Pork Shrimp Shanghai – Crispy, Flavorful Filipino Spring Rolls
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Pork Shrimp Shanghai – Crispy, Flavorful Filipino Spring Rolls

Pork Shrimp Shanghai also known as “Pork and Shrimp Lumpiang Shanghai” combines the deliciously appetizing siomai with the crisp and delicious lumpia. A Filipino take on the usual Chinese Pork and Shrimp Siomai recipe. All you need to make the savoy mixture are peeled shrimps, mixed with ground pork, spring onions, garlic powder, salt, pepper,…

Ginisang Repolyo with Atay – Stir-fried Cabbage with Chicken Liver
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Ginisang Repolyo with Atay – Stir-fried Cabbage with Chicken Liver

Ginisang Repolyo with Atay which translates into “Sautéed Cabbage and Liver” is an interestingly easy and healthy dish is made by cooking chicken liver, cabbage, garlic, onions, salt and pepper, oyster sauce, soy sauce, calamansi juice, and bell peppers. A savory and nutritious meal that you can find many Filipino families make for lunch or…

Special Binagoongan Baboy – Pork Sautéed in Shrimp  Paste
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Special Binagoongan Baboy – Pork Sautéed in Shrimp Paste

Special Binagoongan Baboy or Pork Binagoongan, is a dish that’s packed full of flavor even when it’s just made of a few ingredients. A perfect balance of salty, tangy, and savory, all this dish needs are pork belly, eggplants, onion, garlic, tomatoes, shrimp paste, and an optional chili for a bit of spice. This creates…

Igado Recipe – A Filipino (Ilocos) Pork and Liver Dish
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Igado Recipe – A Filipino (Ilocos) Pork and Liver Dish

This Igado Recipe (igado meaning; ‘liver’ from the Ilocos Region of the Philippines. Which is also the most featured ingredient in the dish)  is one of the most well-known Ilocano recipes that really showcases the pork meat and pork liver. An aromatic dish made of pork chunks, pork liver, soy sauce, calamansi juice, pepper, garlic,…

Vegetable Lumpia (Lumpiang Gulay)
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Vegetable Lumpia (Lumpiang Gulay)

Vegetable Lumpia or Lumpiang Gulay is a popular Filipino vegetable spring roll. The simple lumpia contains a scrumptious mixture made with fried tofu, ground pork, carrot, green beans and other spices. These are wrapped in a lumpia wrapper and sealed with a corn starch slurry. Fried until these look like crisp golden bars. Served with…

Ginataang Puso ng Saging sa Tulingan – Banana Heart & Mackerel
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Ginataang Puso ng Saging sa Tulingan – Banana Heart & Mackerel

Ginataang Puso ng Saging sa Tulingan or “Coconut stewed Banana Heart and Mackerel Tuna” is a dish that is a simple but very filling, savory, and spicy dish made of puso ng saging ( banana heart ), cooked in water, salt, and vinegar, before being strained and set aide before frying the tulingan ( mackerel…

Bulanglang na Paayap – A Protein Filled Vegetable Stew
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Bulanglang na Paayap – A Protein Filled Vegetable Stew

This Bulanglang na Paayap Recipe is a very nutritious wholesome dish that combines a number of vegetables, and the protein of choice. To make this dish, all you need are pork ribs, salt, ginger, onion, tomatoes, patani seeds ( lima beans ), a pork broth cube, paayap ( ‘kibal’ or ‘cow pea’ ), sigarilyas (…

Paksiw na Tambakol sa Gata – Filipino Soured Tuna recipe
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Paksiw na Tambakol sa Gata – Filipino Soured Tuna recipe

Paksiw na Tambakol sa Gata, sometimes referred to as “Paksiw na Yellowfin Recipe” or “Yellowfin tuna stewed in vinegar and coconut”. An interesting and delicious way to enjoy Yellowfin Tuna the Filipino way. Starting by placing the tambakol over sautéed pork belly, ginger, garlic, and onion, seasoned with salt, pepper, whole peppercorns, vinegar, diluted with…

Adobong Tilapia – In just 4 Steps
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Adobong Tilapia – In just 4 Steps

This Yummy Adobong Tilapia recipe is a delicious combination of fried fish and the ever popular sweet, salty, and savory adobo sauce. Starting with the fish-tilapia, seasoned with salt then fried. Simmered in a tangy savory sauce made of ginger, garlic, onion, tomatoes, soy sauce, vinegar, whole peppercorns, dry bay leaves, red chillies, water, and…

Kinamatisang Dilis – Flavorful Tomato Sour-Stewed Anchovies dish
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Kinamatisang Dilis – Flavorful Tomato Sour-Stewed Anchovies dish

This Kinamatisang Dilis recipe or “Tomato Stewed Small Anchovies” dish is not only delicious but absolutely affordable and filling. The combination of fried dilis ( anchovies ) and a deliciously savory, tangy, and slightly sour sauce is so satisfyingly Yummy! To make this dish, all you need are a good amount of dilis sautéed till…