Filipino Beef Caldereta with Potatoes
Beef, potatoes, carrots, peppers, and olives slowly braise in a tomato-pepper sauce for a celebratory Filipino-style stew.
- 90 min
- Serves 4
- Beef
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Filipino Dinner Ideas
11 Filipino dinner recipes for home cooks, with cooking times.
Filipino home cooking is built on garlic, vinegar, soy sauce and tamarind, usually served with plenty of rice. This collection covers classics like chicken adobo, pork sinigang and sisig, grilled chicken inasal, pancit bihon noodles, and vegetable dishes such as ginisang munggo with squash and tortang talong eggplant omelet. Many are weeknight friendly; braises like caldereta take a little longer.
11 dinner ideas
Filipino Chicken Adobo with Garlic Rice
Tender chicken thighs simmer in a tangy soy-vinegar glaze and land beside fragrant rice with crisp garlic.
- 55 min
- Serves 4
- Chicken
Filipino Chicken Inasal with Garlic Rice
Lemongrass- and annatto-spiced chicken with garlic rice and vinegar dip brings bright grilled flavor to dinner.
- 45 min
- Serves 2
- Chicken
Filipino Ginisang Munggo Squash Stew
Mung beans, squash, tomato, and greens make a satisfying Filipino-style stew that tastes even better with rice.
- 40 min
- Serves 2
- Mung Beans
Filipino Kinilaw Coconut Lime Fish
Raw fish cured briefly in vinegar and calamansi with coconut milk, ginger, and chili.
- 20 min
- Serves 2
- Fish
Filipino Laing Coconut Taro Leaves
Taro leaves or spinach simmered undisturbed in coconut milk with chili and shrimp paste.
- 35 min
- Serves 2
- Vegetables
Filipino Pancit Bihon with Chicken and Vegetables
Thin rice noodles, chicken and crisp vegetables make a bright citrus-finished Filipino-style stir-fry.
- 35 min
- Serves 4
- Chicken
Filipino Pork Sinigang with Tamarind
Tender pork and vegetables simmer in a clean, tart tamarind broth that is bright enough to wake up a bowl of rice.
- 70 min
- Serves 4
- Pork
Filipino Pork Sisig with Rice
Crisp chopped pork, onion, chile, and calamansi arrive sizzling beside warm rice.
- 35 min
- Serves 2
- Pork
Filipino Puto Pao Chicken Rice Cakes
Steamed rice cakes with a savoury chicken adobo filling and cheese on top.
- 55 min
- Serves 3
- Chicken
Filipino Tortang Talong Eggplant Omelet
Whole eggplants charred, peeled, flattened, and fried inside a seasoned egg batter.
- 35 min
- Serves 2
- Eggs