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Put your Pork, Onion, Garlic, Lemon Juice, Salt/Pepper in a big enough bowl.
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Mix all ingredients thoroughly, Then top with Bay Leaves and Cover with Foil.
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Marinate in the fridge for 1-3hrs.
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Once marinated, pull out a deep and wide cooking pan and add cooking oil.
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Heat on medium.
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While pan heats up, Mix your soy sauce, vinegar, and water in a measuring cup and set aside.
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Once Oil is Hot, Remove bay leaves (Set Aside for Later!)
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And add your meat mixture to the hot pan.
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Toss meat with spatula or wooden spoon until meat is browned, but not fully cooked.
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Add back the Bay leaves.
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Then slowly pour your soy sauce/vinegar mix over all the meat but DO NOT mix or toss meat until boiling hot, vinegar will make bitterness if you do.
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Cover and Simmer on medium for 2hrs or until sauce has reduced to half the pan, possibly less and is a nice dark brown color.
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Check on it every half an hour but no more often then this, The meat needs the covered steam to tenderize.
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In meantime, boil your eggs to perfection, peel, set aside.
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Then chop your baby potatoes, and set aside in a bowl of cold water so they do not oxidize.
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In the last 20min, add your potatoes and start your rice to steam.
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Add peeled boiled eggs during the final 7 minutes as well.
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Scoot all meat to the side so the eggs may simmer in the juices.
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Once sauce color/reduction has reached its full potential, and potatoes are completely cooked, turn off burner and keep covered.
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Serve your plate of steamed rice, topped with Adobo and some extra juice as well with an egg, then enjoy!
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:)
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This should be your finished pan of Adobo :)