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What Is Adobo sauce and How Can I Use It?

Here's everything worth knowing about adobo sauce and how to pick it, what it is, how to store it, and what to use instead, plus 11 recipes to cook tonight.

In Chinese:阿斗波酱
British (UK) term: Adobo sauce
en français:sauce adobo
en español:salsa de adobo

Recipes using adobo sauce

There are 11 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Chipotle Coleslaw

Chipotle Coleslaw

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Super quick, easy to make, and it's creamy and delicious with some nice crunch and freshness.

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Tofu, Lettuce & Tomato Sandwich

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A smoky, spicy TLT sandwich with oven-baked tofu glazed in Dijon and adobo sauce. Stacked on toasty whole wheat bread with lettuce and tomato. The plant-based BLT upgrade you didn't know you needed.

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Tofu, Lettuce & Tomato Sandwich

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Very different sandwich, we use tofu, lettuce and tomato, so healthy and savory, if you have got tired of meat, try this vegetarian sandwich, big hit.

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Mac's Pinto Beans

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Slow cooker pinto beans with a full pound of bacon, red onion, garlic, brown sugar, tomato sauce, and smoky adobo. Serve over thick buttered French bread soaked in the bean broth.

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Spiced Lentil Tacos

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Smoky, hearty lentil tacos loaded with chipotle sour cream, fresh lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. A low-fat vegetarian taco night that even meat lovers will devour.

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Black-Eyed Pea Cakes With Adobo Cream

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Black-eyed pea cakes with smoky adobo cream and melty Monterey Jack. An 18-minute vegetarian main that fries up crisp on the outside with a tender, cumin-spiced center.

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Cornmeal-Coated Soft Shell Crab Sand. with Adobo Mayo & Bp

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Crispy cornmeal-fried soft shell crab sandwiches on sourdough with smoky chipotle adobo mayo and a citrus bell pepper slaw. A restaurant-quality seafood sandwich you can make at home.

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Albondigas En Salsa Chipotle (Meatballs In Chipotle Sauce)

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A succulent and scrumptious dish that can be served over noodles or rice.

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Thick 'N Chicken Soup

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A thick, belly-warming chicken soup loaded with pearl barley, lentils, and tomatoes, seasoned with Adobo and Sazon for a Latin-inspired twist. Feeds six in under an hour.

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Dallas Dandy Brisket

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Texas-style smoked beef brisket with an overnight chipotle-beer marinade and a paprika-chili rub, smoked low and slow then foil-wrapped to finish meltingly tender. Sliced thin against the grain.

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