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Filipino Cuisine

Southeast Asian Cuisines

Filipino cuisine rests on a Malay and Austronesian base, built around rice, tropical fruit, coconut and seafood, layered over centuries with Chinese trading influence from around the eleventh century, more than three hundred years of Spanish colonial rule, and American influence following the Spanish American War. No single flavor dominates, and family and regional recipes for the same dish vary widely. The cuisine includes the food traditions of more than a hundred ethnolinguistic groups across the archipelago, with the most widely known dishes drawn from Ilocano, Pangasinan, Kapampangan, Tagalog, Bicolano, Visayan, Chavacano and Maranao culinary practices.

Facts
Signature Technique
Souring and preserving dishes with vinegar, a technique that predates Spanish contact and that Spanish colonizers later named after their own adobar marinade. 1
Origin Region
The Philippine archipelago, maritime Southeast Asia. 2
Filipino Cuisine
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Associated With

Chinese Cuisine, Cuisines

Chinese and Japanese traders reaching the archipelago from around the eleventh century contributed stir fried noodles that became pancit and dumplings that became lumpia.

Source The Filipino Food Wave Is Coming (National Geographic)April Fulton

More than three hundred years of Spanish colonization introduced fiesta foods, wheat pastries and a name that came to be attached to the pre existing native vinegar cooking technique, adobo.

Source Filipino Cuisine Was Asian Fusion Before Asian Fusion Existed (Smithsonian Magazine)

Features Dish

Adobo, Dishes
Source Filipino Cuisine Was Asian Fusion Before Asian Fusion Existed (Smithsonian Magazine)
Bakpia, Dishes
Source Bakpia (Wikipedia)
Banana cue, Dishes
Source Banana cue (Wikipedia)
Bicol Express, Dishes
Source Bicol express (Wikipedia)
Bopis, Dishes
Source Bopis (Wikipedia)
Source Carne norte guisado (Wikipedia)
Chicken inasal, Dishes
Source Chicken inasal (Wikipedia)
Curry, Dishes
Source Curry (Wikipedia)
Escabeche, Dishes
Source Wikipedia: Escabeche
Source Filipino spaghetti (Wikipedia)
Goto (food), Dishes
Source Goto (food) (Wikipedia)
Hash, Dishes
Source Hash (food) - Wikipedia
Humba, Dishes
Source Humba (Wikipedia)
Igado, Dishes
Source Igado (Wikipedia)
Kalamay, Dishes
Source Kalamay (Wikipedia)
Kare-Kare, Dishes
Source Kare-kare (Wikipedia)
Kiampong, Dishes
Source Kiampong (Wikipedia)
Lechon, Dishes
Lumpia, Dishes
Source Lumpia (Wikipedia)
Mango float, Dishes
Source Mango float (Wikipedia)
Source Mango Sticky Rice (Wikipedia)
Nutribun, Dishes
Source Nutribun (Wikipedia)
Paelya, Dishes
Source Paelya (Wikipedia)
Pancit, Dishes
Source Pancit, Wikipedia
Pares (food), Dishes
Source Pares (food) (Wikipedia)
Pichi-pichi, Dishes
Source Pichi-pichi (Wikipedia)
Poqui poqui, Dishes
Source Poqui poqui (Wikipedia)
Sapin-sapin, Dishes
Source Sapin-sapin (Wikipedia)
Satay, Dishes
Source Satay (Wikipedia)
Silog, Dishes
Source Silog (Wikipedia)
Sinigang, Dishes
Sisig, Dishes
Source Sisig (Wikipedia)
Tamale, Dishes
Source Tamale (Wikipedia)
Tibok-tibok, Dishes
Source Tibok-tibok (Wikipedia)
Source Tortang Carne Norte (Wikipedia)
Tortang Talong, Dishes
Source Wikipedia, Tortang talong
Wonton, Dishes
Source Wonton (Wikipedia)
Yellow rice, Dishes
Source Yellow rice (Wikipedia)

Uses Ingredient

Source Filipino Chicken Adobo (America's Test Kitchen)
Coconut, Ingredients

Coconut milk is central to many Filipino dishes.

