apparently people in Visayas call Adobo with soy sauce "Adobaw" or adobong may sabaw, they only use salt there and that's actually historically accurate since there's no soy before China went to ph
As a filipino, i have been cooking adobo almost all my life. And i changed the method of cooking it just to spice things up. But one vinegar that struck me the most when cooking adobo is sukang ilokano. It just taste right! Cooking with regular coconut vinegar just doesn't sit right with me anymore. So i hope people give it a try. And try adding star anise with it. It should taste amazing!
This is very interesting. I never thought someone will think of this idea and make a video in youtube. And you used different kinds of vinegar and not just an ordinary/basic brands.And yes why not, it's our adobo and we want to try as well.
Although we've tried different kinds of Suka(even Balsamic), my family always comes back to Sukang Paombong(Bulacan). It also came from Sasa and it's perfect when it is spiced with red & green chilis and garlic!
I love how we get these types of videos where the FEATR guys could cook a bunch of variations of the same dish at once cause their kitchen is so big already. 🥹 So happy for the Featr team!! 👏🏽
I bought the fish sauce from Bibliorganics and it was totally different from the cheap fish sauce I grew up with. It's very similar to the taste of Red Boat fish sauce, which is touted to be the best fish sauce in the world. It's not surprising because they both use the first extract. So basically, there is no difference between the Red Boat and the Bibliorganics. And I'm really glad that this Filipino company is committed to quality. It's substantially more expensive than the cheap synthetic brands but it's so worth it. It doesn't even taste or smell fishy at all. It just tastes like pure umami. Please support this company. Their products can compete with the best of the best in the world. And that is something to be proud of.
When "tuba" (coconut wine) is fermented a little bit more to turn into locally made suka ("lang-gaw" in ilonggo), It's the best vinegar to be used in adobo. Just bear in mind that once you add the lang-gaw, don't ever stir your meat with the vinegar right away. Let the meat steep with the vinegar on your pot for minutes before stirring. This process will cook the vinegar and add a more distinct flavor to your adobo.
i think the forbidden stirring of vinegar only applies to locally made vinegar. i have not encountered problems with datu puti and silver swan vinegars when i stir my adobo.
Growing up in Indang, Cavite we have sukang irok (sugar palm) which I think would be an interesting suka for your next adobo videos. It's on the sweet side but also pretty aggressive and punchy --- I guess depending on where you get it. I know some sellers would add white vinegar or water to it but if you know someone who knows their sukang irok, they can hit you up with the most natural sukang irok. They used to sell it in Cavite State University but I've moved out since then so I'm not sure anymore.
I remember reading in old Filipino cookbooks and even in adobo cookbooks that uding native vinegar (not the commercial branded ones) are the best. It's trye! We buy what we can when we go to provinces and even use them in making inasal.
Do more of these types of videos. Very interesting and very helpful sa ibang tulad namin na nag-aalangan bumili ng ibang klaseng condiments kasi baka hindi bagay sa lulutuin. It also opens a lot more ideas for a video, pwedeng soy sauce naman for adobo.
Idea: Longanisa, but using confit-ed garlic. The thinking is that by confit-ing garlic, the natural sugars caramelize and intensify. So, hopefully this lessens the need for any additional sugar, or at least cuts the amount of sugar for my favorite version of longanisa -- sweet-garlic. Now, the other benefit is that this would cut the sharpness of the garlic in the longanisa, but the oil from confit-ed garlic can be used to introduce some of that garlic goodness back into the longanisa when cooked. Also, through the confit-ing process, you'll yield excess garlic oil and confit-ed garlic to use in other dishes. Just a nice little throwback to a lot of our food being a creation through a means of preservation and extending resources.
Thanks production team in displaying the bottles of the vinegar when doing the taste test. Gives clarity as to which is which. It was the issue I had with the sinigang vid.
Excellent job on this episode. We have relative who would prefer Sukang Paombong for her fish paksiw, Mas masarap daw kasi. Guess nobody has come up with this idea until you and your team Erwan. More “experiments” like this. Way to go!
Nacurious tuloy ako sa sukang sasa. Gusto ko matry. I grew up using sukang iloko. Ung color black talaga. U should try it also. Strong yung aroma at flavor.
It's tough to get a wide variety of Filipino-style vinegars where I live in the US. Usually, I will use Datu Puti "Premium Cane Vinegar", if I can get it, or their coconut vinegar that comes with a similar label, although that is much harder to find than the cane vinegar. I have to drive pretty far away to get Datu Puti, so I don't always have it in the house. While you can use just about any kind of vinegar for adobo, each kind will definitely affect the flavor in its own way. I'll even use sukang iloco to make adobo. I remember one time, back in the 1990s, when I was working as a photographer, I ran out of vinegar, so I used Kodak Glacial Acetic Acid, and diluted it to 5% acidity. HAHA. Plain distilled white vinegar is a neutral backdrop, and I don't mind it, but I prefer something with a little more flavor to it. Apple cider vinegar does work well, too. Red wine vinegar, not so much, although, when I make my vinegar barbeque sauce, in the North Carolina tradition, I actually use half apple cider vinegar and half red wine vinegar, and lots of garlic and red chile. It's not dissimilar to Pinakurat.
I only use the plastic bottle cane vinegar brand for my adobo because that’s what the girlfriend I had used. I’m just glad I learned to make it. I definitely wanna try different brands.
Locally fermented vinegars, without factory processing, are the best! It lifts the adobo to different levels, depending on which one you used. Proof of this, my balikbayan brother remarked: "why does your adobo taste so good and iba?" I said it's the local suka. Love our local stuff!!
