Filipino Cooking Terms
Silog
A savory breakfast made up of garlic rice (sinangag), egg (itlog) & a protein. Options include tocino (sweet cured pork), tapa (cured beef), corned beef sautéed in onions, daing na bangus (cured fish), tuyo (salted fish), longganisa (sausage) and hotdogs.
Tanghalian
Adobo
A Philippine stew that is cooked with meat, seafood, or vegetables in a vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, bay leaf, and black peppercorn sauce
Nilaga
A traditional soup made with boiled beef or pork and mixed with various vegetables like potato, corn and snow cabbagge.
HapunanTanghalian
Pancit
Pancit is a delicious noodle dish that's easy to make and fun to eat! It's made with thin rice noodles, colorful veggies, and tasty meat or seafood. Pancit is a party favorite and perfect for family lunches!
Lumpia
Lumpia is a yummy snack that's like a crispy spring roll! It's filled with tasty ingredients like ground pork, veggies, and sometimes even shrimp. Dip it in a sweet and sour sauce for a flavor explosion.
Hapunan
Tanghalian
Inihaw
aw is a popular Filipino way of cooking involves grilling yummy foods over coals! From juicy pork belly to orful fish, inihaw dishes are full of ky and savory goodness. Grab a stick enjoy!
Merienda
Palaman
Looking for an easy way to introduce kids to Filipino food? Try some simple palaman (spreads or jams) on pandesal. Popular options are coconut jam, condensed milk, pineapple jam and guava jelly.
Sorbetes
Sorbetes is Filipino ice cream, a special cold treat that has unique flavors like queso (cheese), abokado (avocado), and ube. It is usually sold as street food by "Mamang Sorbetero", the ice cream man!
Merienda
Merienda
Kakanin
Kakanin is a delicious snack made from glutinous rice! It comes in many colors and shapes like the purple ube, yellow bibingka, and white puto. Kakanin is perfect for merienda or snack time.
" mix-mix "
Halo-Halo
Merienda
Halo-halo is a super fun and yummy dessert! It's made with shaved ice, sweet beans, jellies, and fruits like banana and mango. You can add milk and even ice cream to make it extra creamy and delicious! Don't forget to mix it all up!
Design your own menu! Cut out the menu and fill the blanks with the Filipino dishes you want to serve in your Karinderya.
This silog has tapa so it's a tapsilog!
Silog
Cut out the items on the next page and place them on the plate to make your own tapsilog, tosilog, longsilog, bangsilog, hotsilog or cornsilog!
my silog ingredients
This is adobong manok at baboy (chicken and pork)
Adobo
Cut out the items on the next page and place them in the kawali (pan) to cook your own version of adobo!
Did you know you can make it out of vegetables like kangkong too?
my adobo ingredients
A d o b o n g K a n g k o n g
Inihaw is a Filipino cooking method of grilling or pit-roasting vegetables, meat and seafood. It is also known as "sinugba" or "inasal".
Inihaw
Cut out the palaman (jams or spreads) on the next page and make your own Filipino sandwich!
my inihaw ingredients
Kakanin is a word that describes sweets made from glutinous rice and coconut milk. The word comes from two Filipino words: "kain" (to eat) and "kanin" (rice).
Kakanin
Cut out the kakanin on the next page and make your own bilao for a fiesta!
my kakanin
cassava cake
maja blanca
sapin-sapin
kutsinta
cheese puto
palitaw
Did you know that the halo-halo's origins can be traced back to the Japanese desserts
mitsumame and kakigori. Filipinos added fruit, jelly, leche flan and ube to make it their own.
Halo-Halo
Cut out the items on the next page and make your own halo-halo!
my halo-halo ingredients
Ube Ice Cream
Langka
Red Beans
Gulaman
Evaporated Milk
Sweet Beans
Yelo
Minatamis na Saging
Leche Flan SagoLet's think out of the box! Learn the Bahay Kubo vegetables and make them into your own pizza.
Bahay Kubo Pizza
Cut out the vegetables on the next page and make your own Bahay Kubo pizza!
B a h a y K u b o P i z z a
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