Succulent, gently poached chicken, soothing soup, fragrant rice and a sparkly ginger-scallion sauce. What’s not to love?

Like many Filipino dishes, pork adobo is cooked with dark sugar, vinegar and soy sauce, which are then reduced right down to coat the meat. Jasmine rice flavoured with pandan leaf is a great ...

In the mid-1980s, I lived in the Republic of the Philippines and there I learned how to make the Filipino national dish, adobo. It was a staple cooked at least once a week by my daughter’s yaya, ...

Add all but 1 teaspoon of the minced garlic, chipotles in adobo and sun-dried tomatoes ... While the picadillo is cooking, gently rewarm the rice. Mix in remaining minced garlic and cilantro.

Put the meat back into the pan and simmer for about five minutes, then serve the adobo with white rice and green vegetables.