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Tagalog Filipino Recipes

Tagalog cooking gives many Filipino classics their familiar home-kitchen form: sour soups, tomato stews, adobo, and handaan staples.

19 recipes in this collection.

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Chicken adobo in a dark bowl with glossy sauce, garlic rice, sawsawan with chili, and steamed rice on a rustic wooden table

Tagalog Ulam (Main Dishes)

Classic Chicken Adobo

Adobong Manok

The national dish—tender chicken braised in soy, vinegar, and garlic until gloriously glazed.

Tagalog Silog Breakfasts

Tapsilog

Garlic fried rice, sunny-side egg, and beef tapa marinated in a balanced sweet-salty glaze with oyster sauce—the...

Tagalog Soups & Nilaga

Sinigang na Baboy

Sour pork soup loaded with gabi, sitaw, okra, talong, and kangkong—real sampalok for that true asim, finished...

Tagalog Desserts & Halo-Halo

Halo-Halo

Street-style halo-halo with kaong, macapuno, sago, gulaman, beans, ube, leche flan, and pinipig—the classic Filipino...

Tagalog Merienda & Kakanin

Bibingka

Christmas bibingka on charred banana leaf—moist rice cake topped with salted egg, melted cheese, and fresh grated...

Filipino puto in bamboo steamer with cheese, salted egg, and grated coconut on banana leaf

Tagalog Merienda & Kakanin

Puto (Puto Biñan Style)

Puto

Steamed puto in a bamboo steamer—fluffy rice cakes with cheese, salted egg, and niyog toppings (Puto Biñan style).

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 Lechon & Party Food

Lumpiang Shanghai

Thin crispy spring rolls stuffed with seasoned ground pork—the ultimate party finger food.

Tagalog Soups & Nilaga

Bulalo

Batangas bulalo—cross-cut marrow bone and shank in rich broth with corn, pechay, and fried garlic; scoop marrow with...

Filipino turon on banana leaf with caramelized sugar crust and saba filling

Tagalog Merienda & Kakanin

Turon (Banana Lumpia)

Turon

Filipino turon—saba banana in lumpia wrapper with shattered brown-sugar caramel crust; langka optional, served on banana...

Homemade Filipino longganisa links on a plate, caramelized and glossy

Tagalog Silog Breakfasts

Homemade Longganisa

Longganisa

Garlicky-sweet Filipino pork sausages with paprika and achuete—batch, freeze, and fry links that taste close to your...

Tagalog Silog Breakfasts

Longsilog

Sweet garlicky longganisa sausages with garlic rice and fried egg—a Sunday morning ritual.

Tagalog Desserts & Halo-Halo

Leche Flan

Classic Filipino leche flan—silky yolk custard in a llanera with glossy amber caramel, steamed until set and flipped...

Tagalog Lechon & Party Food

Filipino Pork Barbecue

Inihaw na Baboy (Pork BBQ)

Filipino pork barbecue—overnight-marinated kasim on bamboo skewers, charcoal-grilled with caramel basting, served...

Classic Filipino pork menudo with hotdog, liver, potato, carrot, bell pepper, green peas, and raisins in thick tomato sauce

Tagalog Ulam (Main Dishes)

Classic Pork Menudo

Menudong Baboy

Classic Filipino pork menudo—uniform pork and liver cubes simmered in thick tomato sauce with hotdog, potato...

Chicken afritada with drumsticks, potato, carrot, red and green bell pepper, and green peas in thick tomato sauce

Tagalog Ulam (Main Dishes)

Classic Chicken Afritada

Afritadang Manok

Filipino chicken afritada—seared drumsticks braised in a deep tomato-garlic sauce with potato, carrot, bell...

Beef caldereta with bone-in beef chunks, potato, carrot, red and green bell pepper in thick reddish-brown sauce served with steamed rice

Tagalog Ulam (Main Dishes)

Classic Beef Caldereta

Kalderetang Baka

Filipino beef caldereta—bone-in beef braised in rich tomato sauce with liver spread, peanut butter, potato...

Beef salpicao in a wok with thick seared beef strips, whole garlic cloves, toasted garlic chips, parsley, and green onions

Tagalog Ulam (Main Dishes)

Classic Beef Salpicao

Bistek Salpicao

Filipino beef salpicao—thick seared beef strips in a glossy garlic-butter sauce with whole garlic cloves, toasted...

Bowl of creamy Filipino chicken sopas with macaroni, carrots, hotdog slices, green onions, and toasted garlic

Tagalog Soups & Nilaga

Creamy Chicken Sopas

Sopas na Manok