Easy Filipino Recipes
Start with approachable Filipino dishes that fit into a busy day. These recipes use straightforward techniques while keeping the savoury, sour and sweet flavours that make Filipino home cooking distinctive.
Chicken Adobo
Chicken braised in vinegar, soy, garlic and bay.
Tinolang Manok
Gingery chicken soup with green papaya.
Bistek Tagalog
Beef and onions in a calamansi-soy glaze.
Chicken Inasal
Bacolod-style grilled chicken with annatto.
Pancit Bihon
Rice noodles tossed with chicken and vegetables.
Pancit Canton
Springy wheat noodles with pork, prawns and crisp vegetables.
Pancit Sotanghon Guisado
Silky glass noodles stir-fried with chicken, mushrooms and vegetables.
Lumpiang Shanghai
Crisp spring rolls packed with seasoned pork.
Lumpiang Sariwa
Fresh Filipino spring rolls with tender vegetables and garlic-peanut sauce.
Pinakbet
Ilocano vegetables gently cooked with bagoong.
Daing na Bangus
Garlic-vinegar milkfish fried crisp.
Bibingka
Soft coconut rice cake baked in banana leaves.
Turon
Caramel-crisp saba banana spring rolls.
Halo-Halo
Shaved ice layered with fruit, jellies and ube.