Uncle Roger HATE FOOD NETWORK ADOBO 

The Filipinos have been summoned

As a Filipino, seeing Uncle Roger's knowledge with Filipino food makes me wanna call him "Tito Roger"

I'm a Filipino cook. You don't put cilantro, parsley, or coriander on your adobo because they have a pungent flavor and aroma, even as a garnish. It's because it will affect the flavor or the taste profile and character of an authentic Filipino adobo. If you put some, it will have a taste profile close to Mediterranean cuisine. You may put spring onion or leaks. That would be all right because it will complement the flavor because it's also from onion.

From now on I will call Uncle Roger "Tito Roger" every time he makes or reacts to Filipino food

To the non-Filipinos or those who don't know a lot about Filipino culture in general, I feel obligated to tell you all that it is VERY HARD to mess up adobo. There are literally almost no rules to this dish and a lot of recipes are different depending on what region you are in and etc., but this guy still somehow managed to mess it up.

I showed this to my Filipino friend, and I kid you not he said "If I made adobo that way, my family would throw it out and feed me dog food for the rest of the day while they made real adobo." I asked "Not disowned?" and he said "Nahh, that only happens when you somehow fuck up the rice."

As a Filipino, I felt that. One of my favorite meals being ruined. I started crying

Showed this to my Filipino mom and she almost died when he added parsley

My Filipino wife started yelling shit in Tagalog at the TV when he added the habaneros, then she stormed out of the room muttering something angrily under her breath about "How hard it is to fuck up adobo" when she saw how watery it was. She didnt even see the lemon finale. She also said that no self respecting Filipino buys low sodium soy sauce. lmao

"use the right amount, not the white amount" is really a quote to live by

1:52 That's right, even the name says it: "habanero", from "Havana", Cuba. It retains the "b" from Spanish "Habana", original name of the capital of the country.

As a half Filipino I can confirm that uncle Roger's haiyaa is still my ancestor crying...

I hate seeing Uncle Roger let down.

*Adds habanero* "There isnt even habanero in the philippines" *Adds parsley* "We dont even add greens to normal adobo" *Puts a lemon* "Pulls out slipper"

2:05 And the guy says it with such a reaction, as if he had brought the most exotic spice from the Philippines himself; on his shoulders. 😂

I so love his genuine reaction on how this was cooked in a very wrong way. Haha

We dont put parsley, habanero and Lemon on our adobo. This adobo is a mess. Tito Roger on point here, I’m impressed NGL.

As a Filipino who cooks adobo almost every week, Uncle Roger is on Point, need more garlic as in lots of garlic as possible, we can do away with the onions but a little does not hurt, habanero we dont have that, PARSLEY AND LEMON WTF???????

Uncle Roger never disappoints me with his disappointment

I felt uncle Roger’s sweating like he’s literally in the Philippines. 😂😂😂 perfect for this weeijo. Hahaha

As a Filipino. The moment i saw the adobo with parsley on top i agreed with everything Uncle Roger said.

Food Network guy: “…like to serve mine with lemon…” Uncle Roger: “What!?” Every Filipino watching: “HA?!”

I'm impressed that you know well how we, Filipinos, cook adobo. Love you Uncle Roger!

3:22 I like how Uncle Roger smiles in this part sheeeesh

As a Filipino, I don't usually judge that much when it comes to food. But seeing how watery that adobo was made me curl up into my body. The lemon was the final straw lol

Uncle Roger sounds so enthusiastic but nephew Nigel sounds dead inside 💀

“Does he say deglaze the toilet instead of flush?” I am dead!!!

"Hard to fuck up" - challenge accepted.

Before watching this, I'm convinced that there's no way Adobo can be ruined since every Filipino family that I know has a unique twist in the meal, until I saw this video . . .

As a Filipino my ancestors are crying while watching this video

as a filipino, my dad is sobbing on the floor

As a Filipino, i'm actually proud that uncle roger can review smth like this

I'm not even Filipino, and this upsets me. When I was in the Navy on the west coast, so many cooks made us adobo, lumpia and other wonderful foods, that it burns to see those dishes treated with such casual disrespect.

I would never use crushed black pepper. The biggest part of adobo for me is getting a peppercorn you did not see, biting down, then nearly choking on it

Always cracks me up because it’s everything I’m thinking, in a hilarious Chinese accent.

My mom makes watery adobo but with more parts soy sauce/vinegar and less water. Still tastes great, especially if you have cheap but plentiful rice.

Uncle Roger was so mad he didn't just put foot down, he even stood up.

As filipinos we always say that everyone has the freedom to make their own twist into the humble adobo due to how simple it is, you make the world's most expensive adobo and we wouldn't even bat an eye. But seriously just because you can doesn't mean you should, if you're gonna make your own twist into the adobo, don't call it traditional and at least have the decency to have it resemble the adobo. Don't call a watery burnt sauce with sauteed meat inside it "adobo"

Aa a filipino i used onions and red bell pepper in my adobo. In Luzon part they even put pineapple chunks in the adobo. While in mindanao we added saba banana in it.

