Filipino recipes
42 Filipino recipes for a home kitchen, from 20 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
25 min
Filipino · dinner
Filipino pork and green bean sauté
Ground pork and green beans sautéed with garlic, tomato and fish sauce until saucy but still crisp. Quick and good with rice.
30 min
Filipino · dinner
Filipino bistek with onions
Thin-sliced steak and soft onion rings in a sharp calamansi and soy pan sauce, spooned over jasmine rice.
30 min
Filipino · dinner
Skillet pork sisig
Ground pork seared until crisp, then mixed with red onion, garlic and serrano and finished with soy and calamansi over rice. Salty, sour and spicy.
30 min
Filipino · dinner
Mushroom adobo
Meaty mushrooms braised in Filipino-style vinegar, soy, garlic and bay.
35 min
Filipino · dinner
Filipino pineapple chicken
Tender chicken thighs and bell pepper simmered in a coconut milk and pineapple sauce seasoned with fish sauce. Sweet, savory and good over rice.
35 min
Filipino · dinner
Pancit canton
Birthday noodles for long life: egg noodles stir-fried with chicken, shrimp, cabbage, carrots and snow peas.
40 min
Filipino · dinner
Eggplant and pork tortang talong
A Filipino eggplant omelet: charred, flattened eggplants are topped with browned seasoned pork, covered in beaten egg, and pan-fried until set.
40 min
Filipino · dinner
Homemade longganisa
Sweet, garlicky Filipino skinless sausages, pan-fried until sticky and caramelized, served with garlic rice and egg.
40 min
Filipino · dinner
Ginataang alimasag (crab in coconut milk)
Crabs simmered in coconut milk with ginger, garlic, squash and greens.
40 min
Filipino · dinner
Adobo squid noodles
Squid braised adobo-style with its ink, vinegar and garlic, tossed with pancit noodles.
45 min
Filipino · dinner
Soy-vinegar chicken adobo wings
Chicken wings braised in soy sauce, vinegar and garlic, then roasted on a rack to crisp the skin and brushed with a reduced glaze.
45 min
Filipino · dinner
Miki noodle soup
Filipino egg noodles in rich chicken-pork broth with garlic, annatto and boiled egg.
50 min
Filipino · dinner
Garlic and calamansi chicken thighs
Thighs marinated briefly in citrus, crushed garlic and soy, then roasted until the skin is browned and crisp.
50 min
Filipino · dinner
Chicken afritada
Filipino chicken stewed in tomato sauce with potatoes, carrots and bell peppers.
50 min
Filipino · dinner
Chicken adobo
Filipino chicken braised in vinegar, soy, garlic, bay and pepper, then glazed.
50 min
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Chicken tinola
Gingery Filipino chicken soup with green papaya (or chayote) and chili leaves (or spinach).
50 min
Filipino · dinner
Bicol express
Fiery pork belly simmered in coconut milk with shrimp paste and lots of chilies.
55 min
Filipino · dinner
Pork sinigang with tamarind
A sour, savory Filipino soup of tender pork shoulder, tomato, daikon and green beans, brightened with tamarind and finished with spinach.
60 min
Filipino · dinner
Arroz caldo (Filipino chicken rice porridge)
Gingery Filipino chicken and rice porridge with garlic and fish sauce, topped with crispy garlic, scallions, a boiled egg and calamansi.
60 min
Filipino · dinner
Filipino BBQ pork skewers
Sweet soy-banana ketchup marinated pork skewers, grilled and basted until sticky.
60 min
Filipino · dinner
Chicken inasal
Bacolod grilled chicken marinated in vinegar, calamansi, lemongrass and ginger, basted with annatto oil.
75 min
Filipino · dinner
Pancit molo (Filipino wonton soup)
A comforting Filipino soup of pork, chicken and shrimp wontons in a garlicky broth boosted with shrimp shells, finished with fried garlic and scallions.
