Adobong Pusit Recipe (Squid Adobo) Recipe

Adobo is the name of a popular dish and cooking process in Philippine cuisine that involves meat or seafood marinated in a sauce of vinegar and garlic, browned in oil, and simmered in the marinade.

This dish is versatile and flexible. It is served almost in any occasion, events, gatherings, parties, birthdays, weddings, or just in simple day to day meals of Pinoys, whether they be rich or working class financial status.



Adobong Pusit is a tasty squid dish cooked using the popular Filipino adobo method. Squid is first boiled in soy sauce and vinegar then later sautéed in garlic, onions and tomatoes; this brings in an awesome array of flavors that will surely activate your taste buds.

Use small or medium sized squids because they are more flavorful compared to the large ones, but technically any squid will do for this recipe.

Take note since this is a squid dish, make sure that you don’t cook the squid longer than the indicated time to preserve the tender texture. If in case the texture of the squid becomes rubbery due to over cooking, try cooking it some more. 

Good for serving: 4 - 5 persons

Ingredients:
  • 1 kilo medium-sized squid 
  • 1 piece large onion, diced 
  • 2 pieces medium sized tomatoes, diced 
  • 2 piece medium sized bay leaf
  • 1/2 cup soy sauce 
  • 1/2 cup vinegar 
  • 1 cup water 
  • 5 cloves crushed garlic
  • 2 pieces finger chilies chopped (siling haba) optional
  • 1 teaspoon sugar 
  • Salt and pepper to taste 
  • 2 tbsp cooking oil
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Cooking Instruction:
  1. Pull out head, tentacles, innards and transparent ribs from the body of the squid. Cut off tentacles just above the eyes and discard innards and transparent ribs. Wash and drain bodies and tentacles.
  2. Heat a wok or cooking pot them pour-in soy sauce, vinegar, bay leaf, and water then bring to a boil. 
  3. Add the squid and wait for the liquid to re-boil. Simmer for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat then separate the squid from the liquid. Set aside. 
  4. Pour-in cooking oil on a separate wok of cooking pot then apply heat. 
  5. When the oil is hot enough, sauté the garlic, onions, and tomatoes. 
  6. Put-in the squid then cook for a few seconds. 
  7. Pour-in the soy sauce-vinegar-water mixture that was used to cook the squid a while back. 
  8. Bring to a boil and simmer for 3 minutes. Add  finger chilies(for spicy taste), salt, ground black pepper, and sugar then stir. 
  9. Simmer for 3 minutes.
  10. Serve hot with rice. Share and Enjoy!

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