Cookbook:Cuisine of the Philippines

| Southeast Asian cuisines

Filipino cuisine is a mixture of the culinary arts of various Philippine ethnolinguistic groups which evolved over the centuries from a primarily indigenous Austronesian ideas with diverse influences from Chinese, Spanish and American gastronomy that had enriched the cultures of the archipelago and adapted using home-grown ingredients to meet local preferences.

=Recipes=

Breakfast

 * Silog — Fried rice with fried egg

Main dish
Main dish is always eaten with rice
 * Adobo – Meat commonly stewed in condiments, such as vinegar and soy sauce (mostly), garlic, onions and black pepper.
 * Bicol Express – Pork belly sauteed in garlic and spices and added with coconut milk and chili peppers.
 * Binagoongan – Pork sauteed in fermented shrimp paste and spices.
 * Dinuguan – Pork blood stew.
 * Kare-Kare – Oxtail and vegetables in peanut sauce
 * Lechon Kawali — Crispy Fried Pork Belly
 * Lechon Paksiw – Roast pork in tart liver sauce.
 * Nilagang Baka – Philippine Beef Stew. Beef boiled for a long duration, added with vegetables.
 * Paksiw na Bangus - Milkfish Stewed in Vinegar.
 * Pinakbet – Ilocos-style sautéed vegetables
 * Sinigang – A soup dish with pleasant savory-sour and a hint of sweet taste.
 * Sisig – A dish made of minced skin or meat (especially pork), chopped spices, and acid fruit. Served mostly on a sizzling plate, with fresh egg placed on the center.

Mirienda
Mirienda is a very light meal eaten in the afternoon.
 * Champorado — Chocolate Rice Porridge
 * Chicken Sopas – Chicken macaroni soup with milk.
 * Empanada — Meat stuffed pastry

Beverages

 * Calamansi Juice Drink — Filipino version of lemonade

Party food
Filipinos love celebrating birthdays. These foods are always present during one's special moments.
 * Filipino style Spaghetti — a sweet spaghetti with hotdogs and ground pork and banana ketchup.
 * Lumpia — Filipino fried spring rolls
 * Lumpiang Shanghai – Filipino version of fried rolls, despite having a name from Chinese.
 * Maja Blanca — Coconut milk pudding

Desserts

 * Halo-halo - Traditional Filipino ice dessert.

Street food

 * Kwek-Kwek — Deep-fried quail eggs
 * Turon — Crispy banana springrolls