Source Coconut (Wikipedia)
Source Fish Sauce (Wikipedia)
Garlic, Ingredients
Source Filipino Chicken Adobo (America's Test Kitchen)
Rice, Ingredients
Source The Filipino Food Wave Is Coming (National Geographic)April Fulton
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Sources
1. Filipino Cuisine Was Asian Fusion Before Asian Fusion Existed (Smithsonian Magazine)
Smithsonian Magazine, 2015View the Source
2. The Filipino Food Wave Is Coming (National Geographic)
April Fulton, National Geographic, 2015View the Source
Filipino cuisine (Wikipedia)
Wikipedialead section, opening sentence
Quote, lead section, opening sentence
Filipino cuisine includes the food traditions of more than a hundred ethnolinguistic groups across the Philippine archipelago.
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Filipino Chicken Adobo (America's Test Kitchen)
America's Test Kitchen
  • Uses Ingredient: Garlic
  • Uses Ingredient: Black Pepper
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Coconut (Wikipedia)
WikipediaUses Ingredient: CoconutView the Source
Curry (Wikipedia)
WikipediaFeatures Dish: Curry, Wikipedia category listView the Source
Tamale (Wikipedia)
WikipediaFeatures Dish: Tamale, Wikipedia category listView the Source
Satay (Wikipedia)
WikipediaFeatures Dish: Satay, Wikipedia category listView the Source
Pancit, Wikipedia
Features Dish: Pancit, Wikipedia category listView the Source
Wonton (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Wonton, Wikipedia category listView the Source
Kare-kare (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Kare-Kare, Wikipedia category listView the Source
Wikipedia: Escabeche
Features Dish: Escabeche, Wikipedia category listView the Source
Hash (food) - Wikipedia
Features Dish: Hash, Wikipedia category listView the Source
Bopis (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Bopis, Wikipedia category listView the Source
Poqui poqui (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Poqui poqui, infobox associated_cuisine field
Quote, Features Dish: Poqui poqui, infobox associated_cuisine field
Filipino Cuisine
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Sisig (Wikipedia)
WikipediaFeatures Dish: Sisig, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Sisig, lead paragraph
Sisig ( Tagalog pronunciation: ['sisig]) is a Filipino dish made from pork jowl and ears (maskara), which is usually seasoned with calamansi, onions, and chili peppers.
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Lumpia (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Lumpia, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Lumpia, lead paragraph
Lumpia (in Indonesian and Filipino) are various types of spring rolls commonly found in Indonesian and Filipino cuisines.
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Bicol express (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Bicol Express, Lead section
Quote, Features Dish: Bicol Express, Lead section
is a common Filipino dish which was popularized in the district of Malate, Manila, but made in traditional Bicolano style.
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Wikipedia, Tortang talong
Features Dish: Tortang Talong, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Tortang Talong, lead paragraph
Tortang talong, also known as eggplant omelette, is an omelette or fritter from Filipino cuisine made by pan-frying grilled whole eggplants dipped in an egg mixture.
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Silog (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Silog, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Silog, lead paragraph
Silog is a class of Filipino breakfast dishes containing sinangag (garlic fried rice) and itlog ("egg"; in context, fried egg "sunny side up").
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Carne norte guisado (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Carne norte guisado, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Carne norte guisado, lead paragraph
Carne norte guisado, also known as corned beef guisado, is a Filipino dish made from shredded canned corned beef (carne norte) sautéed with onion.
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Tortang Carne Norte (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Tortang Carne Norte, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Tortang Carne Norte, lead paragraph
Tortang carne norte, also known as corned beef omelette, is an omelette or fritter from Filipino cuisine made by pan-frying an egg and shredded canned corned beef (carne norte) mixture.
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Filipino spaghetti (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Filipino Spaghetti, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Filipino Spaghetti, lead paragraph
Filipino spaghetti (also known as sweet spaghetti) is a Filipino adaptation of Italian spaghetti with Bolognese sauce.
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Igado (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Igado, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Igado, lead paragraph
Igado also known as dinaldalem is a Filipino pork dish characterized by its savory and slightly tangy flavor and is typically prepared using pork tenderloin combined with pork offal, such as liver, lung, kidney, heart, and intestines.
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Chicken inasal (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Chicken inasal, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Chicken inasal, lead paragraph
Chicken inasal, commonly known simply as inasal, is a Visayan variant of the Filipino chicken dish lechon manok.
