Adobo Sauce

Name: Adobo Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 5 cups (1200 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 2 tbsp vegetable oil (30 ml) Vegetable Oil; about ½ onion (75 g) Onion; 3 garlic cloves, minced Garlic; 1 tbsp black pepper (15 ml) Pepper; about 7½ leaves (1.5 g) Bay Leaf; ⅓ cup soy sauce (80 ml) Soy Sauce; ⅓ cup rice vinegar (80 ml) Rice Vinegar; ¼ cup Knorr liquid seasoning (60 ml) Knorr Liquid S; ¼ cup brown sugar (60 ml) Brown Sugar; 4 cups (946 ml) Water; ¼ cup cornstarch (slurry with ½ cup cold water) (60 ml) Cornstarch; ½ cup cold water (for slurry) (120 ml) Water

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Melissa Miranda recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Melissa Miranda.

BRAISING SAUCE · PORK BELLY & BRAISED MEATS

In the published recipe, this is the braising sauce for Musang fried pork belly.

Miranda's adobo sauce for fried pork belly.

On the jar

ADOBO

Method: stove
Yield: about 5 cups
Ingredients: 12

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Vegetable Oil 30 mlPepper 15 mlSoy Sauce 80 mlRice Vinegar 80 mlKnorr Liquid S 60 mlBrown Sugar 60 ml

Ingredients

Vegetable Oil2 tbsp vegetable oil (30 ml)
Onionabout ½ onion (75 g)
Garlic3 garlic cloves, minced
Pepper1 tbsp black pepper (15 ml)
Bay Leafabout 7½ leaves (1.5 g)
Soy Sauce⅓ cup soy sauce (80 ml)
Rice Vinegar⅓ cup rice vinegar (80 ml)
Knorr Liquid S¼ cup Knorr liquid seasoning (60 ml)
Brown Sugar¼ cup brown sugar (60 ml)
Water4 cups (946 ml)
Cornstarch¼ cup cornstarch (slurry with ½ cup cold water) (60 ml)
Water½ cup cold water (for slurry) (120 ml)

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Provenance

Melissa Miranda. Filipino / Pacific Northwest. Cited awards include: Food & Wine Best New Chef 2022.

Adapted from a Melissa Miranda recipe (Melissa Miranda / Sunset (Musang fried pork belly; re-eligible under §1 v2 2026-07-18)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Melissa Miranda / Sunset (Musang fried pork belly; re-eligible under §1 v2 2026-07-18) (published as “Adobo Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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