Food of Philippines
Filipino cooking blends native, Chinese, Malay, and Spanish influences into hearty, tangy, savory-sweet dishes. Vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, calamansi, and coconut milk flavor much of the food, and rice is eaten at every meal. Celebrations feature roast pig, noodles for long life, and sweets from coconut, rice, and purple yam. Regional cooking varies, with Bicol known for chilies and coconut and Ilocos for crisp pork and bitter melon.
- Main dishes (18)
- Breakfast (6)
- Street food (9)
- Soups (6)
- Salads (5)
- Breads (5)
- Desserts and sweets (9)
- Drinks (6)
- Fruits and produce (10)
Staples
- rice, pork, chicken, fish, shrimp, coconut, cassava, banana, sweet potato
Signature flavors
- vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, calamansi, bay leaf, fish sauce, coconut milk, annatto
Main dishes
Meat braised in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, and bay leaf.
Key ingredients: chicken or pork, vinegar, soy sauce, garlicFull guide →
Whole roasted pig with crackling skin.
Key ingredients: pork, lemongrass, garlicFull guide →
Oxtail stew in thick peanut sauce with vegetables, eaten with shrimp paste.
Key ingredients: oxtail, peanut, eggplant, bok choy
Chopped sizzling pork with onion, chili, and calamansi.
Key ingredients: pork, onion, chili, calamansi
Pork stewed in coconut milk and hot chilies.
Key ingredients: pork, coconut milk, chili, shrimp paste
Deep-fried pork belly with a crisp skin.
Key ingredients: pork belly, bay leaf, peppercorns
Deep-fried pork leg with a crackly skin.
Key ingredients: pork leg, garlic, peppercorns
Pork stew with tomato sauce, potatoes, and carrots.
Key ingredients: pork, tomato sauce, potato, carrot
Chicken or pork stewed in tomato sauce with potatoes.
Key ingredients: chicken, tomato sauce, potato, bell pepper
Goat or beef stew in tomato and liver sauce.
Key ingredients: beef or goat, tomato, olives
Mixed vegetable stew flavored with fermented fish paste.
Key ingredients: squash, eggplant, okra, bitter melonTaro leaves simmered in coconut milk with chilies.
Key ingredients: taro leaves, coconut milk, chili
Stir-fried noodles with vegetables and meat.
Key ingredients: noodles, soy sauce, vegetablesFull guide →
Bacolod-style grilled chicken marinated in lemongrass and calamansi.
Key ingredients: chicken, lemongrass, annatto oil
Ginger chicken soup with green papaya and chili leaves.
Key ingredients: chicken, ginger, papaya
Beef shank and bone marrow soup from Batangas.
Key ingredients: beef shank, corn, cabbage
Tangy tamarind soup with meat or seafood and vegetables.
Key ingredients: tamarind, pork, vegetablesFull guide →
Savory chicken and rice porridge with ginger and toasted garlic.
Key ingredients: rice, chicken, gingerBreakfast
Cured beef tapa with garlic rice and fried egg.
Key ingredients: beef tapa, garlic rice, eggSweet Filipino sausage with garlic rice and egg.
Key ingredients: longganisa, rice, egg
Sweet chocolate rice porridge, often served with dried fish.
Key ingredients: glutinous rice, cocoa, milk
Soft bread rolls coated in breadcrumbs.
Key ingredients: flour, yeast, milkSalted dried fish eaten with garlic rice.
Key ingredients: dried fish, garlic rice
Warm silken tofu with sweet syrup and tapioca pearls.
Key ingredients: tofu, arnibal, sagoStreet food
Crisp fried spring rolls with pork and vegetables.
Key ingredients: pork, vegetables, wrappersFull guide →
Boiled fertilized duck egg, a street snack.
Key ingredients: duck egg, salt, vinegar
Grilled skewers served with vinegar dip.
Key ingredients: chicken, vinegar
Orange-battered quail eggs deep-fried.
Key ingredients: quail eggs, batter
Fried fish balls on sticks with sweet sauce.
Key ingredients: fish, sweet sauce
Fried banana spring rolls with caramel.
Key ingredients: banana, jackfruit, brown sugar
Caramelized fried banana skewers.
Key ingredients: saba banana, brown sugarSteamed pork dumplings with soy-calamansi sauce.
Key ingredients: pork, shrimp, wrappersFried chicken skewers.
Key ingredients: chicken, batterSoups
Tangy tamarind soup.
Key ingredients: tamarind, pork, vegetablesFull guide →
Boiled beef or pork soup with vegetables.
Key ingredients: beef, potatoes, cabbage
Creamy chicken macaroni soup.
Key ingredients: macaroni, milk, chickenDumpling soup with chicken broth.
Key ingredients: pork dumplings, chicken broth
Rich pork noodle soup from Iloilo.
