Adobong Halaan (Clams Adobo)

As I've mentioned in my previous adobo post, Filipinos can cook almost any vegetables and meat adobo-style. Indeed, Philippines is rightly to be called the Adobo republic. And we are so fortunate of having rich seafoods being an archipelagic country surrounded by vast water. We have so many white sand beaches we can boast of... so many places to explore and visit, imagine we have 7,107 islands... been to about 20 I guess?

Now going back to Adobo!
Here's another one you should try, Adobong Halaan (Clams Adobo). This is very easy to prepare and doesn't take much time to cook. 

This is another favorite dish i like. It's so tasty. My sister bought 2 kilos of fresh clams from the market early this morning. She's been bugging me for days to cook this adobo. She just came home from the US and she's been craving for filipino foods, and this one tops her list. 

Ingredients:

2 kilos fresh clams (halaan)

5 cloves garlic, finely minced

1 small red onion

1/2 thumbsized ginger, thinly sliced

1/8 tsp ground blackpeppercorn

2.5 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp vinegar

1 tbsp oil
1 tsp hot sauce (optional)

Procedure:

• Wash clams. Drain.
• Place the clams in a pot. No need to add water, it will produce its own broth. Cover and cook until the clams opened up it shells. Turn off heat. Remove shells from broth. Set aside the broth for later use. Let the clams cool, then remove from shells. This makes about 2 cups when shells are removed.
• In a pan, heat oil. Saute ginger, garlic and onions. Add soysauce, vinegar and clams. Add about 4 tbsp of broth. Season with pepper. Cover and simmer for about 3-5 minutes.
• You may add 1 teaspoon of hot sauce (optional) for a hot spicier taste. Enjoy! Serve with rice.

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