Filipino food recipes, Philippine cuisine and the style of cooking the food associated with it have evolved over centuries from its Austronesian origins. Because of that, today its a mix of Malay, Indian, Arab, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, American. Sundry other Asian and Latin influences that have been adapted to local ingredients.
Dishes range from the simple, like a meal of fried salted fish and rice, to elegant paellas and cocidos prepared for fiestas. Popular dishes include:
Beef Pares is one the famous and favorite foods of Filipinos. It is a braised beef brisket that is cooked with spices to have that distinctive taste and flavor. Cooking the dish consists a mixture of soy sauce, sugar, water that are mixed together with spices for that flavorful bowl of broth. I first had … Read more How To Cook Beef Pares
Banana Ketchup is a popular and favorite ketchup condiment in the Philippines. The ingredients is composed mainly of mashed Banana (of course), brown sugar, Vinegar, spices and seasonings. You might be wondering why the color of banana ketchup is red, and banana aren’t supposed to be red. Well, naturally the color of the banana is … Read more How To Make Banana Ketchup
Leche Flan is the Philippines own version of the Spanish Flan. Although it may seem the same as Spanish Flan Recipe, I believed it has a richer and fuller taste since it uses egg yolks. It is considered to be one of the best dessert by Filipinos. In the Philippines, parties, fiestas and other special … Read more How To Make Leche Flan
Sinangag is a famous Filipino Breakfast meal. It is the Tagalog word for Fried Rice. It has been the favorite of every Filipino of all ages. It can go along well with any dish whether it is cooked fried or stew. The dish is cooked by frying the left over rice with garlic. Sounds so … Read more How To Cook Sinangag Garlic Fried Rice
Tapa is a classic Filipino dish in the Philippines that is made of either beef, chicken or pork. The meat are thinly-sliced and cured with salt and spices but the most common recipe that are used nowadays is marinating the meat. Homemade cooked meals saves you a lot of time. At the same time give … Read more How To Make Homemade Beef Tapa
Yema is a type of Filipino Candy loved by most children and adults of all ages. It is a sweet and soft candy popular in the Philippines considered to be cuisine Filipino made from egg yolks and condensed milk. The word Yema is derived from the Spanish term of egg yolk which is Yemas De … Read more How To Make Yema
Chicken and Pork Adobo Hot and Sour Shrimp with Watercress And Walnuts Pork Binagoongan Laing Menudo Crispy Pata Pancit Canton Lumpia with Sweet Potatoes Mechado (Filipino beef stew) Longganisa (filipino-style sausages) Sinigang na Sugpo Sinigang (Tamarind Soup) Lengua Embutido Siomai Inihaw Na Bangus (Grilled Milkfish) Chicken and Pork Apretada Oxtail Kare-kare Bagoong Alamang Lumpiang Sariwa … Read more Philippines Meat Dishes
Bibingka Cassava Original Leche Flan Pumpkin Leche Flan Fruity Caramel Flan Coconut Rice Turon Ube Halaya Palitaw Pianono Cascaron – bitsu-bitsu Pich Pichi Mango Cream Cake Steamed Palm Sugar Custard Yema Balls Mango Chocolate Cream Cups_ Buko Pie Brazo de Mercedes Ginataan Kutsinta Puto (Rice Muffins) Gulaman at Sago Champorado Peanut Squares Cassava Cake … Read more Philippine Desserts
Filipino cuisine as we know it today is a multi-layered expression of culture and history. It has a very Malay matrix in the “native” or indigenous foods like sinigang, pinangat and pinais. It has very strong Chinese influences, as we see from everyday food like lumpia,pancit and mami. The very visible Spanish layer one sees in fiesta food like lechon, relleño and morcon; Arab and Indian … Read more French Influence on Filipino Cuisine
Philippine cooking is surprisingly simple; no special utensils are needed. Even a wok, which is commonly used in the Philippines and is almost essential for Chinese cooking, can be done without for most Philippines dishes. No special skills are needed, either. If you can prepare American dishes, you can prepare the food of the Philippines. … Read more The Basics of Philippine Cooking