Filipino Recipes

Adobo, sour soups and vinegar braises from the Filipino home kitchen.

A smooth oval loaf of deep violet ube halaya with spoon-swirl marks on top, on a white stoneware plate lined with banana leaf, one slice cut from the front and laid beside it, a silver spoon on the plate and a halved purple yam tuber with brown skin behind

Filipino

Ube Halaya: Filipino Purple Yam Jam with Coconut Milk

12 servings · 6 hr 50 min

Tuna kinilaw in a polished coconut-shell bowl on a banana leaf: cubes of yellowfin tuna turned pale pink outside by the vinegar, with slivers of red onion, ginger matchsticks, rings of red chili, diced cucumber and spring onion, halved calamansi beside the bowl

Filipino

Kinilaw: Filipino Raw Fish Cured in Vinegar and Calamansi

6 servings · 40 min

Filipino chicken adobo in a green enameled Dutch oven: chicken thighs and drumsticks glazed deep brown in a dark soy and vinegar sauce with whole garlic cloves, bay leaves and black peppercorns, a bowl of steamed white rice beside the pot

Filipino

Filipino Chicken Adobo, Braised in Vinegar and Soy Sauce

6 servings · 1 hr 25 min