Ethnic Food Word of the Day

adobo / uh-doe'-bo / [Puerto Rican, Mexican, Filipino] 1. a method of simmering (usually chicken or pork) in a marinade sauce of vinegar, garlic and peper with chiles or soy sauce. 2. [Spanish] popular, traditional recipe for food items cured in vinegar, battered and fried.

Taken from Pocket Dictionary of Ethnic Foods