Tag: Philippines

Bowl of Chicken tinola soup
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Tinolang Manok

Tinolang manok is a light and refreshing Filipino soup studded with chicken, spinach and green papaya. It’s a favorite home-style dish in the Philippines.

Small bowl of lumpia Shanhai with dipping sauce
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Lumpia Shanghai

Filipinos love egg rolls and call their version lumpia. These tasty treats come in a variety of forms, from huge to bite-sized, deep-fried or fresh, with all manner of fillings.

Pot of kare-kare stew
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Kare-Kare

Kare-kare is a rich and meaty Filipino stew of oxtails, green beans and eggplant in a sauce thickened with peanut butter.

Serving dish with caldereta
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Caldereta

Caldereta is a comforting beef stew popular in the Philippines. Every family has its own version. Experiment with the ingredients and try different vegetables.

Freshly baked bibingka
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Bibingka Especial

Bibingka is a lightly sweet, moist cake traditionally cooked over charcoal in a banana-leaf-lined clay pot. This simpler version can be made in a cake pan in the oven.

A serving of flan de leche on a plate
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Flan de Leche

This simple yet elegant dessert is one of the most common sweet dishes in the Latin world and has spread in popularity as far as the Philippines and Japan.

Ukoy (Filipino shrimp and sweet potato fritters)
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Ukoy

Ukoy is a simple and flavorful Filipino appetizer. These fritters have a pleasant golden color from the sweet potato and annatto. Ukoy is usually made with unpeeled shrimp and the peel is eaten.

Puchero in the style of the Canary Islands
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Puchero

Puchero is a meat and chickpea stew from the Andalusia region of Spain. Pork, sausages and often chicken are slow-simmered with hearty vegetables and garbanzo beans.