Adobo, highest rated Filipino dish on Taste Atlas' best stews in the world list

Adobo, the unofficial national dish of the Philippines, was chosen as one of the top 100 best rated stews in the world by Taste Atlas. Adobo is a Filipino favorite that uses a few ingredients but has many iterations around the country.

The Pinoy stew ranks at number 21 on the list. It is also the highest-ranking Filipino dish on the list, closely followed by kaldereta (37th) and kare-kare (52nd).

Taste Atlas is an extensive food guide, helping travelers what dishes to try around the world.

Taste Atlas describes adobo as “the closest thing to a national dish” in the Philippines. The website also lists down the ingredients of the dish such as seared chunks of meat, seafood, fruit, or vegetables which are then mixed with white vinegar and soy sauce, bay leaves, garlic salt, sugar, oil, and black pepper, and then simmered over low heat.

They also mentioned that adobo got its name from the Spanish word adobar, which means marinade or pickling sauce.

Aside from the usual version of the dish, Taste Atlas also listed several variations of adobo using different kinds of meat or even vegetables such as chicken, squid, pork, water spinach or kangkong, among others.

They also listed a few restaurants where anyone can eat and enjoy the dish.

While Filipinos are proud that one of the staple dishes of the country is recognized by Taste Atlas, there are other nationalities who recognize its uniqueness and taste.

Recently, Food Network's chef Geoffrey Zakarian cooked adobo in his show, however, it was met with criticisms for his use of certain ingredients, especially from famous vlogger Uncle Roger.

Uncle Roger or Nigel Ng, a vlogger from Kuala Lumpur, reacted to a video of the American chef while cooking the Filipino dish. He pofor using ingredients such as habaneros and parsley and serving the dish with lemon.

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