Uncle Roger you’re funny. Lol! I mean thank you because you are there to give knowledge for those who doesn’t know how to cook adobo yet but I love the way how you comment. Hehe!

Uncle Roger relating every chef's mistake to Jamie Oliver is an absolute classic

As someone who is Filipino, this is how American chefs try to "Americanize" asian dishes and they get the cooking instructions all wrong haiyaa EDIT: OH MY GOD 1.1K LIKES TY SO MUCH!! :)

As a Filipino who cooked adobo I’m crying

I've been going through and starting to watch your videos, and I'm surprised that it took over 7 minutes, for the leg to come down. So far, from what I've seen, that's the longest Uncle Roger has kept his leg up.

As a black woman when I wanted chicken or pork adobo. I called my filipino friend and asked her to ask her mother how to make it. I didn’t just start making shit on my own and call it adobo. Adobo is so delicious because it’s literally so simple and he complicated the recipe with shit that didn’t need it.

As a Filipino, I agree with Uncle Roger on the amount of garlic to be used. THE MORE OF IT, THE BETTER!

How can someone screw up adobo that bad??? I feel for you, Tito Roger!

My Filipino wife threw my phone when she saw that adobo.

I'm Filipino. I love making adobo. I have never seen a spicy version of adobo back home. I don't put onions. I use the whole bulb of garlic. I don't even garnish with that fancy parsley and lemon. Most of all, we eat it with our hands.

As a Filipino. I agree on every word that Uncle Roger speaks to this guy Edit: for the people who replied. I understand your opinions but chill a little bit

Adobo is the most simplest dish you could possibly ever mess up

Was waiting for them to add Chili Jam!

As a Jap-Fil 🇯🇵🇵🇭, as soon as my eyes lay on Food Network's take on Adobo. I can genuinely see my tears mixed in that dish-

As a Filipino I love how Uncle Roger is doing us justice. Adobo is a classic Pinoy dish and watching these people make it breaks my heart. If you mess up a Filipino dish we Pinoys get pretty aggressive with it. I’m sure if I showed this to my Lola she would call the person cooking this dish “Gago” which in Tagalog is a very offensive and insulting term for stupid.

i sometimes cook mine watery cuz i like my rice saucey but Adobo should have less liquid that is sticky by the end of it cuz the flavor is absorbed by the meat.

This guy cracks me up! 🤣

Pro tip: Don't call something "traditional" if you aren't making it traditionally. You very much can personalize your adobo, but never call it traditional. 🤦🏻‍♀️

As A Filipino, I Was So Surprised Seeing Uncle Roger Reviews A Filipino Traditional Dish, I'm Just So Happy He Knows The Ingredient So Good :)

i was flabbergasted when i saw that piece of lemon

“Deglazing his toilet”😂

"Parsley in adobo, what the fuck!" as a Filipino, I say same Uncle Roger, same. hahaha please include Manila in your tour! we'd love to have you eat real adobo again here!

I have lived in the Philippines for 3 years, there are almost no rules to adobo yet this guy managed to fuck it up anyway. The habanero alone will make it so spicy it will overpower everything else in the dish

4:53 My mom reacted that one time that why does it need to say so formally like what the hell "Deglazing" means. xD

When he put the parsley, I died

I can imagine Uncle Roger saying "Hay Naku" as the Tagalog way of saying "Haiyaaa". Uncle Roger pls critique more Filipino food videos in the future. 😂

I'm a Fil-American, and darn, those parsley, lemon and too much water made our ancestors cry. He should've cooked Nilaga (Meat and Veg Soup) or Sinigang (tamarind soup) with that kind of water.

As a filipino i am happy that uncel roger almost knows every singel part of the dish iam very happy for uncel roger you are the best uncel in the world

Hi @mrnigelng. When will you be bringing out a cookbook? I’ll buy it.

Me, as a Filipino: "oh yay Uncle Roger is covering a Filipino dish!" Me, as an Uncle Roger fan: "oh no Uncle Roger is covering a Filipino dish!"

I showed this to my FIlipino friend that has *schizoid personality disorder* meaning he avoids social activities and consistently shy away from interaction with others he also has a *limited range of emotional expression.* I would just like to thank you for making these kinds of videos since I saw him cry after watching this wedio.

Uncle Roger's reaction to him putting parsley was hilarious!!😂😂😂

I like he has a lighting decoration in the form of a rice cooker

Adobo is one of my favorite homemade dishes. I’m a Filipino myself, so that’s why I think the adobo is pretty underrated. Apart from the sinigang, it should be popular among foreigners. Uncle Roger is the king when it comes to Asian food and delicacy criticisms. He sure know how to pinpoint the things that the foreigners are doing wrong when they do stuff in the kitchen.