First, I gotta source sukang sasa here in Canada. Second, am I the only one who grew up marinating their meat first in all the adobo ingredients before cooking it? Come to think of it though, when I cook it in that method the meat ends up being slightly cooked by the vinegar and tastes somewhat overcooked? I’m not sure anymore 😑 Nonetheless, thanks for this episode, it was really interesting!
Just watched to give me an idea how to make the classic adobo. Pls make a docu on Infanta - they have the best food: suman, pinangat, tinadtad, binagkat, sinaing na isda, and more.
medyo unrelated cos all of the vinegar in the video were local pero I experimented cooking adobong pata using balsamic vinegar and it turned out super good. by acident lang kasi naubusan ng sukang puti.
Traditionally, as far as i know though, sukang sasa is the vinegar of choice for the tagalog speaking regions. It is the real classic adobo, before we got used to datu puti and marca piña. We grew up buying it from the old man with a kariton of gallons of suka, toyo and patis which he expertly pours onto our empty bottles sans a funnel. I think sukang Paombong is actually sukang sasa, coming from nipa palm. Hope somebody would teach Erwan to say "sasâ" properly.
FEATR you should also include sukang Iloco or Basi/Binnal (depends on your location on what you call it). It is also a Cane Vinegar but Traditionally fermented using Burnai's as container.
I think aside from the kind of ingredients used, in this case vinegar in particular, the ratio of ingredients have a great factor of how the adobo or food would end up. It it would be dry or masabaw. It's very flexible and versatile since you can modify your recipe either by adding pineapple juice or pineapple itself, oyster sauce or omit the soy sauce and use patis itself and create adobong puti instead.
We used to sell tuba when I was a kid. And all the unsold tuba we put in a clay jar and make into vinegar. Best vinegar I have ever tasted. Best for Sinamak.
I just realized I've never tasted(or atleast remember) the typical adobo with its salty, savory and a hint of sourness from ofc the vinegar. I'm so used eating sweet savory adobo cuz of my Mother's version of cooking adobo (she doesnt even use bay leaves). So, this is pretty interesting
Interesting. Tomorrow I'll go to the market and look for this sukang sasa. I'm just wondering why you didnt try datu puti which is the most available in the market. I am also surprise that adobo can be possible without Soy Sauce. I am curious about that sukang sasa and adobo without soy sauce, so I'm gonna try to cook tomorrow. Thank you guys for this, I learned something new..
Thank you Erwan and team for coming up with this great and valuable content about vinegar. How to purchase the suka sasa Quezon from the US? Maraming salamat.
I noticed too that my adobo does not taste well using stainless steel pot. Could it be because the vinegar reacting to the stainless component. So after, that I went back to using my anodized pot. The best. Since, I reside in Florida, the vinegars available are only the known brand in Oriental stores. I tried apple cider, not good. I always use palm vinegar which is subtle and still has the right acidity. The secret to any good adobo is marinate time. I always do 24-hr marinating. Adobo is the best, tastiest Filipino dish. Chicken breast and pork is my mix.
I tried different vinegar before on adobo. Delmonte Vinegar and apple cider is my favorite so far. Just bought sinamak to try it on later also. Pinakurat for me is so strong.
Whenever we go to a province outside Metro Manila, we always try to find the local suka and buy a 6 liter jug of it since my family, especially me, really loves our vinegars~ :3 My personal favorite is Sukang Ilocos & Sukang Paombong (same as Sukang Sasa in the video) :) I'm also from a family that likes a slightly sweeter adobo :D Sweet Adobo Master Race
I'd still say yes to Marca Pina cane vinegar as I grew up with the flavor ( adobong Putin of my Lola), but the sukang sasa is interesting and I'll definitely try once I come home. Thanks FEATR for the informative Suka segment❤️ ramdam ko yun asim tasting hanggang dito sa Melbourne😅
Plano ko gawin ito (using all available pampa asim for Adobo to know w/c is the best for my palate) Thank you for doing this so I don’t have to. 😄 Can you also do Sugar? Like muscovado, brown sugar, coco sugar, palm sugar, white sugar, etc.?
Even not vinegar you used to cooked adobo is still good like lemon juice you can used too to cook adobo it's delicious too white vinegar good also to cook adobo
My go to "acid" for Adobo is sukang tuba mixed with carbonated water 3:1 (as a marinade and tenderizer). Lemon Soda works but the sugar content kinda ruins the flavor.
I tried sukang sasa ( paombong) I used equal measurements for the soysauce and vinegar but it became salty at the end. When I ate it again the next day from the ref, it became sour again. Im confused with it. For me marca pina is the best because it is stable, calm and easier to control.
Hi, I'm sensitive to soy-sauce, are there other sauces to use instead? Tamari and such doesn't count as they still have soy in it no matter how small the percentage.
Sukang Ilokos is the best i used in paksiw na bangus and so masarap sukang Ilokoor they call it sukangilocos is sugar cane. Manomano nilang ginagawa ito para maging suka.
enjoyed this segment. maybe the FEATR team can try making kare-kare with different kinds/combinations of nuts? pine nuts, pistachios, pili, cashews, hazelnut (might be weird but really interested if hazelnuts would work). ika nga ni ninong ry, the "possibilities are endless" :D
Personally, i just prefer the slightly sweet but still vinegary tangy Rice Vinegar in everything... get the vinegar taste without curdling m stomach with acid overload. As for soy sauce, I liked the Golden Swan aoy sauce but otherwise, Kikkoman ...
My suka would always depend on the meat that i will cook. For tougher meats, i use harder vinegar. But if i will cook fish or squid, i would use a softer or milder vineger. I once tried cooking adobong pusit and have no regular vinegar, only have rice wine vinegar. Was blown away by how it turned out.
