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Mama Sita's

Weeknight Dinners

Thirty recipes in this category.

Three whole small fish in a pale sour broth with tomato, green chilies and mustard greens on a large white oval platter, photographed from above on a wooden table

Recipes

A skillet of chicken bibimbap with carrots, cucumber, spinach, and bean sprouts over rice

Chicken Bibimbap

A K-inspired weeknight bowl

  • Preparation time: Prep 1 hr
  • Cooking time: Cook 18 min
  • Yield: 4

Steamed Okra Salad

A folksy farm-table side

  • Cooking time: Cook 21 min
  • Servings: Serves 3–4

Lumpiang Shanghai

Fried Spring Rolls

  • Cooking time: Cook 15 min
  • Yield: 11-14
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Six pieces of dark-glazed barbecued chicken in a wide metal pan, photographed from above on grey-blue weathered planks beside a small bowl of peppercorns, garlic cloves and a wooden spoon

Pan-glazed Chicken Barbecue

Chicken barbecue glazed in the pan, with garlic and peppercorns beside it.

A bowl of guava-broth sinigang with radish, tomato, and chili beside a Mama Sita's Sinigang sa Bayabas package

Sinigang sa Bayabas

Tropical Vegetables in Guava Broth

  • Cooking time: Cook 15 min
  • Servings: Serves 4
Chicken adobo drumsticks with fried garlic over rice in a banana leaf-lined bowl

Adobong Manok

Chicken Adobo

  • Preparation time: Prep 25 min
  • Cooking time: Cook 20 min
  • Yield: 8-10
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Water spinach adobo glazed in oyster sauce with fried garlic on a white plate

Adobong Kangkong

Water Spinach Adobo

  • Cooking time: Cook 6 min
  • Yield: 2-4
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Whole squid braised in dark adobo sauce in a blue-and-white bowl

Adobong Pusit

Squid Adobo

  • Cooking time: Cook 15 min
  • Yield: 2-4
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
A bowl of chicken tinola with papaya and greens beside a Mama Sita's Tinola package

Tinolang Manok

  • Cooking time: Cook 30 min
  • Yield: 4
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Fresh spring rolls in soft crepes with peanut sauce, lettuce, and shredded vegetables

Lumpiang Sariwa

Fresh Vegetable Spring Rolls

  • Cooking time: Cook 22 min
  • Yield: 5-7
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Grilled annatto chicken with rice and a chili dipping sauce

Chicken Inasal

  • Preparation time: Prep 3 hr 10 min
  • Cooking time: Cook 15 min
Escabeche: fried fish strips in a sweet and sour sauce with bell pepper, carrot, and onion

Escabeche

Pan-Fried Fish in Sweet & Sour Sauce

  • Cooking time: Cook 15 min
  • Yield: 2-4
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Pan-fried milkfish in citrus-soy sauce with seared onion rings, served with an arugula and tomato salad

Bistek na Bangus

Fried Milkfish in Citrus-Soy Marinade

  • Preparation time: Prep 35 min
  • Cooking time: Cook 12 min
  • Yield: 4
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Bowl of paksiw na bangus: milkfish and eggplant simmered in vinegar broth

Paksiw na Bangus

  • Cooking time: Cook 13 min
  • Yield: 4
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Ginataang hipon: shrimp in a coconut milk sauce with sliced green chili on a dark plate

Ginataang Hipon

Shrimps in Coconut Milk

  • Preparation time: Prep 25 min
  • Cooking time: Cook 9 min
  • Yield: 5-7
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Bowl of ginisang munggo mung bean soup topped with boiled shrimp and flaked tinapa

Ginisang Munggo

  • Cooking time: Cook 10 min
  • Yield: 4
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Bowl of chopsuey stir-fried vegetables with shrimp, chicken, carrots, and snow peas

Chopsuey

Stir-Fried Vegetables

  • Cooking time: Cook 9 min
  • Yield: 5-7
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Tortang talong: eggplant topped with a savory chicken and vegetable filling, pan-fried in banana leaf

Tortang Talong

  • Cooking time: Cook 16 min
  • Yield: 5
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Bowl of ginisang togue: stir-fried bean sprouts and fried tofu cubes, served with chopsticks

Ginisang Togue

  • Cooking time: Cook 20 min
  • Yield: 5-7
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Afritadang bangus: fried milkfish with carrots, potatoes, and bell pepper in tomato sauce

Afritadang Bangus

  • Preparation time: Prep 35 min
  • Cooking time: Cook 25 min
  • Yield: 5
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