Definition of "adobo" []

• A Philippine dish of marinated meat or fish seasoned with garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, and spices. (noun)

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• "When Spanish colonizers first took administration over the Philippines in the late 1500s and early 1600s, they encountered an indigenous cooking process which involved stewing with vinegar, which they then referred to as "adobo," which is the Spanish word for seasoning or marinade."
• "I have given a recipe for them, but the chipotles in adobo, with the brown sugar and vinegar used here, are a wonderful replacement for theÂchipocludos."
• "I didn't have any chipotle in adobo, but being a good Texan I had some dried chipotles and once reconstituted were delicious."