"MARINADE SQUID"

Adobo is absolutely a Spanish cuisine that was flourished by Filipinos into a tasteful, traditional food and yet so effortless to learn. It's one of the usual dishes in the Philippines and every Pinoy loves "Adobo".There are several kinds of dishes that use the "Adobo" method, but all of them gives the very basic ingredients. You can use kinds of meats, seafoods, change vegetables like "Kangkong" - water spinach. You may also use chiken liver and gizzards for the recipe.

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Ingredients:

2 lbs medium-sized squid, cleaned and ink separated
1 piece large onion, diced
2 pieces medium sized tomatoes, diced
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup vinegar
1 cup water
5 cloves crushed garlic
1 teaspoon sugar
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tbsp cooking oil

Cooking procedure:

Heat a wok or cooking pot them pour-in soy sauce, vinegar, and water then bring to a boil.
Add the squid and wait for the liquid to re-boil. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Turn off the heat then separate the squid from the liquid. Set aside.
Pour-in cooking oil on a separate wok of cooking pot then apply heat.
When the oil is hot enough, saute the garlic, onions, and tomatoes.
Put-in the squid then cook for a few seconds.
Pour-in the soy sauce-vinegar-water mixture that was used to cook the squid a while back. Bring to a boil and simmer for 3 minutes.
Add the ink, salt, ground black pepper, and sugar then stir. Simmer for 3 minutes.
Transfer to a serving bowl then serve.