Leftovers: Adobo Sauce as Salad Vinaigrette
Cousin Gaia came to visit us this month, and I wanted to serve dinner in the same style as in Italy, but with Filipino food. Gaia has a fairly adventurous nature, and that extends to her palate, so I knew she could handle Chicken Adobo as her first foray into la cucina filippina. Indeed, it was a big hit.
At Villa Figini in Italy, the salad course comes after the main, and there is a new plate for each course. So when we finished the Chicken Adobo and were ready to move on to the salad, I offered to change Gaia's used plate for a fresh one.
"No, I want to keep this plate. I like the sauce, I want to use it for my salad!" she said.
What a great idea! We all kept our Adobo plates, loaded some pre-conditioned salad on to the plates, and tossed the salad around to pick up some of the Adobo sauce. Et voila! Filipino vinaigrette. I don't know why I hadn't thought of it before..
There was still plenty of leftover sauce left in the pot, which was then put in a glass container and stored in the refrigerator. The sauce should keep for about a week, but to stay on the safe side, I would say to use it up in three days.
Additional tip: Burn incense to get the adobo smell out of the house. Opening all the windows and burning four candles while cooking isn't sufficient.
At Villa Figini in Italy, the salad course comes after the main, and there is a new plate for each course. So when we finished the Chicken Adobo and were ready to move on to the salad, I offered to change Gaia's used plate for a fresh one.
"No, I want to keep this plate. I like the sauce, I want to use it for my salad!" she said.
What a great idea! We all kept our Adobo plates, loaded some pre-conditioned salad on to the plates, and tossed the salad around to pick up some of the Adobo sauce. Et voila! Filipino vinaigrette. I don't know why I hadn't thought of it before..
There was still plenty of leftover sauce left in the pot, which was then put in a glass container and stored in the refrigerator. The sauce should keep for about a week, but to stay on the safe side, I would say to use it up in three days.
Additional tip: Burn incense to get the adobo smell out of the house. Opening all the windows and burning four candles while cooking isn't sufficient.
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