Title: Traditional adobo (pork in vinegar and soy sauce)
 Categories: Pork, Filipino, Dennis
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
  1 1/2 lb Pork shoulder or butt cut
           -into 1-1/2" cubes
    1/3 c  Vinegar
      2 tb Soy sauce
      1 ts Salt
      3    Cloves garlic, minced
      1    Small bay leaf
    1/4 ts Pepper
      1 tb Sugar
    1/2 c  Water
      2 tb Cooking oil
 
  1.  Combine all ingredients except cooking oil in a pot and let stand
  for at least 30 minutes.
  
  2.  Simmer covered for 1 hour or until meat is tender.  Drain and
  reserve the sauce.
  
  3.  Heat cooking oil in a skillet.  Brown meat on all sides.
  Transfer to a serving dish.
  
  4.  Pour off all remaining oil from skillet.  Add reserved sauce and
  cook for a minute or two scraping all browned bits sticking to pan.
  Pour sauce over meat and serve.
  
  Variation:  May be done with chicken or a combination of chicken and
  pork. Beef or chicken livers may be added too if desired.
  
  Preparation time:  10 minutes plus marinating time. Cooking time: 1
  hour,
       15    minutes Serves: 4 to 6
  
  Recipes by Dennis Santiago, TWS bbs (1-310-676-0492), formatted by
  Manny Rothstein (1/24/94)