Chicken Menudo Recipe – A one pan Filipino-Spanish chicken dish
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Chicken Menudo Recipe – A one pan Filipino-Spanish chicken dish

This Chicken Menudo Recipe is a Filipino chicken delicacy mixed with Spanish influences. The dish is made of tender chicken simmered in a savory tomato-based sauce loaded with onion, carrot, potatoes, hot dogs and some spices. A very filling meal that’s healthy, savory, affordable and the perfect family meal for those wanting a quick dish…

Ginataang Langka: Creamy Unripe Jackfruit in Coconut Milk
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Ginataang Langka: Creamy Unripe Jackfruit in Coconut Milk

Ginataang Langka is a cherished Filipino dish made from tender unripe jackfruit simmered in rich coconut milk. Enhanced with aromatic garlic, onions, and a hint of spice from chili, this dish offers a perfect balance of creamy and savory flavors. Whether enjoyed as a main dish or a side, Ginataang Langka is a comforting addition…

Chicken Caldereta Recipe – “Kalderetang Manok”
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Chicken Caldereta Recipe – “Kalderetang Manok”

Chicken Caldereta, or Kalderetang Manok, is a classic Filipino dish known for its comforting flavors. Chicken pieces are marinated in soy sauce, calamansi juice, and black pepper, then sautéed and simmered in a rich stew of garlic, onions, tomato paste, liver spread, tomato sauce, and seasonings. Potatoes, carrots, bell peppers, and chilies round out this…

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 (…