As a Filipino,seeing Adobo with too much water it's kinda look like Sinigang 😂

Adobo can be pork or chiken. With soy saucw and vinegar dries bayleaf and whole black pepper. You can substitute oyser sauce over regular soy sauce and also potato.Thats plain and simple and somehow easy and little cheaper aswell

You can do anything with adobo like beef fish heck even eggplant and other vegitable so its pretty hard to mess up

As a Filipino this is what made me cry inside. - Not enough garlic (at least 10 cloves) - Onions - The guy eating with a **knife and fork** - Sprinkling parsley like salt - *The lemon* - The *habanero* pepper

I showed this to my Filipino friend and I could feel the pain of his ancestors through his eyes

Me smiling while watching this but deep inside im crying because of their recipes 😭 and from now on i will call u tito roger❤

8:00 lol eating it with fork and knife? Maybe the rice is the gravy 😂

My wife cooked me adobo the first day after we were married almost 49 years ago. You could say that for a white guy I am pretty much an adobo expert by now. No, this is not "traditional" adobo. The parts he got right are far too outweighed by what he screwed up.

The variations of adobo are limitless, ingredients and spices are done according to which region you belong to. It's ok to cook it in whatever style and ingredients you like, but never call it "Traditional" if you're not using Filipino ingredients.

As a Filipino, i started crying because of this video

As a Filipino, how hard is it to fk up adobo? My ancestors are crying

3:17 WTF is a flavor protector XD

I like how Uncle Roger is unafraid to roast any chef, no matter how famous they are.

Uncle Roger gonna have PTSD after this adobo thing 🤣🤣..parsley OMG!!

I would absolutely love it if Uncle Roger was one of those two people sat there trying the food. 😂😂

As a Filipino, I never felt this much type of stress when I see people cooking adobo.

I've been dreading the day that uncle roger would make a video about filipino adobo because adobo doesn't have a standard recipe (dumb government even tried to make an issue about this lol) Different regions in the Philippines have their own recipes. Some make it sweet and may add pineapple while others use chilies/onion for that extra kick and may make the sauce thick by crushing chicken liver (or using liver spread like in our recipe) and adding coconut milk. There's even adobong puti (white adobo) which is basically substituting soy sauce with fish sauce or purely salt. While I do understand this is mainly a comedic take. There's are sure points made by uncle roger here: 1. A little amount of garlic, adobo is a garlic marinated recipe. That looked like a clove and a half. Plus that amount of onion. He might as well have added dried banana blossoms coz he's basically making a similar recipe to adobo which is "paksiw" for pork hock 2. The sauce is watery, it's obvious that it wasn't simmered that long nor used more marinate to make the sauce at least glazy or thick. They really stands up with the stereotype that white people make bland food. 3. The parsley and lemon was just ridiculous, there are a lot of garnishes that you can put on adobo. Like onion chives, boiled eggs, or even toasted garlic. And the lemon was just redundant it already has that acidity coming from the vinegar All in all, I enjoyed this vid and I really love that saying "Use the right amount, not the WHITE amount". Lol

I love his "sorry children"

Hahahah i like this guy. Keep it up sir

Just add equal parts of soy sauce and vinegar , garlic, onion ( it is ok in this case coz it gets disintegrated into the sauce), brown sugar, peppercorns, bay leaves, pork or chicken or whatever meat you have and just boil it until you met the consistency of the sauce you desired. If you do not have time, no need to marinate, you literally just have to mix the ingredients in the pot. This adobo version is the easiest dish apart from some egg dishes, it is extremely hard to f*ck up lol

As a Singaporean who loves it when my Filipino colleagues or helper cooks adobo, the main things that turned me off are the habanero, the low sodium soy sauce (since when did a real Filipino cook care about sodium levels lol) and the sheer overload of gravy. (Sorry this is is not Teochew porridge). I'm requesting for real adobo next week.

Not me waiting for potatoes and boiled eggs to be added on that adobo

Uncle Roger: Filipino people love vinegar. Me with a Filipino mom: He ain’t wrong though-

Uncle Roger is on point. Adobo shouldn’t have onions and lemon because it will become bistek(we call in filipino). It’s true should be onion spring or cilantro instead of parsley we filipinos never use parsley aside pasta dishes. He is also right about water level. I’m impressed about uncle roger’s knowledge

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr how dare they do that to our adobo i love your vids tito Roger

Many of us Kapampangans (people from the province of Pampanga, Ph) don't do any searing. Just throw all the ingredients in the cooking pot and boil until cooked. Also, we like chili so much and put them at the end. Chili makes our appetite go crazy

In the end, the adobo we Pinoys know is what we grew up eating in our homes. There isn’t one official recipe. The humble Filipino adobo is as varied and versatile as it’s people. ☺️ Much love, Nigel, all the way from Chicago via Manila, Philippines.