Filipino Food Recipes

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:

• lechón – whole roasted pig
• longganisa – Philippine sausage
• tapa – cured beef
• torta – omelette
• adobo – chicken and/or pork braised in garlic, vinegar, oil and soy sauce, or cooked until dry
• kaldereta – meat in tomato sauce stew
• mechado – larded beef in soy and tomato sauce
• puchero – beef in bananas and tomato sauce
• afritada – chicken and/or pork simmered in a tomato sauce with vegetables
• kare-kare – oxtail and vegetables cooked in peanut sauce
• crispy pata – deep-fried pig's leg
• hamonado – pork sweetened in pineapple sauce
• sinigang – meat or seafood in sour broth
• pancit – noodles
• lumpia – fresh or fried spring rolls

Filipino Food Recipes & Philippines Cuisine