Filipino chicken and spaghetti sauce

kshama2001

I've been seeing a lot of Filipino recipes lately and am finally getting around to asking @ninerbuff (and whoever might be interested) about them.

This one came in my email today and looked dreadful:

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/277270/slow-cooker-filipino-chicken-adobo/

Here's another version of Filipino chicken that looks a lot more interesting:

https://donnasquickqi.wordpress.com/2019/07/23/weekly-winner-my-new-go-to-grilled-chicken-lovely-lacquered/

That is from Milk Street but behind a paywall now:

https://www.177milkstreet.com/recipes/lemon-lime-barbeque-grilled-chicken-inihaw-na-manok-filipino

And earlier I saw a reference to Filipino spaghetti and was wondering about a recipe and how important the banana ketchup is. Wikipedia thinks brown sugar can be used as a substitute for banana ketchup and I wanted to check in about that:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_spaghetti

westrich20940

I haven't actually eaten any of these Filipino red sauce recipes -- but I know that they are definitely sweeter due to the banana ketchup, which is probably why brown sugar is suggested as a substitute...and that might work fine as far as if you want to make/eat it.

As far as if it will taste authentic...probably not bc banana ketchup is not just sweeter than our tomato ketchup, it definitely does have a banana flavor to it so brown sugar will not recreate that flavor profile exactly.

lx1x

Used both . If you want authentic.. banana ketchup for sure...

Suggest trying to find Filipino restaurant or store that have rte meal that have them.. so you know /expect the taste when making it yourself.

ninerbuff

Lol, all I gotta say is banana ketchup is a staple for "RED SAUCE".

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Jthanmyfitnesspal

The "dreadful" one sounds great to me. No added sugar, lots of garlic, slow cooker (e.g., walk away and forget it). What's not to like?

lemurcat2

Here's a thread that you might find interesting: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/45827303#Comment_45827303

kshama2001

Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »

The "dreadful" one sounds great to me. No added sugar, lots of garlic, slow cooker (e.g., walk away and forget it). What's not to like?

What I don't like is too much vinegar and not enough other ingredients. I do love my slow cooker though - outside grilling season I would definitely do the second recipe in my crockpot.

kshama2001

lx1x wrote: »

Used both . If you want authentic.. banana ketchup for sure...

Suggest trying to find Filipino restaurant or store that have rte meal that have them.. so you know /expect the taste when making it yourself.

That's a great idea, but I'm not aware of any near me. Google maps thinks there is a restaurant nearby, but they have no website or facebook, and all the sites that claim to have their menu actually do not. I sent my partner to pick up a menu/verify if they are actually open.

Next time I'm in Quincy, MA, I'll have to see if Kam Man has a Filipino section or Filipino RTE. For my Thai and Indian needs, they are fabulous!

https://www.kammanquincy.com/

kshama2001

lemurcat2 wrote: »

Here's a thread that you might find interesting: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/45827303#Comment_45827303

Thanks! I find your version appealing - do you have the proportions?

lemurcat2 wrote: »

Just made this (with chicken thighs) in a virtual cooking class (supporting a local store). We made pork and cabbage lumpia too.

The adobo version I did was soy sauce, apple cider vinegar (although type of vinegar was said not to matter), oyster sauce, garlic, a little honey, a little tomato paste, and chicken stock, with a bay leaf and peppercorns (although I just used pepper).

AnnPT77

kshama2001 wrote: »

lx1x wrote: »

Used both . If you want authentic.. banana ketchup for sure...

Suggest trying to find Filipino restaurant or store that have rte meal that have them.. so you know /expect the taste when making it yourself.

That's a great idea, but I'm not aware of any near me. Google maps thinks there is a restaurant nearby, but they have no website or facebook, and all the sites that claim to have their menu actually do not. I sent my partner to pick up a menu/verify if they are actually open.

Next time I'm in Quincy, MA, I'll have to see if Kam Man has a Filipino section or Filipino RTE. For my Thai and Indian needs, they are fabulous!

https://www.kammanquincy.com/

Do you object to Amazon? Unsurprisingly, you can order banana ketchup.

kshama2001

AnnPT77 wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

lx1x wrote: »

Used both . If you want authentic.. banana ketchup for sure...

Suggest trying to find Filipino restaurant or store that have rte meal that have them.. so you know /expect the taste when making it yourself.

That's a great idea, but I'm not aware of any near me. Google maps thinks there is a restaurant nearby, but they have no website or facebook, and all the sites that claim to have their menu actually do not. I sent my partner to pick up a menu/verify if they are actually open.

Next time I'm in Quincy, MA, I'll have to see if Kam Man has a Filipino section or Filipino RTE. For my Thai and Indian needs, they are fabulous!

https://www.kammanquincy.com/

Do you object to Amazon? Unsurprisingly, you can order banana ketchup.

I don't object to Amazon in general, but I do object to their prices for many Asian food items

lx1x

kshama2001 wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

lx1x wrote: »

Used both . If you want authentic.. banana ketchup for sure...

Suggest trying to find Filipino restaurant or store that have rte meal that have them.. so you know /expect the taste when making it yourself.

That's a great idea, but I'm not aware of any near me. Google maps thinks there is a restaurant nearby, but they have no website or facebook, and all the sites that claim to have their menu actually do not. I sent my partner to pick up a menu/verify if they are actually open.

Next time I'm in Quincy, MA, I'll have to see if Kam Man has a Filipino section or Filipino RTE. For my Thai and Indian needs, they are fabulous!

https://www.kammanquincy.com/

Do you object to Amazon? Unsurprisingly, you can order banana ketchup.

I don't object to Amazon in general, but I do object to their prices for many Asian food items

Don't blame ya.. they are overpriced.. 😂

lemurcat2

kshama2001 wrote: »

lemurcat2 wrote: »

Here's a thread that you might find interesting: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/45827303#Comment_45827303

Thanks! I find your version appealing - do you have the proportions?

lemurcat2 wrote: »

Just made this (with chicken thighs) in a virtual cooking class (supporting a local store). We made pork and cabbage lumpia too.

The adobo version I did was soy sauce, apple cider vinegar (although type of vinegar was said not to matter), oyster sauce, garlic, a little honey, a little tomato paste, and chicken stock, with a bay leaf and peppercorns (although I just used pepper).

I've made it a couple additional times since and played around with it a little, since the original was a bit too salty for me (low sodium soy would fix that), but the original recipe was:

8 chicken thighs, bone in and skin on
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup honey [I used a bit less]
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 teaspoon tomato paste
2 cups chicken stock [I used some homemade I had on hand]
10 whole peppercorns
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 bay leaves