75 min
Filipino · dinner
Laing (taro leaves in coconut)
Bicolano dried taro leaves slow-cooked in coconut milk with pork, shrimp paste, ginger and chilies.
90 min
Filipino · dinner
Embutido (Filipino meatloaf)
Steamed pork meatloaf rolled around boiled eggs and sausages, with raisins, carrots and cheese—a Christmas Noche Buena staple.
120 min
Filipino · dinner
Pork sisig fried rice
Crispy, tangy chopped pork with chicken liver, vinegar, soy and calamansi, tossed with rice in a very hot wok.
120 min
Filipino · dinner
Lechon kawali sisig
Filipino sizzling pork with a crispy twist: deep-fried pork belly chopped and tossed with onions, chilies, calamansi or lemon, soy and mayo, served on a hot skillet with an egg.
150 min
Filipino · dinner
Beef kaldereta
Festive Filipino beef stew in tomato sauce with liver spread, bell peppers, olives, potatoes and cheese.
210 min
Filipino · dinner
Kare-kare (oxtail peanut stew)
Filipino fiesta stew of oxtail and beef in a thick annatto-peanut sauce with eggplant, long beans and bok choy, served with bagoong.
Lunch & snacks
30 min
Filipino · lunch
Palapa (Filipino scallion-ginger-coconut relish)
The Maranao condiment of finely chopped scallion whites, ginger, chilies and toasted coconut, cooked down so it is aromatic, spicy and a little sweet. Spoon it over rice, eggs or grilled meat.
30 min
Filipino · lunch
Ukoy (Filipino shrimp fritters)
Lacy, crunchy fritters of shrimp, bean sprouts and squash with spiced vinegar dip.
60 min
Filipino · lunch
Filipino fried chicken sandwich with chili butter
Calamansi and evaporated-milk marinated thighs, fried crisp, brushed with chili butter and dusted with chili, on a bun with mayo and pickles.
60 min
Filipino · lunch
Lumpiang sariwa (fresh spring rolls)
Soft egg crepes wrapped around sautéed vegetables and shrimp, with sweet garlic-peanut sauce.
75 min
Filipino · lunch
Pork lumpia in lettuce cups
Thin, crackly Filipino spring rolls filled with a juicy, sausage-like pork mixture, double-fried and served wrapped in lettuce.
Breakfast
30 min
Filipino · breakfast
Pork tocino
Sweet cured Filipino pork slices, pan-fried until caramelized and served with garlic rice and egg (tosilog).
35 min
Filipino · breakfast
Champorado (chocolate rice porridge)
Filipino breakfast of glutinous rice simmered with tablea chocolate, drizzled with evaporated milk, often with dried fish.
Baking & sweets
20 min
Filipino · baking
Halo-halo
The Philippines' 'mix-mix' summer dessert of shaved ice and evaporated milk over sweet beans, jellies and fruit, topped with ube ice cream and leche flan.
30 min
Filipino · baking
Baked ube coconut doughnuts
Purple ube jam and coconut milk make a soft, lightly sweet doughnut that bakes in a pan instead of frying.
30 min
Filipino · baking
Turon (banana lumpia)
Saba banana and jackfruit wrapped in spring roll wrappers, fried and coated in crackly caramel.
40 min
Filipino · baking
Puto (steamed rice cakes)
Fluffy mini steamed cakes topped with cheese—party staple served with dinuguan or pancit.
50 min
Filipino · baking
Bibingka (Christmas rice cake)
Simbang Gabi rice cake baked in banana leaves, topped with salted egg, cheese, butter, sugar and coconut.
60 min
Filipino · baking
Ube halaya
Rich purple yam jam cooked low and slow with coconut milk, condensed milk and butter—for Christmas and as a halo-halo topping.
75 min
Filipino · baking
Leche flan
Dense, ultra-silky Filipino flan of egg yolks and condensed milk steamed in a llanera under caramel.
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