Do you need a quick, but satisfying lunch? Try this tuna fried rice the next time you have some leftover rice languishing in the refrigerator. SKIP TO RECIPE As a Filipina, I eat a lot of rice. Oftentimes I cook a pot of rice to last us a few days. If it’s white rice, Tobi […]
Category: Filipino Recipes
SKIP TO RECIPE Chicken inasal is one of the meals that I miss the most from home. Growing up, we had easy access to this moist, succulent, sweet and sour chicken, grilled over hot coals, and dipped into your dipping sauce of choice. Always served with lots of rice, and if you like, chicken oil. […]
Make the healthier version of this favorite Filipino pulutan or ulam at home using canned tuna. SKIP TO RECIPE I don’t remember the first time I had sisig, but I didn’t grow up eating this dish. In fact, I don’t think I’ve heard of it until I started university. Apparently, an eatery near our school […]
This classic snack couldn’t be easier to make. Try making these Filipino cheese cupcakes at home! In the Philippines, it is normal to eat five times a day. Aside from the three main meals, we would usually eat a snack during mid-morning and mid-afternoon. We call these snacks merienda. That thing called merienda. Our merienda […]
Chorizo pudpud is an iconic Negrense breakfast staple. Our family’s chorizo pudpud recipe is incomparable to those I’ve tasted in restaurants or store-bought chorizo pudpud. That’s why this is much beloved and I hope it will become your family’s favorite as well. Lola Anchang was my mom’s mother. (Lola is Filipino for Grandmother.) She was […]
Jump to Recipe Beef tapa has been and always will be one of my favorite breakfast mains. I remember when I was growing up, they would spread out the marinated beef strips on welded wire and then left in the sun to dry out. These made for some pretty chewy tapa if they were cut […]
What Filipino doesn´t like the burger steak of Jollibee? Well, I have a confession to make. ME. I am not a fan of Jollibee. GASP!! For a Filipino, that is quite unheard of. Well, in general, I am not a fan of fast food joints, except for fried chicken and French fries of a couple […]
Tuna lumpia is a great alternative to pork lumpia. It is healthier, but you are not sacrificing any taste. Lumpia is more often than not present at Filipino gatherings – house parties, fiestas, birthdays and the like. Making lumpia is quite labor intensive, but it is often made with friends and family, so the work […]
(Note: there is a Print Friendly button at the bottom if you want to print the recipes. Just remove the images and other text that you don’t need.) What do you say when I tell you that from one big pork belly you can get four different weeknight meals? And you can make it ahead […]
