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Bibingkang Cassava (Cassava Cake)

The term bibingka usually refers to a certain variety of sweet Filipino cakes made from rice flour, though cassava (yuca) root can also be used to make...

Author: Marvin Gapultos

Eggplant Omelet (Tortang Talong)

Torta is "omelet" and talong is "eggplant," but this Filipino dish is more like an egg-battered cutlet eaten for breakfast or lunch.

Author: Nicole Ponseca

Chicken Barbecue (Inihaw na Manok)

This dish-both a backyard staple and street food treat in the Philippines-is slightly sticky when cooked and develops a nice char while the dark thigh...

Author: Nicole Ponseca

Filipino Style Spiced Vinegar

You can store this all-purpose sweet-and-spicy vinegar in clean mason jars, but it is easier to keep it in repurposed glass bottles. Note that this recipe...

Author: Nicole Ponseca

Ground Pork Menudo

Using ground pork instead of stew meat is a practical and easy way of making Filipino menudo on a weeknight.

Author: Liza Agbanlog

Arroz Caldo (Chicken Rice Porridge)

Like many versions, this Philippine rice porridge is is topped with crisp garlic chips for crunch. A mix of regular and sticky rice gives the dish just...

Author: Yasmin Newman

Fresh Lumpia Wrappers

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Author: Mark Bittman

Lumpia

This roll can be filled with whatever you like: beef, pork, or vegetables. The combination in this recipe is my favorite.

Author: Leah Cohen

Inihaw na Liempo (Grilled Pork Belly)

Pork belly is ubiquitous throughout the Philippines. Getting a nice grilled char adds flavor to the salty-sour-tart-sweet of a soy-calamansi marinade.

Author: Nicole Ponseca

Easiest Chicken Adobo

For adobo that's sweet, salty, tangy, garlicky, and ready in a fraction of the time, don't peel and slice each garlic clove: Just cut open a whole head...

Author: Claire Saffitz

Sinangag (Garlic Fried Rice)

A ubiquitous staple on Filipino tables, this rice dish is heavily perfumed with garlic oil and tossed with crispy sautéed garlic chips.

Author: Nicole Ponseca

Meatballs and Noodle Soup (Almondigas)

Almondigas is a hearty Filipino soup consisting of meatballs and thin, salted Chinese noodles made from wheat flour that cook quickly.

Author: Liza Agbanlog

Filipino Style Meatloaf (Embutido)

This Filipino-style meatloaf has an egg at its center. Don't waste any of the paprika-tinted delicious juices remaining in the pan-sop them up with rice...

Author: Angela Dimayuga

Seafood Sinigang (Sour and Savory Seafood Soup)

Like many Filipino dishes, this soup is bold in taste: sour, salty, slightly sweet, spicy, and umami. Use any combination of shrimp, crab, salmon, monkfish...

Author: Jacqueline Chio-Lauri

Stir Fried Rice Noodles with Shrimp and Adobo (Pansit Bihon Guisado)

Pansit has come to symbolize long life and health in Filipino culture, and is commonly served at birthdays, baptisms, and New Year's celebrations.

Author: Monica Macansantos

Chicken in Pineapple Sauce (Chicken Hamonado)

Pineapple is the main ingredient in this saucy Filipino dish and makes the chicken sweet, tender and tasty.

Author: Liza Agbanlog

Ensaymadas

These sugary, Parmesan-y, buttery Philippine yeast rolls are a Christmas morning mainstay for chef Angela Dimayuga's family.

Author: Angela Dimayuga

Filipino Style Beef Steak with Onion and Bay Leaves (Bistek)

If you trimmed any excess fat off the steaks, render it slowly over medium heat and use in place of the oil.

Author: Angela Dimayuga

Pinakurat (Spiced Vinegar)

This all-purpose sweet-and-spicy vinegar is an essential element of Filipino food.

Author: Nicole Ponseca

Pork, Vegetable, and Tamarind Stew

The finished stew should be decidedly sour, tamarind's calling card, but you're in control of how ­puckery things get. You can sub other vegetables or...

Filipino Style Roast Pork Belly with Chile Vinegar

This method for roasting pork belly simplifies and mimics the effects of traditionally deep-fried lechon kawali, the celebratory Philippine dish with crackling...

Author: Angela Dimayuga

Ube (Purple Yam) Candies

Traditionally made with ube (Filipino sweet potato), this recipe will work with any purple or orange sweet potato or yam.

Author: Angela Dimayuga

Spicy Sizzling Squid (Sisig na Pusit)

If you travel to the Philippines, though, you'll discover that you can "sisig" pretty much anything. There's chicken sisig, tuna sisig, goat sisig, and...

Author: Marvin Gapultos

Filipino Style Chicken Adobo

While sugarcane vinegar is more often used in the Philippines to make this national dish, apple cider vinegar makes a good substitute if you can't find...

Coconut Vegetable Slaw

An craveable slaw with sweetness from the fresh coconut and sneaky, creeping heat from the chiles.

Mais con Yelo

In the Philippines, mais con yelo is a traditional dessert of crushed ice layered with corn kernels and sweetened milk. For this version, inspired by the...

Spaghetti Sauce Chicken Afritada

Afritada, a traditional chicken and vegetable stew, is a gateway dish to Filipino cuisine. Spaghetti sauce, instead of fresh tomatoes or tomato sauce,...

Author: Dalena Haskins Benavente

Sinuglaw (Vinegar Cured Tuna With Grilled Pork Belly)

Sinuglaw is a combination of ceviche plus inihaw na liempo, or grilled pork belly. The smoky meat is great with the tart flavor of vinegar-cured tuna.

Author: Nicole Ponseca

Seared Radicchio and Roasted Beets

Roasting beets over high heat yields charred skin-a nice balance with the sweet flesh.

Author: Angela Dimayuga

Yellow Chicken Adobo

Though widely accepted as the national dish of the Philippines, no two adobos are the same. This one calls for an unapologetic amount of turmeric, which...