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| Filipino Glossary |
Philippine cooking is the familiar blended with the exotic. Just as the Filipinos are part Malay, Chinese and Spanish, so is the cuisine of the seven-thousand-island Philippine nation. One can also taste the subtle hints of Indian, Mexican, Arab and American influences. American contribution to the Filipino kitchen became particularly heavy following WW II when surplus canned foods became widely available because of the shortages of fresh produce. The Filipinos embraced these 'new foods' and turned them into dishes that taste nothing like canned food. For example, by sautéeing canned corned beef with onions and garlic, they created a dish uniquely their own.
Here are some dish suggestions should anyone would like to sample Filipino cooking (whether from recipe or restaurant) - these dishes are fairly traditional and whoever cooks them couldn't go wrong. As one author has put it, exploration of Filipino dishes will not be an arduous trek, because Filipino cooking is easy. Chicken and pork adobo - imagine a rich, dark, well-marinated stew of chicken and pork, with flavors that hint of the vinegar and soy sauce. This dish is probably considered as the Philippine national dish, if ever there is one.
PANCIT - imagine a steaming mound of sautéed noodles with bits of fresh vegetables, thinly sliced savory sausage and tiny shrimps laced throughout. This is easy to prepare, and the recipe is very flexible. Different types of noodles can be used: bihon (rice noodles), Canton (flour noodles),sotanghon (soybean noodle) and mike (pronounced as mee-kee, fresh egg noodles). These noodles are usually available in Asian stores. Vermicilli or angel hair pasta could also be substituted.
RELLEN0NG MANOK - imagine a whole chicken, deboned and stuffed with a mixture of ground chicken, pork and ham, plus whole sausages and hard-boiled eggs, so that when it is sliced and served, the dish looks good as it tastes.
TINOLANG TAHONG - New York Magazine has described this as a most dazzling dish, a glorious soup made with plump mussels steamed in ginger root, spinach and a bit of onion.
INIHAW NA TALONG - again from New York Magazine: a memorable dish which is broiled eggplant with chopped tomato, onions and bagoong - fabulous. (Bagoong: Tiny shrimp fermented in salt)
LUMPIA - either fresh (lumpiang sariwa) or fried (fried lumpia, lumpiang Shanghai). Lumpiang sariwa are like crepes (rice/egg pastry) filled with Chinese vegetables and topped with peanut sauce while the Shanghais are small spring rolls, rice pastry filled with ground beef or pork. Fried lumpias are basically the fresh variety, deep fried to perfection.
KARE-KARE - is a meaty oxtail stew with pieces of tender tripe and vegetables in peanut sauce.
For desserts, one can choose from the ambrosiacal Halo- Halo - mixed fruits in crushed ice and milk, to the wonderful Leche Flan to the Brazos, which are custard wrapped in meringue. Watch out though, these desserts can be obscenely sweet.
Adobo Pork Chops
Adobong Baboy (Pork Adobo)
Adobong Isda (Fish Adobo)
Adobong Manok (Chicken Adobo with Coconut Sauce)
Adobong Antigo
Adobong Moderno
Adobong Sugpo
Ampalaya
Annatto Chicken
Arroz Caldo
Atsara
Bean Salad
Beef Caldereta
Bistek Filipino
Brazo de Merecedes
Bulanglang
Cardillo
Chicken Adobo
Chicken Adobo in Coconut Milk
Chicken and Pork Adobo
Chicken and Pork Adobo 2
Chicken Fritada
Chicken Tinola Soup
Easy Kare-Kare
Eggplant Adobo
Escabeche
Filipino Brown Sauce
Filipino Grilled Chicken
Fish Ball Soup
Fried Chicken, Manong-Style
Friladang Manok
Garlic Sauce (Filipino)
Guinataag Hito
Guinataan Hipon (Cooked Shrimp in Coconut Milk)
Guinisang Mungo (Sautéed Mung Beans)
Guisadong Sitaw (Sautéed String Beans)
Gulai Guisado (Shrimp Stew)
Leche Flan
Light and Fruity Caramel Custard
Lumpia
Lumpia Sariwa (Fresh Egg Roll)
Lumpia Sauce
Lumpia Shanghai
Lumpia Shanghai 2
Lumpia Ubod
Lumpia Wrappers
Menudo
Monggo (Mung Beans)
Mung Beans and Pork
Mussel Soup
Pancit Canton
Pancit Mami Guisado
Papaya Salad
Philippine Chicken (Crock Pot)
Picadillo
Pochero
Rellenong Manok
Rellenong Talong
Repollo Hueros
Sawsawsang Kamatis (Filipino Salsa)
Shrimp with Green Beans and Coconut
Sinigang na Isda (Fish Sinigang)
Sopas
Sinangag (Filipino Fried Rice)
Sotanghon Guisado 1
Sotanghon Guisado 2
Sweet and Sour Sauce