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Humba (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Humba, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Humba, lead paragraph
Humbà, also spelled hombà, is a Filipino braised pork dish from the Visayas, Philippines.
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Pares (food) (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Pares (food), lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Pares (food), lead paragraph
Pares (Tagalog pronunciation: [paˈɾɛs]), also known as beef pares, is a term for a serving of Filipino braised beef stew with garlic fried rice, and a bowl of clear soup.
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Tibok-tibok (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Tibok-tibok, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Tibok-tibok, lead paragraph
Originating in the Philippine province of Pampanga, it is especially popular in Cagayan.
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Banana cue (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Banana cue, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Banana cue, lead paragraph
Banana cue or bananacue is a popular snack food or street food in the Philippines.
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Bakpia (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Bakpia, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Bakpia, lead paragraph
Hopia, (Tagalog: [ˈhop.jɐʔ]; Chinese: 好餅; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-piáⁿ; lit. 'good pastry' - the name it is known by in the Philippines) pia or bakpia (Javanese: ꦧꦏ꧀ꦥꦶꦪ, romanized: bakpia; Chinese: 肉餅; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-piáⁿ; lit. 'meat pastry'- the name it is known by in Indonesia) is a popular Indonesian and Philippine bean-filled moon cake-like pastry originally introduced by Fujianese
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Goto (food) (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Goto (food), lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Goto (food), lead paragraph
Goto, also known as arroz caldo con goto, is a Filipino rice and beef tripe gruel cooked with ginger and garnished with toasted garlic, scallions, black pepper, and chicharon.
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Sapin-sapin (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Sapin-sapin, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Sapin-sapin, lead paragraph
Sapin-sapin is a layered glutinous rice and coconut dessert in Philippine cuisine.
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Kalamay (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Kalamay, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Kalamay, lead paragraph
Kalamay (also spelled calamay, literally 'sugar') is a sticky sweet that is known in many regions of the Philippines.
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Mango float (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Mango float, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Mango float, lead paragraph
Mango float or crema de mangga is a Filipino icebox cake dessert made with layers of graham cracker crust, whipped cream, condensed milk, and ripe carabao mangoes.
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Paelya (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Paelya, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Paelya, lead paragraph
Paelya (Tagalog: [pɐˈʔɛːl.jɐ]) or paella (Spanish) is a Philippine rice dish adapted from the Valencian paella.
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Pichi-pichi (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Pichi-pichi, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Pichi-pichi, lead paragraph
Pichi-pichi, also spelled pitsi-pitsi, is a Filipino dessert made from steamed cassava flour balls mixed with sugar and lye.
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Kiampong (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Kiampong, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Kiampong, lead paragraph
Kiampong, also spelled as kiampung or kiampeng, is a Filipino glutinous rice casserole.
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Fish Sauce (Wikipedia)
WikipediaUses Ingredient: Fish Sauce, Regional variations, Southeast Asia, Philippines
Quote, Uses Ingredient: Fish Sauce, Regional variations, Southeast Asia, Philippines
It is one of the most important ingredients in Filipino cuisine.
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Mango Sticky Rice (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Mango Sticky Rice, Infobox: national_cuisine
Quote, Features Dish: Mango Sticky Rice, Infobox: national_cuisine
Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Filipino, Lao, Malaysian, Northeast Indian, Thai.
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Yellow rice (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Yellow rice, Lead section
Quote, Features Dish: Yellow rice, Lead section
Yellow rice is a traditional yellow-colored rice dish in Iranian, Middle East, Moroccan, Ecuadorian, Peruvian, Caribbean, Portuguese, Filipino, Afghan, Indian, Sri Lankan, South African and Indonesian
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Nutribun (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Nutribun, Lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Nutribun, Lead paragraph
Nutribun, also referred to as Nutri-bun or Nutriban, is a bread product used in elementary school feeding programs in the Philippines to combat child malnutrition, initially as part of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)'s Food for Peace program from 1971 to 1997, and later as part of the child health programs of various Philippine cities.
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