Taste Philippines
Pilipinas
Adobo, sinigang, kinilaw, lechon, breakfast garlic rice: Filipino food is vinegar-bright, pork-friendly, and organised around rice. Regional cooking from Ilocos to Bicol to Mindanao is more different than outsiders expect. Adobo is a method more than a single recipe.
16 recipes · 1 cuisine
Essential dishes
Chicken adobo
Adobong manok
Filipino chicken braised in vinegar, soy, garlic and pepper — a method more than a single official recipe.
1 hrEasyNo chilli
Sinigang
Sinigang
A sour Filipino soup — tamarind, tomato, radish, greens, and pork or fish. The sour is the point.
1 hr 5 minEasyNo chilli
Lumpia
Lumpia
Filipino spring rolls — a vegetable or pork filling in a thin wrapper, fried, with a sweet-sour dip.
1 hrMediumNo chilli
Pancit canton
Pancit canton
Birthday noodles — wheat-soy stir-fried with vegetables and a little meat. Long noodles, long life.
30 minEasyNo chilli
Kare-kare
Kare-kare
A peanut stew, usually oxtail — thick, yellow-orange, and unfinished without bagoong on the side.
3 hr 25 minA bit of workNo chilli
Garlic rice
Sinangag
Yesterday's rice, a scandal of garlic, fried until the grains separate — the Filipino breakfast rice.
13 minVery easyNo chilli
Tinola
Tinola
Ginger chicken soup with green papaya or chayote — the get-well pot that is also Tuesday dinner.
55 minEasyNo chilli
Halo-halo
Halo-halo
Shaved ice, evaporated milk, sweet beans and jellies — mix-mix, which is what the name says.
20 minEasyNo chilli
Beef Asado
Beef Asado from Philippines. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 37 minA bit of workNo chilli
Eggplant Adobo
1. Slice 1 lb. small Japanese or Italian eggplant (about 3) into quarters lengthwise, then cut crosswise into 2"-wide pieces. Place in a medium bowl. Add 1 Tbsp. sugar, 1 tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt
3 hr 8 minMediumNo chilli
Beef Caldereta
Beef Caldereta from Philippines. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 7 minA bit of work🌶️
Bistek
Bistek from Philippines. Times were inferred from the source steps.
9 hr 31 minMediumNo chilli
Grilled eggplant with coconut milk
Grilled eggplant with coconut milk from Philippines. Times are typical for this kind of dish.
35 minEasyNo chilli
Beef Mechado
Beef Mechado from Philippines. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 23 minMediumNo chilli
Crispy Eggplant
Crispy Eggplant from Philippines. Times were inferred from the source steps.
1 hr 13 minMediumNo chilli
Tortang Talong
Tortang Talong from Philippines. Times were inferred from the source steps.
39 minMediumNo chilli
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Austronesian, Chinese, Spanish and American histories layered onto island produce. Adobo predates Spanish naming — vinegar and salt preservation is older than the colony — even if soy sauce in many modern versions is a later Chinese-influenced habit. Home cooks still treat 'adobo' as a family verb.