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This meal starts with a thick sauce—deeply spiced with chiles; the suggestion of nuttiness; and a bit of chocolate—that we pair with pork chops, rice, and grilled green onions. You might know adobo only as the sauce in which chipotles are stored in a can. Nothing wrong with that flavor, but adobo is so much more than sauce in a can. This sauce has smoky depth, a lot of full flavor from beef stock and canned tomatoes, a kick from a blend of chiles and spices, and the surprise of dark chocolate. Just put the protein—in this case, pork chops—into a bag with this sauce and sous vide it. This is a fully flavored weeknight meal, satisfying without requiring much work from you.