Adobo Filipino San Jose appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Chicken adobo · San Jose
San Jose has one of the largest Filipino populations in the United States, and chicken adobo, the national dish, appears at Filipino potlucks and community gatherings across the East Side and Berryessa neighborhoods.
The Philippines' national dish predates Spanish colonisation, though the name 'adobo' is Spanish for seasoning. Filipino cooking uses vinegar and soy sauce as preservation and flavouring agents rather than the oil-based Spanish adobo. San Jose has had a significant Filipino community since the mid-20th century, with major immigration waves following the Philippine Nurses Act of 1948 and the Immigration Act of 1965. By the 2020s San Jose had the largest concentration of Filipino-Americans in any US city outside Hawaii, and chicken adobo anchors Filipino family cooking across East San Jose and Berryessa.