Philippines: Recipes and Cuisine

Filipino cuisine is an amazing amalgam of native, Chinese, Indonesian, Malaysian and Spanish cooking. Popular dishes are adobo, pancit, lumpia, sinigang and halo-halo. Filipinos love bold flavors and rich dishes. Abundant use of patis, or fish sauce, soy sauce and sugarcane vinegar give food a bold punch. Rice is a staple. Chicken and pork are favorite meats.

Typical Filipino Dishes

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A list of typical Filipino dishes and foods. Use it to help you plan a Filipino-style meal, party or festival.

Appetizers

Lumpia (Filipino eggrolls)
Tokwa't Baboy (Pork and tofu cubes in salty-sour sauce)
Ukoy (Shrimp and sweet potato fritters)

Soups and Stews

Caldereta (Beef stew)
Dinuguan (Pork blood stew)
Kare-Kare (Oxtail and tripe stew)
Mechado (Beef stew)
Menudo (Pork liver stew)
Pochero (Chicken and vegetable stew)
Tinolang Manok (Ginger chicken soup with papaya)

Noodles

Pancit Bihon (Rice noodles with meat and vegetables)
Pancit Canton (Egg noodles with pork and vegetables)
Pancit Malabon (Noodles with shrimp sauce)

Poultry

Adobong Manok (Chicken in vinegar sauce)
Apritada (Chicken and potatoes in tomato sauce)
Chicken Relyeno (Boneless stuffed, rolled chicken)
Pinaupong Manok (Chicken steamed on a bed of salt)
Sinampalukang Manok (Chicken with tamarind leaves and sprouts)

Meats

Ampalaya con Carne (Beef and bitter melon in black bean sauce)
Bistik (Beef and potatoes in a sour-salty sauce)
Bola Bola (Meatballs)
Bopis (Minced pork heart and lungs)
Caldereta (Beef stew)
Embutido (Baked chicken and pork roll)
Kilawin (Pickled pork snouts)
Lechon (Roast suckling pig)
Pork Adobo (Pork in vinegar sauce)
Paksiw na Lechon (Pork in liver sauce)
Tocino (Pork sausage)

Fish and Seafood

Daeng na Bangus (Curried milkfish)
Kinilaw (Vinegar-marinated fish)
Relyenong Bangus (Stuffed milkfish)
Sarsiado (Fish with tomatoes, peppers and peas)

Vegetables and Beans

Ginataang Langka (Jackfruit stewed in coconut milk)
Pinakbet (Simmered eggplant, okra and bitter melon)

Breads and Grains

Goto (Rice gruel with tripe)
Rice

Sauces

Lechon Sauce (Pork liver sauce)

Desserts

Bibingka (Cassava custard)
Biko (Sweet coconut rice)
Ginataan (Sweet potato, fruit and rice in coconut cream)
Halayang Ube (Purple yam)
Halo-Halo (Mixed fruit, beans and coconut)
Kutsinta (Brown rice cakes)
Leche Flan (Caramel custard)
Maja Blanca (Dense coconut cake)
Palitaw (Coconut cookies)
Puto (Rice muffins)
Turon (Fried banana rolls)

Beverages

Gulaman at Sago (Gelatin with pearl tapioca)

Filipino Recipes

Try these recipes from the Philippines.

Adobong Manok

(Filipino chicken in vinegar sauce)

Caldereta

(Filipino beef stew)

Pancit Bihon

(Filipino stir-fried rice noodles with meat and vegetables)

Flan de Leche

(Latin caramel custard)

Kare-Kare

(Filipino oxtail and vegetable stew)

Tinolang Manok

(Filipino ginger chicken soup with papaya)

Ukoy

(Filipino shrimp and sweet potato fritters)

Puchero

(Spanish meat and chickpea stew)

Afritada Manok

(Filipino chicken and vegetables in tomato sauce)

Bibingka Especial

(Filipino sweet coconut and rice flour cake)

Lumpia Shanghai

(Filipino meat-filled eggrolls)

Sinigang na Baboy

(Filipino sour pork and vegetable stew)

Kinilaw

(Filipino vinegar-marinated fish; see Ceviche variations)

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