Rellenong Bangus is a beloved Filipino dish where milkfish (bangus) is deboned, flaked, and stuffed with a flavourful mix of vegetables, spices, and sometimes ground pork or shrimp. The mixture is placed back into the cleaned fish skin, then baked or fried to golden perfection
Embutido, a Filipino-style meatloaf, has Spanish origins and has become a staple in Filipino celebrations. Typically served during festive occasions, this recipe features ground meat, often a combination of pork and beef, mixed with various ingredients like raisins, pickles, and eggs.
Pancit is a beloved, versatile Filipino noodle dish, derived from Chinese pian sit ("convenient food"), symbolizing long life and good fortune, especially at celebrations like birthdays, featuring various noodles (egg, rice), meats (chicken, pork, shrimp), and veggies (cabbage, carrots), stir-fried with savory sauces like soy or fish sauce and citrus, with popular types including Pancit Canton (egg noodles) and Bihon (rice noodles).
Beef Mechado is a Filipino beef stew braised in soy sauce and calamansi, with a tomato-based sauce. Traditionally, Mechado was made by inserting strips of pork fatback ("mecha") into beef to lard it, giving the dish its name and tenderizing the meat. Modern versions commonly include potatoes and carrots.
Filipino empanadas are savory-sweet stuffed pastries, inherited from Spain, featuring a flaky or soft dough filled with a flavorful mix of ground meat (beef/pork), potatoes, carrots, raisins, peas, onions, and garlic, seasoned with soy sauce/fish sauce, often fried to golden perfection or baked, with regional variations like the crunchy Ilocano version using rice flour or Bulacan's laminated "Kaliskis" style.
Puto Bumbong is a beloved traditional Filipino purple rice cake, especially popular during the Christmas season, known for its chewy texture and sweet, nutty flavor, made from pirurutong (purple glutinous rice) steamed in bamboo tubes and typically topped with butter, grated coconut, and muscovado sugar. It's a festive street food enjoyed after Simbang Gabi (dawn masses) and is a symbol of Filipino holiday tradition, often served with other treats like bibingka.
Filipino Bibingka is a beloved, soft, and sweet baked rice cake, traditionally a Christmas staple, made from rice flour, coconut milk, sugar, and eggs, baked in banana-leaf-lined clay pots for an earthy flavor. It's known for its buttery richness and unique toppings like grated coconut, salted duck egg slices, and cheese, balancing sweetness with savoury notes, often enjoyed warm with hot chocolate during early morning masses (Simbang Gabi
Filipino roast chicken, or Lechon Manok, is a flavorful dish featuring a whole chicken marinated in soy sauce, calamansi (or lime), garlic, onions, and spices, then roasted until juicy inside with crispy skin, often stuffed with lemongrass for a signature aroma and served with a rich liver sauce or gravy. It's a beloved staple for family gatherings, traditionally spit-roasted over charcoal but also baked or grilled in ovens for convenience, showcasing sweet, savory, and tangy notes.
