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Independence Day lunch: fried fish, poqui-poqui and bulalo soup

poqui-poqui

How to cook: Poqui-poqui, an Ilocano egg and eggplant dish

chicken-tinola

Tinolang manok (ginger-flavored chicken soup with green papaya and chili leaves)

escabeche

How to cook: Filipino escabeche (fish with pickled vegetables)

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Filipino comfort food: lugaw at tokwa’t baboy (congee with pork and tofu side dish)

paksiw-lechon5

How to cook: Paksiw na lechon (roast pork stewed in vinegar and soy sauce)

corn-soup

How to cook: White corn and vegetables soup with squash blossoms

winged-beans-lima-beans-coconut-milk2

How to cook: Sigarillas (winged bean), patani (lima bean) and squash in coconut milk

mussel-soup2

How to cook: Gingered mussel soup

gising-gising

How to cook: Gising-gising (spicy pork and green beans with coconut milk)

dinuguan

How to cook: Dinuguan (pork and blood stew)

pinakbet3

How to cook: Pinakbet, an Ilocano pork and vegetable stew with shrimp paste

inasal

How to cook: Inasal na manok (grilled chicken, Bacolod style)

maruya

How to cook: Maruya (Saba banana fritters)

fried-chicken-maxs-style

How to cook: Fried chicken, Max’s Restaurant style

bistek

How to cook: Bistek, Filipino Beef Steak

polvoron

How to make: Polvorón

mung-bean-tofu-spring-rolls

How to cook: Lumpiang togue (spring rolls with mung bean sprouts filling)

callos

How to cook: Callos, beef tripe and leg stew

crispy-pata

How to cook: Crispy pata with no frying

kare-kare2

How to cook: Kare-kare

lugaw3

How to cook: Lugaw (congee) with tokwa’t baboy (tofu and pork)

Pancit bihon with chicken, Chinese sausage, kikiam and crab balls

How to cook: Pancit bihon with chicken, Chinese sausage, kikiam and crab balls

leche-flan

How to cook: Leche flan (steamed crème caramel)

molo-soup

How to cook: Pancit Molo (or is it Molo soup?)

buko-pandan2

How to make buko (coconut) and pandan jelly drink

java-rice5

How to cook: Java rice

asado

How to cook: Pork asado

Chicken relleno (galantina)

How to cook: Chicken relleno

Crispy fried adobo

How to cook: Crispy fried adobo

pork-menudo

How to cook: Pork menudo

Sotanghon (vermicelli) soup with chicken and black fungus

How to cook: Sotanghon (vermicelli) soup with chicken and black fungus

bagnet

The immortal bagnet