ASIAN COOKERY

FILIPINO
CUISINE
CUL5A - LECTURE:WEEK 10
LECTURE OUTLINE

03 objectives
06 culinary

signature

04 overview
07 other

of Vietnamese
specialties

cuisine

05 key ingredients 08 production

recipes for

lab
 PROPERLY LIST BASIC INGREDIENTS

OBJECTIVES CHARACTERISTIC OF FILIPINO CUISINE

IDENTIFY SPECIALIZED COOKING TOOLS AND

TECHNIQUES 

UNDERSTAND AND IDENTIFY FLAVOR

PRINCIPLES OF THE PHILIPPINES

 OVERVIEW: 
FILIPINO CUISINE
SPANISH INFUSION
- Preserved rustic, rural food traditions

- Spanish, left their mark on the food of their

colony, the Philippines.

SPANISH INFLUENCE:
Dried salt cod Tocino

Corn Pan de sal

Annatto seeds Hot Cholocate,

Baked breads sweet and savory

Empanadas snacks for

Longganisa merienda

COOKING METHODS USED:

Stir-frying Raw Baking

Sauteing  (kinilaw) Braising

Frying   Grilling  Smoking

Steaming (tinapa)
 OVERVIEW:
FILIPINO CUISINE
KEY INGREDIENTS
Milkfish (bangus)

Hearts of palm (puso ng saging)

Fish sauce (patis)

Fermented shrimp paste (bagoong)

Soy sauce

Noodles

Rice

Vinegar

Calamansi

Tamarind
 One of the most important ingredients of
Tropical Asia
CULINARY SIGNATURE: Fruity tartness to soups, glazes, dips and
TAMARIND chutneys
Sold in many forms: whole pods, packed
bricks, concentrate
Filipinos: unripe pods to impart sourness
to palate-cleansing soup broths
 OTHER SPECIALTIES

SINIGANG
- Soup of tamarind broth and
dark greens, served along side
rice and meat and fish dishes
OTHER SPECIALTIES
KINILAW
- Small pieces of fish
"cooked" with calamansi
or vinegar
OTHER SPECIALTIES

PANCIT
- noodles topped with
protein and vegetables
OTHER SPECIALTIES

ADOBO
- Pork or chicken braised
in vinegar, soy sauce,
garlic, black pepper and
bay leaf
OTHER SPECIALTIES

LUMPIANG SARIWA
- Soft, pale crepe filled
with shredded heart of
palm, chicken, egg,
daikon, peanuts, and
lettuce served with garlic
dipping sauce
OTHER SPECIALTIES

LECHON
- Roast suckling pig with
crisp skin, accompanied
by a dipping sauce
thickened with pork liver
OTHER SPECIALTIES

HALO-HALO
- Shaved ice drizzled with
sweetened condensed
milk and topped with
young coconut, tapioca
pearls, fresh jackfruit or
mango, red beans or
purple yan
OTHER SPECIALTIES

BIBINGKA
- Coconut rice cake
resembling custard,
sweetened with sugar and
cooked in banana leaves