Tagalog
Soups & Nilaga
Sinigang na Baboy
Sinigang na Baboy sa Sampalok
Sour pork belly soup with gabi, labanos, sitaw, okra, talong, kangkong, and real sampalok—served with patis, calamansi, and siling labuyo on the side.
Recipe category
Filipino Soup Recipes
Filipino soups range from sour sinigang to long-simmered beef broths. These recipes are comfort food with rice.
18 recipes in this collection.
Tagalog
Soups & Nilaga
Beef Nilaga
Nilagang Baka
Sunday nilagang baka—clear beef broth with brisket, saba, corn, potatoes, green beans, and pechay; patis sawsawan...
Tagalog
Soups & Nilaga
Bulalo
Bulalo ng Batangas
Batangas bulalo—cross-cut marrow bone and shank in rich broth with corn, pechay, and fried garlic; scoop marrow with...
Tagalog
Soups & Nilaga
Creamy Chicken Sopas
Sopas na Manok
Filipino chicken sopas with macaroni, vegetables, and a creamy broth, cooked with toasted pasta for deeper flavor plus easy dairy-free options.
Tagalog
Soups & Nilaga
Arroz Caldo
Aroskaldo
Golden Filipino arroz caldo with shredded chicken, ginger, kasubha, and toppings of toasted garlic, green onion, egg, and calamansi.
Tagalog
Soups & Nilaga
Tinola
Tinolang Manok
Make tinola with both green papaya and sayote—chicken ginger soup with malunggay, patis, and calamansi. The recipe that ends the papaya vs sayote deba
Tagalog
Soups & Nilaga
Sinigang na Hipon
Sinigang na Hipon sa Sampalok
Filipino sinigang na hipon with head-on prawns, tamarind broth, gabi, eggplant, sitaw, kangkong, and siling haba—a steaming sour soup for rice.
Ilonggo
Soups & Nilaga
La Paz Batchoy
Batchoy (La Paz)
Iloilo La Paz batchoy—clear amber pork broth over miki with sliced meat, liver, intestines, jammy soft-boiled egg, chicharon, and golden fried garlic.
Ilonggo
Soups & Nilaga
Pancit Molo
Pancit Molo sang Iloilo
Iloilo pancit molo—clear chicken broth with handmade pork-shrimp wontons, shredded chicken, and green onions; the Visayan soup that is all dumplings,
Ilonggo
Soups & Nilaga
Cansi
Cansi sang Bacolod
Bacolod cansi—beef shank and unripe jackfruit in a sour batwan broth with lemongrass; the Ilonggo beef soup that sits between nilaga and sinigang.
Maranao
Soups & Nilaga
Tyula Itum
Tyula' Itum (Itim na Sabaw)
Maranao tyula itum—beef slow-simmered in a black broth of burnt coconut, turmeric, and lemongrass; Mindanao's dark, aromatic soup for feasts and Frida
Tagalog
Soups & Nilaga
Lomi
Lomi (Mami Batangas)
Loaded lomi—thick miki in dark starchy pork gravy with braised pork, liver, kikiam, halved hard-boiled egg, big chicharon curls, and calamansi-chili p
Tagalog
Soups & Nilaga
Sinigang na Salmon
Sinigang na Salmon Belly sa Sampalok
Sinigang na salmon belly in steaming sour tamarind broth with kangkong, tomatoes, and labanos—rich, light, and the rainy-day ulam that beats pork sini
Tagalog
Soups & Nilaga
Beef Pares
Beef Pares (Sabaw at Kanin)
Authentic beef pares—tender braised beef in sweet-savory star anise broth with garlic fried rice; the street-food legend from Manila's Chinatown, made
Tagalog
Soups & Nilaga
Sinigang na Baka
Sinigang na Baka sa Sampalok
Filipino sinigang na baka—tender beef in sour sampalok broth with radish, kangkong, and tomatoes; the beef sinigang search after pork, shrimp, and sal
Tagalog
Soups & Nilaga
Goto
Lugaw
Classic Filipino goto: gingery rice porridge with slow-simmered beef tripe and tendon, toasted garlic, green onion, and calamansi.
Tagalog
Soups & Nilaga
Sinigang na Bangus
Sinigang na Bangus sa Sampalok
Filipino sinigang na bangus with milkfish belly, sampalok broth, gabi, labanos, sitaw, and kangkong.
Tagalog
Soups & Nilaga
Beef Mami
Beef Mami
Filipino beef mami with miki noodles, slow beef broth, sliced beef, toasted garlic, and green onion.