Adobong Pusit Tender meat and thick sauce

Adobong Pusit (Squid)

Adobo is the most popular dish in the Philippines, It is very simple and easy to do and you can use mostly all kinds of meat and even vegetables, like pork, beef, chicken, fish and string beans or long beans.

Adobo is mostly cooked also because for its longer life span, it also gets more tastier when reheated, the soy sauce and vinegar serves as preservatives to the meat.

Unlike any other varieties of Adobo, Pusit or squid has the most difficult process, maintaining the tenderness of the meet and making the sauce thick is the most difficult part.

Psuit or Squid is producing water when being cooked and the meet is getting chewy when cooked longer.

This things might be difficult when you are a beginner in cooking, i also didn't get this perfect for almost a couple of trials.

I hope that this step by step process will help you achieve that tender and rich thick sauce of your adobong pusit.

How to cook Adobong Pusit

First you need to prepare all this things:

• 1kg Pusit or Squid
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup Oister Sauce 
• 2 pcs. tomato (sliced)
• 1 glove garlic (minced)
• 1 onion (sliced)
• Small ginger (sliced)
• Crushed Pepper corn
• 3 pcs green chilli
• 3 pcs dried bay leaves
• cooking oil

Follow this steps:

Step 1

• Saute Ginger, onion, garlic and tomato

Step 2

• Cover the pan 3-5 mins until the tomato is cooked

Step 3

• Saute the Pusit or Squid

Step 4

• Add the Soy sauce, oister sauce, vinegar, Dried Bay leaves, Crushed pepper Corn and Green Chili, cover and let simmer for 3-5 mins.

Step 5

• Remove the squid and the other ingredients and place it on a clean bowl or container, so the meet will not be over cooked

Step 6

• Simmer the sauce until thick (don't cover)

Step 7

• Put back the Squid and the other ingredients and simmer it again for two minutes, don't cover the pan so the moist will evaporate

Step 8

• Serve and enjoy