mama's chicken adobo

chicken adobo is a simple one-pot dish of chicken, vinegar, water, soy sauce, black peppercorns, garlic and bay leaves. every filipino family has their own recipe, some using more soy sauce or less vinegar or adding onions, but all use the same basic ingredients.

mahal ko ang pancit

the title of this post says i love pancit, in tagalog, my mama's native language. unfortunately, neither my sister nor i ever learned to speak the language because we were mean, impatient little girls and we didn't take mom seriously when she tried to teach us. naughty little 5 year old jackie!

although i can't speak tagalog, what i can do is immerse myself in my culture, in my kitchen, through food.

where i get it

this is my mama + i.

my mama is filipina and my papa is caucasian (filipino woman marries white guy. classic love story). mama likes to cook. food is how she shows her love to her family and friends, and that often includes lumpia, pancit, fried rice and chicken adobo. all traditional filipino foods. my love of cooking comes from the woman that gave me life and i find myself using cooking as a way to show my family and friends how much i love them.