Do not burn.