Chicken Adobo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 chicken thighs, skin-on, bone-in
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup vinegar
7 garlic cloves, smashed with the side of a knife and peeled
1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns or 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
2 bay leaves

Preparation

Place the soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, black peppercorns, and bay leaves in a large, nonreactive saute pan, and then nestle the chicken thighs, skin side down, into the pan.
Bring the liquid to a boil over high heat, and then cover and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Turn the chicken over, and then cover and simmer for another 10 minutes.
Uncover the pan, increase the heat to high and return the sauce to a boil. while the sauce is reducing, transfer the chicken thighs, skin side up, to a foil-lined sheet pan.
Brown the chicken thighs underneath the broiler for 3-5 minutes and return to the reducing sauce for the last minute. Continue boiling the sauce, uncovered, until it is reduced by half and thickens slightly, 5-7 minutes. Remove the Bay leaves and serve with steamed white rice.
Variations: For a \"drier\" chicken adobo, you can reduce the sauce until it is almost completely evaporated. The chicken will then begin to fry in its own fat that is still left in the pan. This is how my many people finishes their adobo.
For a saucier adobo, double the amount of soy sauce and vinegar.