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Overhead view of a bowl of beef kansi on a dark walnut table — beef shank, its marrow bone and shaved langka in a lemongrass broth — with lemongrass stalks, halved red onions, green chilies, a bowl of annatto seeds, garlic, sliced batuan and a bowl of shaved young jackfruit around it

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Recipes

225 recipes to explore.

A recipe for your every need, whether you’re planning a feast, vegetable side dishes, snacks, breakfast, or a simple and quick weeknight meal.

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Weeknight Dinners 30

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

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Classics & All-time Favorites 60

Fried marinated beef strips beside a mound of atsara pickled relish

Tapa

  • Preparation time: Prep 1 hr 10 min
  • Cooking time: Cook 10 min
  • Yield: 2-4
  • Difficulty: Beginner
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
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

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Seafood 14

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 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

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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.

Soups 8

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
Watermelon gazpacho in a glass garnished with mint, beside a bottle of Labuyo Hot Pepper Sauce

Watermelon Gazpacho

A cup of kindness, chilled

  • Cooking time: Cook 10 min
  • Servings: Serves 3

Lomi

  • Cooking time: Cook 16 min
  • Yield: 2-4
  • Difficulty: Intermediate

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Salads & Sides 6

Steamed Okra Salad

A folksy farm-table side

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

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Party Food 36

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
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

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On a Budget 40

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
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

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Breakfast 5

Lumpiang Shanghai

Fried Spring Rolls

  • Cooking time: Cook 15 min
  • Yield: 11-14
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Fried marinated beef strips beside a mound of atsara pickled relish

Tapa

  • Preparation time: Prep 1 hr 10 min
  • Cooking time: Cook 10 min
  • Yield: 2-4
  • Difficulty: Beginner

Lomi

  • Cooking time: Cook 16 min
  • Yield: 2-4
  • Difficulty: Intermediate

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Merienda 17

A bowl of chicken arroz caldo porridge topped with chives and toasted garlic

Arroz Caldo

  • Cooking time: Cook 50 min
  • Yield: 4-5
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Stir-fried egg noodles with mushroom, snow peas, and carrot in a bowl

Pancit Canton

  • Cooking time: Cook 11 min
  • Yield: 5-7
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Stir-fried rice vermicelli with shrimp, carrot, and scallion on a banana leaf-lined tray

Bihon Guisado

Stir-Fried Vermicelli

  • Cooking time: Cook 12 min
  • Yield: 5-7
  • Difficulty: Intermediate

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Lunch Meals 3

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

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Healthy & Delicious 33

Bowl of paksiw na bangus: milkfish and eggplant simmered in vinegar broth

Paksiw na Bangus

  • Cooking time: Cook 13 min
  • Yield: 4
  • 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
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

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Adobo 10

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

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