What Adobo means
Adobo is a Mexican main dish name of Spanish origin meaning "marinade". It comes from Spanish adobar (to dress, to marinate). It is pronounced ah-DOH-boh, and it is most associated with the whole country.
In Mexico adobo means a thick chile paste used as a marinade, which is why chipotles are sold en adobo. The Filipino dish of the same name shares only the word.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: The plated dishes, most named for a cooking method or a place. Cochinita pibil is pork cooked in a píib, the Maya earth oven. Barbacoa gave English the word barbecue. Chiles en nogada is named for the walnut sauce that covers it.
