Filipino Food

Champoy

Photo by Toyang Noresa of Spicy Tamarind Champoy from Batangas. Champoy is traditionally made not with tamarind, but yangmei fruit. And do you remember the Champoy theme song? We have the recording and lyrics!

Bagoong

Bagoóng is a paste made from fish or small shrimps that are salted and fermented for several weeks. The liquid byproduct is drawn off and used as a sauce called patis. Different areas of the Philippines have their own version of bagoóng.

Otap

Otap is a crisp, flaky, even crunchy, oval-shaped “puff” pastry that’s a popular snack in the Philippines.

Chicharon

Filipino Chicharon: Crispy Pork Rinds of the Philippines!

Did you know there are many different kinds of chicharon made in the Philippines?

Chichirya

Photos by Angie Pastor. Chichirya are munchable Western-style processed snacks such as potato chips. They are thought of as junk food in the Philippines. The Filipino word meryenda, often translated as “snack,” refers to more wholesome between-meal snacking in the middle of the morning or the middle of the afternoon.

Malunggay

Photo by Angie Pastor.

Malunggay (Moringa) is known as sajina in South Asian countries like India. In English, it is sometimes called referred to as horseradish though it’s a different species from the horseradish that Westerners know.

Hopia

Hopia are inexpensive Filipino pastries filled usually with either munggo (dark beans) or kundol (white gourd cooked in lard to pass as baboy or pork). It was introduced by Fukienese immigrants from southern China.

Patis

Bottle of Patis Malabon… Product of Thailand… Photo by Mildred Cruz.

Patis is a brown, watery sauce that comes from fermented fish. It is widely used in Philippine cooking to flavor soups and broths, as well as a dipping sauce in place of salt.

Banana Chips

Philippine banana chips are ordinarily round in shape similar to thick poker chips, because the bananas used are cut crosswise.

In recent years, long-cut banana chips, in which the bananas are sliced lengthwise, have become popular.

Dingdong Mixed Nuts

A five-ingredient combination of greaseless peanuts, cracker nuts, corn bits, U.S.-grade green peas, and fava beans (broad beans).

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