Filipino cuisine is an amazing amalgam of native, Chinese, Indonesian, Malaysian and Spanish cooking. Popular dishes are adobo, pancit, lumpia, sinigang and halo-halo. Filipinos love bold flavors and rich dishes. Abundant use of patis, or fish sauce, soy sauce and sugarcane vinegar give food a bold punch. Rice is a staple. Chicken and pork are favorite meats.
Typical Filipino Dishes
A list of typical Filipino dishes and foods. Use it to help you plan a Filipino-style meal, party or festival.
Appetizers
- Lumpia (Filipino eggrolls)
- Tokwa’t Baboy (Pork and tofu cubes in salty-sour sauce)
- Ukoy (Shrimp and sweet potato fritters)
Soups and Stews
- Caldereta (Beef stew)
- Dinuguan (Pork blood stew)
- Kare-Kare (Oxtail and tripe stew)
- Mechado (Beef stew)
- Menudo (Pork liver stew)
- Pochero (Chicken and vegetable stew)
- Tinolang Manok (Ginger chicken soup with papaya)
Noodles
- Pancit Bihon (Rice noodles with meat and vegetables)
- Pancit Canton (Egg noodles with pork and vegetables)
- Pancit Malabon (Noodles with shrimp sauce)
Poultry
- Adobong Manok (Chicken in vinegar sauce)
- Apritada (Chicken and potatoes in tomato sauce)
- Chicken Relyeno (Boneless stuffed, rolled chicken)
- Pinaupong Manok (Chicken steamed on a bed of salt)
- Sinampalukang Manok (Chicken with tamarind leaves and sprouts)
Meats
- Ampalaya con Carne (Beef and bitter melon in black bean sauce)
- Bistik (Beef and potatoes in a sour-salty sauce)
- Bola Bola (Meatballs)
- Bopis (Minced pork heart and lungs)
- Caldereta (Beef stew)
- Embutido (Baked chicken and pork roll)
- Kilawin (Pickled pork snouts)
- Lechon (Roast suckling pig)
- Pork Adobo (Pork in vinegar sauce)
- Paksiw na Lechon (Pork in liver sauce)
- Tocino (Pork sausage)
Fish and Seafood
- Daeng na Bangus (Curried milkfish)
- Kinilaw (Vinegar-marinated fish)
- Relyenong Bangus (Stuffed milkfish)
- Sarsiado (Fish with tomatoes, peppers and peas)
Vegetables and Beans
- Ginataang Langka (Jackfruit stewed in coconut milk)
- Pinakbet (Simmered eggplant, okra and bitter melon)
Breads and Grains
- Goto (Rice gruel with tripe)
- Rice
Sauces
- Lechon Sauce (Pork liver sauce)
Desserts
- Bibingka (Cassava custard)
- Biko (Sweet coconut rice)
- Ginataan (Sweet potato, fruit and rice in coconut cream)
- Halayang Ube (Purple yam)
- Halo-Halo (Mixed fruit, beans and coconut)
- Kutsinta (Brown rice cakes)
- Leche Flan (Caramel custard)
- Maja Blanca (Dense coconut cake)
- Palitaw (Coconut cookies)
- Puto (Rice muffins)
- Turon (Fried banana rolls)
Beverages
- Gulaman at Sago (Gelatin with pearl tapioca)
Filipino Recipes
Try these recipes from the Philippines.
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