Key ingredients: noodles, pork, chicharron
Rice porridge, plain or with toppings.
Key ingredients: rice, ginger, eggSalads
Green mango salad with tomato and shrimp paste.
Key ingredients: green mango, tomato, onionGrilled eggplant salad with tomato and onion.
Key ingredients: eggplant, tomato, vinegar
Fish cured in vinegar and citrus with ginger and chili.
Key ingredients: fish, vinegar, ginger, chiliFern shoot salad with tomatoes and salted egg.
Key ingredients: fiddlehead fern, tomato, egg
Pickled green papaya with carrots and raisins.
Key ingredients: green papaya, vinegar, carrotBreads
Soft rolls dusted with breadcrumbs.
Key ingredients: flour, yeast
Soft sweet bun topped with butter, sugar, and cheese.
Key ingredients: flour, butter, cheeseSweet coconut-filled bread.
Key ingredients: flour, coconut
Soft rice cake cooked in clay pots topped with salted egg and cheese.
Key ingredients: rice flour, coconut milk, egg
Steamed rice cakes.
Key ingredients: rice flour, sugarDesserts and sweets
Shaved ice with beans, fruit, jelly, milk, and ice cream.
Key ingredients: ice, milk, beans, fruitFull guide →
Purple yam jam.
Key ingredients: ube, milk, butterFull guide →
Silky caramel custard.
Key ingredients: egg yolks, milk, caramelSticky rice cakes steamed in banana leaves.
Key ingredients: glutinous rice, coconut milk
Young coconut pie from Laguna.
Key ingredients: young coconut, milk, pastry
Layered meringue cake with buttercream and cashews.
Key ingredients: egg whites, cashews, butter
Coconut pudding with corn.
Key ingredients: coconut milk, cornstarch, cornSweet sticky rice cake with brown sugar and coconut.
Key ingredients: glutinous rice, coconut milk, brown sugarSweet corn with shaved ice and milk.
Key ingredients: corn, milk, iceDrinks
Sweet drink with tapioca pearls and jelly.
Key ingredients: sago, gulaman, brown sugarFresh calamansi lemonade, sweet and tart.
Key ingredients: calamansi, sugar, waterYoung coconut water.
Key ingredients: young coconut
Hot ginger tea.
Key ingredients: ginger, sugarThick hot chocolate made from tablea.
Key ingredients: cacao tablets, milk
Strong coffee from Batangas.
Key ingredients: barako beansFruits and produce
The Carabao mango is considered among the sweetest.
Key ingredients: eaten fresh, dried, green with saltFull guide →
Many kinds, including saba for cooking.
Key ingredients: eaten fresh, friedFull guide →
Small citrus used in sauces and drinks.
Key ingredients: juice, marinades
Sweet pineapple grown in the south.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Used for milk, flesh, and water.
Key ingredients: milk, waterFull guide →
Eaten ripe or green in soups.
Key ingredients: eaten fresh, in tinolaFull guide →
Davao is famous for its durian.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Sweet pods used in desserts.
Key ingredients: eaten fresh, in halo-haloFull guide →
Small round fruit with sweet-tart translucent segments.
Key ingredients: eaten fresh
Large citrus, sweet-tart.
Key ingredients: eaten freshDish guides from Philippines
More cuisines of South-Eastern Asia
Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
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- Cochinillos-Mercado de la Cebada: Tamorlan, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mac MG 5939: GwennVienn, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Authentic Kapampangan Sisig: Joy L. Cruz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bicol Express: Raymund Macaalay, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Lechon Kawali: punctuated, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Crispy Pata Pork: Cyapoj, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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- Chicken tinola: Anne Molina, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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- Home - Dinner: Ernesto Andrade, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Beef tapa with steamed rice and sliced tomato and cucumber: Efrenefren, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Champorado: Josh James from Imus, Philippines, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pinoy Pandesal: Jessartcam, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Taho2: w:en:User:Kguirnela, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Loenpia Semarang: Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- The Balut: JBYBIOSA, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Barbecue Street Food in the Philippines: Riceandspam, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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- Processed seafood clipped: Wee Keat Chin, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Turon na Saging: Herbertkikoy, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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- Batchoy of Iloilo: Mhlayson, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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- Kinilaw of Northern Mindanao: Lokalpedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Achara: Kramthenik27, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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- Puto in banana leaf: Obsidi♠nSoul, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Halo-Halo: Herbertkikoy, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ube halaya, Filipino dessert: Lokalpedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cremecaramel: Popo le Chien, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Buko-pie: Martin Sordilla, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pili Sansrival: Maffeth.opiana, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Majablanca: kawalingpinoy, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ginger tea: congerdesign, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Moon Garden (Tagaytay) Kapeng Barako: Yvette Tan, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mangos - single and halved: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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- Pomelo fruit: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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