Filipino Recipes - Directory

Filipino cooking reflects the history of the island. Filipino food has Malay origins, but years of trade and colonization particularly by the Spaniards, have blended in the flavours and ingredients of Spain, China and America. Over the centuries, ingredients have been added through brought by foreign influences and surprisingly a blend with identity of its own has emerged.

With over 7,000 islands, the Philippines has a lot of shoreline and fish and seafood play an important part in the diet.

Throughout the day the Filipinos love to eat snacks often sweet bun in the morning but also in the afternoon. Merienda is similar to morning or afternoon tea, it  can be a serving of a bowl of noodles, breads, there is a great variety of native cakes that  are prepared from rice and coconut milk.

There is no shortage of street food and exoctic food like the popular balut a duck egg with the foetus,which is eaten whole.

And no Filipino meal is complete without a dessert whether it is simple fruit or prepared sweets like glazed kamote (sweet potato) in syrup or special dessert like leche flan.

The results of the blending of traditional Philippine cooking and foreign borrowings are generally tasty without being too spicy, simple but not bare, exciting but strange and extremely good to eat without being too rich or fattening.

There is nothing quite like the wonderful memory of sharing delicious food that have been prepared with love and care from recipes that have been passed down through the generations.

If you are looking for Filipino recipes, here is an ever growing directory of Filipino recipes for you to try, experiment and enjoy written by various Filipino hubbers at HubPages . . .

• Chicken Pork Adobo

  In the Philippines, Adobo is a style of cooking that uses vinegar, soy sauce and garlic. Adobo is popularly regarded as the Filipino national dish. It is prepared by marinating pieces of pork or chicken in soysauce, garlic, pepper and vinegar.

• Chicken Tinola - Chicken soup cooked with ginger, onions and green papaya.

• Embutido -A traditional Filipino style meatloaf, wrapped in an aluminum foil and steamed. There are so many ingredients needed and preparation time to make this recipe, but once it is prepared and cooked it can be stored and freeze, it is the perfect dish for unexpected guest.

• Kare-kare -Kare-kare or kari-kari is a popular Filipino dish. It is a Filipino version of the beef stew flavoured and thickened in a peanut - based sauce, with a variety of vegetables.

• Lumpia - This hub consist of three Spring Roll recipes, namely Bean Sprout spring roll, Lumpiang ubod (heart of palm spring roll) and of course the all time favourite of the Filipinos Lumpiang Shanghai.

• Easy to Cook Fish and Seafood Recipes - A selection of easy, economical Filipino fish and seafood recipes that you can cook. The hub also lists of names of common local Philippine fishes and shellfish.

• Spaghetti - No Filipino gathering is complete without spaghetti, but I must say that it is very different from the Italian version. This hub gives a step by step instruction on how to cook the classic Spaghetti - Filipino style.

• Puto - Filipino Rice Cake

  Puto, Filipino Rice cake is a all-time favourite,popular merienda or snack in the Philippines. With recipe, video and some tips on how to cook puto.

• How To Make Polvoron

  Polvoron is powdered milk candy, made of flour, sugar butter and powdered milk. The flour is toasted, all the ingredients are mixed and shaped into round or oval-shaped molds.It is easy to make, even the kids could help.

• Leche Flan Recipe

  Step by step cooking instruction on how to make Leche flan (Filipino custard)which is a favourite and popular dessert in the Philippines. Leche flan is similar to a cream caramel. It is sweet and rich and a must during Christmas, New Year and fiestas

• Salted Eggs and Tomato Salad

  This salad is very simple and easy to make. Salted eggs and tomato salad is the traditional accompaniment for Tinapa(Smoked Fish), a perfect match for grilled pork or any fried or grilled fish.

• Iced Melon Drink

  Iced Melon Drink is a refreshing drink for those hot summer days. Very easy to make.

• Crema de Fruta
• Bibingka
• Puto Bumbong