Mama Sita's

Party Food

Forty-six recipes in this category.

Six fried spring rolls on crisp rice noodles and lettuce in a round bamboo tray, photographed from above on a dark woven mat with three bowls of dipping sauce and a mortar of peanuts around it

Recipes

Oxtail and vegetables in peanut sauce in a black clay pot

Kare-Kare

Oxtail in Peanut Sauce

  • Cooking time: Cook 3 hr 40 min
  • Yield: 2-4
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Paella Filipina with crab, mussels, shrimp, and squid in a black pan

Paella Filipina

  • Cooking time: Cook 22 min
  • Yield: 8-10
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Beef mechado stew with carrots and potatoes in a white bowl

Mechado

  • Preparation time: Prep 4 hr 15 min
  • Cooking time: Cook 2 hr 15 min
  • Yield: 5-7
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Beef caldereta stew with peas, carrots, and bell pepper in a bowl

Caldereta

Spicy Beef Stew

  • Cooking time: Cook 2 hr 13 min
  • Yield: 8-10
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Chicken afritada with potato and bell pepper in tomato sauce on an oval plate

Chicken Afritada

Chicken Tomato Stew

  • Cooking time: Cook 20 min
  • Yield: 2-4
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Chopped tofu sisig with sliced green chilies on a black cast-iron sizzling platter, photographed from above on pale wood beside onions, peppercorns and a bottle of Mama Sita's Sisig Sauce Base

Tofu sisig on a sizzling plate, with the Sisig Sauce Base beside it.

Crispy fried pork belly chunks on a banana leaf with atsara and dipping sauce

Lechon Kawali

Fried Pork Belly

  • Cooking time: Cook 50 min
  • Yield: 5-7
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Braised roast pork pieces with bay leaf in a thick brown sauce

Paksiw na Lechon

  • Cooking time: Cook 33 min
  • Yield: 2-4
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Fried spring rolls sliced open on a plate with cucumber and dipping sauce

Lumpiang Shanghai

Fried Spring Rolls

  • Cooking time: Cook 15 min
  • Yield: 11-14
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Fried vegetable spring rolls stacked on a banana leaf with dipping sauce

Lumpiang Prito

Fried Vegetable Spring Rolls

  • Cooking time: Cook 17 min
  • Yield: 5-7
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Sliced rellenong bangus (stuffed milkfish) patties on a plate with lettuce and pickled vegetables

Rellenong Bangus

  • Preparation time: Prep 55 min
  • Cooking time: Cook 43 min
  • Yield: 5-7
  • Difficulty: Advanced
Seafood paella with shrimp, mussels, clams, and squid in a skillet, garnished with egg and lemon

Seafood Adlai Paella

A hearty meal to share on Christmas eve

  • Cooking time: Cook 50 min
  • Servings: Serves 5–6
Whole roasted chicken with charred skin on a platter with arugula, tomato, and red onion salad

Adobo Spiced Roast Chicken

A Filipino Thanksgiving newsletter recipe

  • Preparation time: Prep 8 hr
  • Cooking time: Cook 1 hr 42 min
  • Servings: Serves 4–6
Beef mechado: beef stew with potatoes and carrots in a tomato sauce, served over rice

Beef Mechado

  • Cooking time: Cook 3 hr 30 min
  • Yield: 4
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Breaded fried eggplant slices stacked on a plate with a bowl of chili dipping sauce

Breaded Eggplant

  • Cooking time: Cook 6 min
  • Yield: 4-5
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Callos stew with tripe, chorizo, chickpeas, olives, and bell peppers in a tomato sauce

Callos

Spicy Tripe Casserole

  • Cooking time: Cook 3 hr 15 min
  • Yield: 8-10
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Chopped celery and red onion relish in a glass gravy boat, with celery sticks and onion nearby

Celery-Onion Relish

  • Preparation time: Prep 15 min
  • Cooking time: Cook 6 min
  • Yield: 4
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Grilled chicken strips wrapped in lettuce leaves with cilantro and chili, sauce being drizzled on top

Chicken BBQ Lettuce Wrap

  • Preparation time: Prep 3 hr 25 min
  • Cooking time: Cook 15 min
  • Yield: 6
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Grilled chicken and leek yakitori skewers on a white plate

Chicken Yakitori

  • Preparation time: Prep 1 hr 15 min
  • Cooking time: Cook 10 min
  • Yield: 8-10
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Salad of lettuce, tomato, and grilled tocino strips in a white bowl

Grilled Tocino Salad

  • Preparation time: Prep 20 min
  • Cooking time: Cook 13 min
  • Yield: 5-7
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Shrimp and vegetable strips under a brown lumpia sauce with crushed peanuts, in a blue-rimmed bowl

Lumpiang Hubad

  • Cooking time: Cook 30 min
  • Yield: 5
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Slice of chicken pastel pie with white sauce and vegetables

Pastel de Pollo

  • Cooking time: Cook 35 min
  • Yield: 5-7
  • Difficulty: Advanced
Squid rings and mixed noodles with cabbage and carrots on a plate

Pusit Bam-i

  • Cooking time: Cook 21 min
  • Yield: 4
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Grilled fish steaks and squid with calamansi and tomato

Sari-saring Sinugba

  • Preparation time: Prep 45 min
  • Cooking time: Cook 13 min
  • Yield: 3-4
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Seafood kare-kare with vegetables in a thick sauce

Seafood Kare-kare

Seafood and Vegetables in a Rich Peanut Sauce

  • Cooking time: Cook 20 min
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Shepherd’s pie with chicken, vegetables, and a golden crust

Shepherd’s Pie

  • Cooking time: Cook 36 min
  • Yield: 5
  • Difficulty: Intermediate