The Best Philippine Recipes

  Filipino cooking is ripe with all kinds of Filipino recipes . There’s so much diversity in the cuisine, thanks to the innate resourcefulness of Filipino cooks, as well as the countless culinary influences in the country: Spanish, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, etc. It can get intimidating to learn how to cook Filipino food , given all of these dishes. But a great starting point is the regular menu of locals—that is, the dishes that Filipinos enjoy day-to-day. Here are some examples of Filipino recipes that you should know per meal: Breakfast: Champorado Champorado is a rich, chocolatey rice porridge dish that Filipinos enjoy for breakfast. This easy Filipino recipe involves cooking glutinous rice in a soup flavored with tablea (Philippine cacao tablets), sugar, and, occasionally, milk. The result is a thick, sweet porridge that can be adjusted when serving with condensed milk based on your preference. Usually, Filipinos enjoy champorado with dried fish. It’s an odd combination, but

  Read about Pinoy food anywhere and you’ll notice that it’s always touted as “the next best thing.” It was exciting to be called at the start of last decade. But in 2021, the cuisine still has that same distinction, begging the question: will Filipino cuisine always be just the next big thing? It’s not like Pinoy recipes aren’t known. Far and wide, people are enjoying Pinoy cooking thanks to thousands of Filipinos scattered all over the globe. But it doesn’t quite have the same level of prominence as its other Asian neighbors. Granted, it’s difficult to be on the same level as Japanese or Chinese cuisine. (Or is it?) But we’ve seen the likes of Thai, Vietnamese, and Korean cuisine boom enough to create a real global following, so much so that their local dishes have become staples in foreign households. But Filipino cuisine still largely remains Filipino, in the sense that it’s, in a way, gatekept from everyone else. An article from Pepper.ph, a leading food resource based in the P

Right up there with adobo, sinigang is a staple Filipino recipe . You’ll find it on the dinner table of every Filipino family at least once a month—maybe even once a week! It’s a soup that’s distinct for its sour, aromatic broth. What is Pork Sinigang? Pork sinigang is a soup that’s made sour using tamarind and a mix of aromatics. It typically contains pork (and sometimes fish or seafood) and several common vegetables such as eggplant, sitaw (string beans), and kangkong (water spinach). How to Make Pork Sinigang Sinigang is one of the easiest Filipino dishes to make because it only involves making the broth, then cooking the meat and vegetables, which you do in the boiling soup. The biggest challenge to making pork sinigang is getting that signature sourness. But that step’s often fast-tracked nowadays thanks to instant sinigang mixes. That said there’s a lot of value in learning how to make pork sinigang from scratch, especially if you’re learning the foundations of how to cook Fili